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Math Is Language Too: Talking and Writing in the Mathematics Classroom

by David Whitin and Phyllis Whitin

Grades

3 - 6

Type

Book

Pages

105

Published

February 2000

Publisher

NCTE

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Description

Replete with children's stories and illustrations, Math Is Language Too looks at children as sense-makers, storytellers, language creators, and problem-posers.

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