Literacy in the Language of Mathematics.

Authors: 
Bullock, J. O.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Theory
Volume: 
101(8)
Pages: 
735-43
Year: 
1994
Publisher: 
American Mathematical Monthly
Abstract: 

Expresses concern over the current mathematics education of students and discusses mathematics as a language, including: reading critically, mathematical metaphors, mathematical literature, the nature of knowledge, and how one becomes mathematically literate.

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