Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms (Mathematics Education Library #52)

By: Tamsin Meaney and Tony Trinick and Uenuku Fairhall

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789400719941
Related ISBNs:: 9789400719934
Publisher:: Springer Netherlands
Date of Addition:: 08/03/18
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Mathematics and Statistics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.