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Direct linkEdmonds-Wathen, Cris – Research in Mathematics Education, 2019
Researching how mathematical expression varies in different languages requires methodologies which allow investigation of languages on their own terms and the presentation of mathematical data in multiple languages. Perspectives and tools from linguistics can assist in identifying and describing mathematical expression in varied languages,…
Descriptors: Mathematical Linguistics, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
Download full textChick, Helen – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
Mathematical knowledge in classrooms is mediated through the use of both technical and informal language. This paper is a report of a study of the language use of teachers as they examine students' work and discuss teaching for the topic of fraction operations. This provides a window on their pedagogical content knowledge and also on the way in…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Achievement, Language Usage, Fractions
Peer reviewedDawe, Lloyd; Clarkson, Philip – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1997
Offers insight as to why children switch back to their mother tongue in mathematics classes. Discusses implications for teachers of mathematics in such settings. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Languages for Special Purposes
Peer reviewedLean, Glendon A.; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1990
Investigated were Australian and Papua New Guinean elementary school children's strategies and errors on arithmetic word problems. Reports that (1) the two samples showed similar strategies and similar errors and (2) the main variable determining difficulty was the semantic structure of the questions. (YP)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
