Language in the mathematics classroom

This Digest is focused on research about the significance of language in the mathematics

Learning and a recommendation that the language and literacies of mathematics be explicitly taught in recognition that language can provide a formidable barrier to both the understanding of mathematics concepts and to providing students access to assessment items aimed at eliciting mathematical understandings.

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