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Informationen zum Autor David Pimm Klappentext This book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language - arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. Zusammenfassung This book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language — arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Mathematics as a language? Chapter 2 Pupils' mathematical talk Chapter 3 Overt and covert classroom communication Chapter 4 The mathematics register Chapter 5 Pupils' written mathematical records Chapter 6 Some features of the mathematical writing system Chapter 7 The syntax of written mathematical forms Chapter 8 Reading, writing and meta-linguistics Chapter 9 Mathematics as a language; Bibliography; Index