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The Pragmatics of Mathematics Education: Vagueness and Mathematical Discourse

By Tim Rowland

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1999
ISBN
0750710128, 9780750710121, 020348763X, 9780203487631, 9780203168165
LCC
QA11 .R67 1999
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1385625 bytes)
Series
Studies in Mathematics Education 14
Edition
1
Pages
256\265
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Are students intimidated by the nature of mathematics teaching? Many students appear fearful of voicing their understanding - is fear of error part of the linguistics of mathematics? The approaches explored here provide a rationale and a method for exploring and understanding speakers' motives in classroom mathematics talk. Teacher-student interactions in mathematics are analysed, and this provides a toolkit that teachers can use to respond to the intellectual vulnerability of their students.

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