Overview
- Combines discussion of linguistics and mathematics using examples from each to illustrate the other
- Conclusions with respect to mathematics education provide alternatives to conventional practice
- Contains original material and ideas
- Based in experience and describes many examples that come from common experience
- Provides new insight into common mathematical experiences like fractions and circles
Part of the book series: Mathematics Education Library (MELI, volume 44)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Speaking Mathematics Differently
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Implications for Mathematics Education
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Language of Mathematics
Book Subtitle: Telling Mathematical Tales
Authors: Bill Barton
Series Title: Mathematics Education Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72859-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-72858-2Published: 13 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-92937-8Published: 23 February 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-72859-9Published: 24 December 2007
Series ISSN: 0924-4921
Series E-ISSN: 2214-983X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 186
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Mathematics Education