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Liu, Shimeng; Takeuchi, Miwa Aoki – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2023
When language is defined narrowly in mathematics classrooms, racially and linguistically minoritized students in classrooms could be systematically positioned as "learners of deficiency." Recent scholarship calls for expanding the notion of language to emphasize embodied expression of mathematical ideas. Taking a critical perspective to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Multilingualism, Minority Group Students
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Zazkis, Rina; Rouleau, Annette – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2018
In our exploration of the order of operations we focus on the following claim: "In the conventional order of operations, division should be performed before multiplication." This initially surprising claim is based on the acronym BEDMAS, a popular mnemonic used in Canada to assist students in remembering the order of operations. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods, Mnemonics