Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ594642
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Publication Date: 1999
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The Language of Mathematics: Contextualisation or Confusion?
Miller, Brian; Perry, Bob; Howard, Peter; Farmer, Pat; Long, Michelle; Roffe, Stephen
Literacy Learning: Secondary Thoughts, v7 n2 p10-18 Oct 1999
Notes that students often find difficulty with the language used in the learning of and assessment of mathematics. Reports on a study that analyzes questions from a 1996 Higher School Certificate Mathematics in Society examination in New South Wales. Makes suggestions on changing the language of the assessment to make the mathematics in it more accessible to students. (NH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Language Processing, Language Research, Language Usage, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education
Australian Literacy Educators Association, ALEA National Office, P.O. Box 3203, Norwood, South Australia 5067; Web site: http://www.alea.edu.au
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Language: English
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