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50 Years of ERIC
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Potential Lessons for Teaching in Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms in Australia and Southeast Asia
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Clarkson, Philip C. – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2009
Multilingual classrooms are the normal learning contexts for most children throughout the world. However not all such contexts are identical. This distinction is not always made in the literature. In this paper the multilingual context for classrooms in many urban classrooms in Australia is described before exploring a possible model that might be…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Mathematics Instruction, Urban Schools, Models
Reverting to English to Teach Mathematics: How Are Malaysian Teachers and Students Changing in Response to a New Language Context for Learning?
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Clarkson, Philip C.; Idris, Noraini – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2006
In 2002 the language policy for teaching mathematics in Malaysia was changed from the national language Malay, to English, to be implemented from the beginning of 2003. This gave the curriculum developers and importantly the teachers just six months to prepare for this change. This small study investigated how after 18 months, 22 secondary…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction