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Young children talking in mathematics: What is the point of 'that'?
As part of an intervention project to encourage exploratory talk with young children in mathematics, it was found that, although the children did not engage fully in reasoning, the intervention had supported some children in developing more cohesive discourse. The cohesion was evidenced through the children's use of deictic words, in particular the word 'that'. Examples of dialogue are contrasted to illustrate the changes in this use of deixis and are related to children's meaning-making in mathematics.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 36th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaEditors
V Steinle, L Ball, C BardiniPagination
538-545ISBN
978 0 7340 4844 8Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaPlace of publication
AustraliaEvent title
The 36th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaEvent Venue
Melbourne, AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2013-07-07Date of Event (End Date)
2013-07-11Rights statement
Copyright 2013 MERGARepository Status
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