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Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms /

Language can be simultaneously both a support and a hindrance to students' learning of mathematics. When students have sufficient fluency in the mathematics register so that they can discuss their ideas, they become chiefs who are able to think mathematically. However, learning the mathematics...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meaney, Tamsin
Otros Autores: Trinick, Tony, Fairhall, Uenuku
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
Colección:Mathematics education library ; 52.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Language can be simultaneously both a support and a hindrance to students' learning of mathematics. When students have sufficient fluency in the mathematics register so that they can discuss their ideas, they become chiefs who are able to think mathematically. However, learning the mathematics register of an Indigenous language is not a simple exercise and involves many challenges not only for students, but also for their teachers and the wider community. Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms identifies some of the challenges-political, mathematical, community based, and pedagogical- to the mathematics register, faced by an Indigenous school, in this case a Mäori immersion school. It also details the solutions created by the collaboration of teachers, researchers and community members. Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms is of interest to librarians, researchers, and educators in mathematics, social justice, and education.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9789400719941
9400719949
9789400719934
9400719930