Patterns of attention in the interaction of a primary school mathematics student with English as an additional language

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-59

  Barwell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Discursive psychology; English as an additional language (EAL); Primary mathematics; Qualitative methodology; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043178326     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024659518797     Document Type: Article

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