Worlds and Words: Entangling Mathematics, Language, and Context in Newcomer Classrooms

Autor/in	Krause, Gladys H.
Titel	Worlds and Words: Entangling Mathematics, Language, and Context in Newcomer Classrooms
Quelle	In: ZDM: Mathematics Education, 55 (2023) 6, S.1139-1150 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Krause, Gladys H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690
DOI	10.1007/s11858-023-01516-0
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Multilingualism; Language Usage; Language of Instruction; Code Switching (Language); Second Language Learning; Native Language; Word Problems (Mathematics); English (Second Language); Immigrants; Elementary School Students; Mathematical Concepts; Creativity; Teaching Methods; Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Textaufgabe; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kreativität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	This work studies mathematics word problems' use in a classroom of recent immigrants, or newcomers, to a United States public elementary school. I study how word problems foster the recontextualization of mathematical concepts in a lived reality experienced by newcomer students in their new cultural and educational setting. In this study's setting language plays a significant role in the process of meaning-making. I describe how language use in word problems remains intertwined with mathematics instruction. This opens a space for questioning word problems' purpose and role in multilingual classrooms, and I highlight how the creative process of co-constructing problems' meaning in this context can expand notions of genre applied to word problems. Throughout I adopt a theorization of translanguaging as a language practice and apply it in problem discussion. This helps probe how language use impacts students' ways of understanding and utilizing mathematical concepts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01