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Publication details [#43096]

Barwell, Richard. 2005. Ambiguity in the Mathematics Classroom. Language & Education 19 (2) : 117–125.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ambiguity | classroom conversation | mathematics | scientific language

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses the contrasting formal and classroom interaction models on the nature of mathematics and mathematical language and the place of ambiguity within.