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“Explicame Tu Estrategia”: Emerging Bilingual’s Development of Mathematical Agency in Problem Solving Discussions
Proceedings of the 40th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2018)
  • Juanta M. Silva
  • Gladys Krause, William & Mary, School of Education
  • Luz Maldonado
Abstract
"Participating in mathematical practices supports children’s conceptual development and increases achievement in the classroom (Bodovski & Farkas, 2007). However, emergent bilingual children often have limited exposure to these mathematical practices, and instead instruction promotes rote memorization and procedural knowledge without conceptual connections, or a focus on English vocabulary (Moschkovich, 2015)..."
Publication Date
2018
Citation Information
Juanta M. Silva, Gladys Krause and Luz Maldonado. "“Explicame Tu Estrategia”: Emerging Bilingual’s Development of Mathematical Agency in Problem Solving Discussions" Proceedings of the 40th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2018) p. 1014
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gladys-krause/25/