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‘What a super book! It is absolutely packed with practical ideas and activities to help you love maths, and love teaching and/or learning it. It certainly helps to develop an enthusiasm for a subject most adults tend to say “I'm no good at…”’
Children Talking about Mathematics
Children Talking about Mathematics
Chapter Overview
In this chapter you can read about:
- The nature of effective communication and its importance in developing young children's understanding of mathematics
- The interplay between talking about, and doing, mathematics
- Ways in which adults can support young children's ability to talk about their mathematical thinking.
Learning to Communicate Mathematically
Communication is a social and purposeful interaction between the child and another. Such interactions are situated within a particular context and develop an apparently shared understanding of that context at that time. However, understanding of the language used in a particular way within a certain context on a specific day does not guarantee that the child will understand the same vocabulary the next day, in a different situation or, indeed, be ...
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