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Publication details [#43097]

Leung, C. 2005. Mathematical Vocabulary: Fixers of Knowledge or Points of Exploration? Language & Education 19 (2) : 126–134.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | education | mathematics | scientific language | vocabulary growth

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article draws on studies in mathematics education to demonstrate that both informal and formal language -including technical 'mathematical' vocabulary- are employed in different combinations in mathematics education and that students need to employ informal language productively to examine concepts which are represented by technical vocabulary.