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Language Factors in Mathematics Teaching and Learning

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International Handbook of Mathematics Education

Part of the book series: Kluwer International Handbooks of Education ((SIHE,volume 4))

Abstract

Although language factors have long been recognised as having an important influence on mathematics learning, possible frameworks for researching the nature and extent of that influence have only been developed relatively recently. In this chapter the authors emphasise one of these frameworks, and summarise pertinent research findings which have implications for mathematics teaching and learning.

Possible reasons for the dearth of research in linking language factors with mathematics education during the 1980’s are put forward. The chapter draws attention to a range of factors — including social, cognitive, cultural, linguistic, and affective — which impinge on the development of a wider range of communication patterns in mathematics classrooms. Several areas — including writing in mathematics, bilingualism in mathematics teaching and learning, and language and assessment of mathematics learning — in which there is a danger that potentially false assumptions are likely to influence practice, are identified. Evidence is put forward indicating that carefully designed research studies in these areas are urgently needed.

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