Function and Form in Research on Language in Mathematics Education
Guillermo Solano-Flores, University of Colorado
The symbolic nature of mathematics is intriguing to many people—to the extent that popular conceptions exist about the linguistic nature of mathematics. One conception is that mathematics is a language in its own right, a universal language; another conception is that mathematics is language-free...
Language in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: A Review of Research
Mary J. Schleppegrell, University of Michigan
The words "language and mathematics" can be thought of in two different ways: as referring to their relationship as systems of meaning-making and as referring to the role of language in the pedagogical context of mathematics classrooms. Both of these aspects of the relationship of language to mathematics are addressed in this review...
