1. Language And Communication In Elementary Mathematics Teaching
The mathematics register and lexical ambiguity At the beginning of mathematical learning is the language of mathematics - that set of words the mathematician uses to express mathematical concepts and activities: the mathematical register. ... The language of mathematics and diversity The mathematics register is greatly affected by diversity. Historically there has been a Euro-restrictive view of mathematics when it is confined to study of written evidence: mathematics initially arose from a need to count and record numbers (Joseph, 1991). This then puts the whole area of numeracy and mathema...
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