The Importance of Clarifying Language in Mathematics Education

ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2011) — The way in which teachers and textbooks use language and different metaphors in mathematics education determines how pupils develop their number sense, according to a recent thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


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