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Download full textNg, Oi-Lam – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This paper discusses the importance of considering bilingual learners' non-linguistic forms of communication for understanding their mathematical thinking. In particular, I provide an analysis of communication involving a pair of high school calculus bilingual learners, who interacted with a touchscreen-based DGE (dynamic geometry environment).…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Nonverbal Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic
Ng, Oi-Lam – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
This paper provides a detailed analysis of the mathematical communication involving a pair of high school calculus students who are English language learners. The paper focuses on the word-use, gestures and dragging actions in the student-pair communication about calculus concepts when paper-based static and then touchscreen dynamic diagrams.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Bilingual Students, Language Usage, Nonverbal Communication
Direct linkGarnett, Bruce – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2010
This study explores the variations in the academic trajectories of socio-demographic subgroups of English as a second language (ESL) students (N = 7527) in British Columbia, Canada. Results are compared to a native English speaker baseline (N = 37,612). Longitudinal data describing the 1997 Grade 8 cohort (i.e., students age 13, typically in their…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
