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ERIC Number: EJ572558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1033-2170
Probing the Links between Language and Mathematical Conceptualisation.
Bell, Garry; Woo, Jeong Ho
Mathematics Education Research Journal, v10 n1 p51-74 Apr 1998
Investigates the conceptual structures of Year 9 students in Korea and Australia while constructing various geometrical terms. Reports that two samples of students exhibited major differences in definition-ranking preferences on angle and in semantic profiles for some geometrical concepts due to the differences in nature of Korean and English. Contains 61 references. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Geometric Concepts, Language, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; South Korea