Fostering German-Language Learners' Constructions of Meanings for Fractions--Design and Effects of a Language-and Mathematics-Integrated Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Prediger, Susanne; Wessel, Lena
Titel	Fostering German-Language Learners' Constructions of Meanings for Fractions--Design and Effects of a Language-and Mathematics-Integrated Intervention
Quelle	In: Mathematics Education Research Journal, 25 (2013) 3, S.435-456 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1033-2170
DOI	10.1007/s13394-013-0079-2
Schlagwörter	German; Mathematics Instruction; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Intervention; Grade 7; Mathematical Concepts; Teaching Methods; Pretests Posttests; Control Groups; Effect Size; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Learning Processes; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Deutscher; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Learning process; Lernprozess; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	Learning situations that concentrate on conceptual understanding are particularly challenging for learners with limited proficiency in the language of instruction. This article presents an intervention on fractions for Grade 7 in which linguistic challenges and conceptual mathematical challenges were treated in an integrated way. The quantitative evaluation in a pre-test post-test control-group design shows high effect sizes for the growth of conceptual understanding of fractions. The qualitative in-depth analysis of the initiated learning processes contributes to understanding the complex interplay between the construction of meaning and activating linguistic means in school and technical registers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10