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Iranian Bilingual Students Reported Use of Language Switching when Doing Mathematics
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Parvanehnezhad, Zahra; Clarkson, Philip – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2008
Teachers are often unaware that bilingual students often switch between their languages when doing mathematics. Little research has been undertaken into this phenomenon. Results are reported here from a study of language switching by sixteen Year 4/5 Iranian bilingual students as they solved mathematical problems in an interview situation. Reasons…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Grade 4, Grade 5, Foreign Countries