The Language Issue in the Teaching of Mathematics in South Africa: Intermediate Phase research from one province
- ISBN-10
- 1928480977
- ISBN-13
- 9781928480976
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-01-26
- Publisher
- AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
- Author
- Lindiwe Tshuma
Description
The book is the result of a five-year project that culminated (within the first three years) in doctoral research interrogating language competency for meaningful mathematics instruction at upper primary level conducted at University of Stellenbosch in 2017; and this book in the succeeding two years. The initial research project received countrywide coverage in several South African media outlets including Times Live and Radio 2000.
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