Writing Mathematically: The Discourse of ’Investigation’

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Figures and Table......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Preface by Series Editor......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
'The Language of Mathematics' ;Characteristics of Written Mathematical Texts......Page 19
Writing in the Mathematics Classroom......Page 33
Learning to Write Mathematically......Page 48
The Public Discourse of 'Investigation'......Page 61
A Critical Linguistic Approach to Mathematical Text......Page 87
Reading Investigative Mathematical Texts......Page 111
The Assessment of Investigations and Teacher Assessment......Page 126
Investigating Teachers Reading Coursework......Page 142
Teachers' Responses to Student Writing......Page 161
Assessing Difference: 'Creativity' and Error......Page 191
Towards a Critically Aware Mathematical Writing Curriculum......Page 208
References......Page 223
Index......Page 239