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Ainley, J. (1987). Telling questions. Mathematics Teaching, 118, 24-26. Ainley, J. (1988). Perceptions of teachers' questioning styles. In E. Borbás (Ed.), Proceed- ings of PME XII Conference (pp. 92-99). Veszprem: OOK Printing House. Barham, J., & Bishop, A. (1991). Mathematics and the deaf child. In K. Durkin & B. Shire (Eds.), Language in mathematical education (pp. 179-87). Milton Keynes: Open University Press. Barnes, D. (1976). From communication to curriculum. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Blanchard-Laville, C. (1991). La dimension du travail psychique dans la formation con- tinue des enseignant(e)s des mathématiques. In F. Furinghetti (Ed.), Proceedings of PME XV (pp. 152-159). Assisi: Programme Committee of the 15th PME-Conference. Blanchard-Laville, C. (1992). The dimension of psychic work in the in-service training of teachers. For the learning of mathematics, 12(3), 45-51. Borasi, R., & Rose, B. (1989). Journal writing and mathematics instruction. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 20(4), 347-365. Borasi, R., & Siegel, M. (1990). Reading to learn mathematics: New connections, new questions, new challenges. For the learning of mathematics, 10(3), 9-16. Brown, G. (1982). The spoken language. In R. Carter (Ed.), Linguistics and the teacher. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 168 lucid account of her work on some of the psychological elements at work in mathematics teachers. There is also a special issue – Vol. 13(1), 1993 – of the journal For the learning of mathematics devoted to aspects of uncon- scious elements in mathematics education.) Some "anomalous" examples of student discourse can be used to argue for "unconscious" forces also being present: for instance, a student offering the word "fidelity" rather than "infinity," or (from Tom Kieren) another ex- plaining that "Four-fifths is my favourite fraction, because it gives me a lot to think about. There are five in our family but only four are here. It is my mother who is gone." A third possible instance comes from an interview carried out by Lesley Lee in which "odd" numbers are referred to consis- tently as "bastards" (see Pimm, 1991, 1993; Tahta, 1991). Despite such in- stances being difficult to discuss, let alone submit to systematic exploration, I predict an increasing attention to unconscious elements will also emerge. Learning to speak mathematically involves stressing and ignoring and is achieved only at a cost. How aware are students of teachers’ intentions and that the nature of the latter’s classroom talk is closely related to them? What are some of the relations among teacher focus and student learning in math- ematics? While the external form of the discourse is all that is observable, it is how that form relates to, and is successfully generated by, inner phenom- ena that should be one of the prime considerations of mathematics educa- tion. Learning to use mathematical language successfully is not solely the learning of forms in themselves, yet control over the forms is one product of that learning. How can we assist our students in discerning our intents through the forms – the forms that can necessarily be their sole external ex- perience? DAVID PIMM Chapman, A. (1993). Language practices in school mathematics: A social semiotic per- spective. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Cocking, R., & Mestre, J. (Eds.). (1988). Linguistic and cultural influences on learning mathematics. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. DES (1982). Mathematics counts. London: HMSO. Durkin, K., & Shire, B. (Eds.). (1991). Language in mathematical education. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. Edwards, D., & Mercer, N. (1988). Common knowledge. London: Methuen. Ellerton, N., & Clements, M. (1991). Mathematics in language: A review of language fac- Download 5.72 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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