The Language of Mathematics Telling Mathematical Tales /

• Main Author: Barton, Bill (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Mathematics Education Library ; 44
• Subjects: Education.; Language and education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Language Education.; Mathematics Education.

The Language of Mathematics: Telling Mathematical Tales emerges from several contemporary concerns in mathematics, language, and mathematics education, but takes a different stance with respect to language. Rather than investigating the way language or culture impacts mathematics and how it is learn...

Table of Contents:

• Speaking Mathematics Differently
• Space: Points of Reference
• Space: Static and Dynamic World Views
• Quantity: Trapping Numbers in Grammatical Nets
• Language and Mathematics
• The Evidence from Language
• Mumbling, Metaphors, & Mindlocks: The Origins of Mathematics
• A Never-Ending Braid: the Development of Mathematics
• What is Mathematics? Philosophical Comments
• Implications for Mathematics Education
• Learning Mathematics
• Multilingual and Indigenous Mathematics Education.