Language and Mathematics Teaching in the Open University.

Peters, John

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Language and Mathematics Teaching in the Open University

Peters, John

Teaching at a Distance, 2, 31-34, Feb 75

A staff tutor in mathematics in Britain's Open University illustrates three types of communication breakdown due to language factors that occur between the team developing mathematics correspondence courses and their students. He concludes that the traditional teaching language of university mathematics is not entirely suitable in the Open University context. (JT)

Descriptors: College Mathematics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Correspondence Study, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Open Universities, Written Language

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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