The Language Dimension of Mathematics Teaching

Richard Barwell; Constant Leung; Candia Morgan; Brian Street

The Language Dimension of Mathematics Teaching

Richard Barwell, Constant Leung, Candia Morgan, Brian Street

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Abstract

Explores how to develop children's understanding of mathematical vocabulary. Presents a lesson in which the class works on the concept of dimension, and issues raised by a discussion of applied linguistics and mathematics education. Discussion was stimulated by advice from the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) vocabulary book. (KHR)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12 - 15
Number of pages	4
Journal	MATHEMATICS TEACHING
Issue number	180
Publication status	Published - 2002

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