Language and Communication in Mathematics Education International Perspectives

• Other Authors: Moschkovich, Judith N. (Editor), Wagner, David (Editor), Bose, Arindam (Editor), Mendes, Jackeline Rodrigues (Editor), Schütte, Marcus (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springe 2018; ©2018
• Subjects: Applied linguistics; Education-Research; Instruction; Learning; Mathematics-Study and teaching; Teaching
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This book considers some of the outstanding questions regarding language and communication in the teaching and learning of mathematics - an established theme in mathematics education research, which is growing in prominence. Recent research has demonstrated the wide range of theoretical and methodol...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction. - 2. Fifty years of language data in mathematics education: A brief history
• 3. Explaining as mathematical discursive practices of navigating through different epistemic fields
• 4. Subject-specific academic language versus mathematical discourse
• 5. Authority and politeness: Complementary analyses of mathematics teaching episodes
• 6. The interplay of language and objects in the process of abstracting
• 7. Interactional processes in inclusive mathematics teaching
• 8. How learners communicate their mathematics reasoning in a mathematics discourse
• 9. "I am sorry. I did not understand you": The learning of dialogue by prospective teachers
• 10. Dealing with function word problems: Identifying and interpreting verbal representations
• 11. 4-year-old language repertoire in a counting situation
• 12. Making student explanations relevant in whole class discussion
• 13. A teacher's use of revoicing in mathematical discussions
• 14. Podcasts in second language math teaching as an instrument for measuring teachers' language awareness
• 15. The meaning of 'number' in Kaiabi language: Indigenous teachers' identity discourses in a multilingual setting
• 16. The use of language in the construction of the natural number meaning
• 17. Exploring how a grade 7 teacher promotes mathematical reasoning in multilingual mathematics class of English second language
• 18. Identity fostered language communication in a mathematics classroom: An analysis
• 19. Recommendations for research on language and learning mathematics.