Discursive practices in two multilingual mathematics classrooms: An international comparison

African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 27-38

  Setati, Mamokgethi ^a,b   Barwell, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84866240659     PISSN: 24697656     EISSN: 18117295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10288457.2006.10740602     Document Type: Article

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