Using transactional reading strategies to support sense-making and discussion in mathematics classrooms: An exploratory study

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-305

  Borasi, Raffaella ^a,d   Siegel, Marjorie ^b   Fonzi, Judith ^a,d   Smith, Constance F ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Language and mathematics; Naturalistic Ethnographic methods; Qualitative methods; Secondary mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944461649     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749791     Document Type: Article

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