The Languages of the Math Classroom

© '98, '08, '09 Agnes Azzolino

Math Class Languages

MOTHER TONGUE & OTHER TONGUE(S) Most Sophisticated and also the Most Basic
VERBAL / Auditory formal spoken mathematics informal spoken mathematics spoken symbol symbol speak calculatoreze/computereze web speak	WRITTEN / Symbolic written word written symbol semisymbolic calculator symbol	PICTORIAL / Visual DIGITAL MANIPULATIVE moving picture static picture numeral graph nonverbal body language	CONCRETE / Kinesthetic object model manipulative/token
More Sophisticated, More Basic

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The Languages of the Math Classroom

Verbal, Written, Pictorial, and Concrete (the Hundreds Board, for example) are the four broad mathematics language families discussed in this electronic monograph found at www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page0.htm and additional pages (ISBN: 1-929-870-01-9 © 1998, Agnes Azzolino).

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