1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: Speaking Mathematically (1987) Communication in Mathematics Clasrooms
By David Pimm
Copyright 1987
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987, this book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language — arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. The central concern is with the processes of communication as they are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics being... Read more
General editor’s preface; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Mathematics as a language? Chapter 2 Pupils’ mathematical talk Chapter 3 Overt and covert classroom communication Chapter 4 The mathematics register Chapter 5 Pupils’ written mathematical records Chapter 6 Some features of the mathematical writing system Chapter 7 The syntax of written mathematical forms Chapter 8 Reading, writing and meta-linguistics Chapter 9 Mathematics as a language; Bibliography; Index
Biography
David Pimm
