Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms

by Uenuku Fairhall, Tony Trinick, Tamsin Meaney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400737351
• ISBN13: 9789400737358
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"