Mathematical vocabulary: Fixers of knowledge or points of exploration?

Language and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-134

  Leung, Constant ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lexical development; Mathematical vocabulary; Mean making; Participatory discourse; Semantisation; Vocabulary learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024200111     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780508668668     Document Type: Article

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