The Languages of the Math Classroom

© '98, Agnes Azzolino

Table of Contents and Preface

This page begins the collected lecture notes for "The Languages of A Mathematics Class" presented at 10:00 am on October 22, 1998, by Agnes Azzolino at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey. Feel free to use this material but quote the source.

Warm Up

- problems prior to the lecture are found at:

http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page1.htm

Intro to Math Lanugages

- Thoughts from 11/03 to 1/04

Features & Levels of Proficiency

- "Reasons for the Use of the Term Language,"

"Features of Math Class Languages," and the

"Levels of Proficiency" are found at:

http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page2.htm

Math Class Language Families

are found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page3.htm

The Math Class Languages

are found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page4.htm

Verbal

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page5.htm

Written

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page6.htm

The Semiequation and Semiexpression

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page7.htm

Pictorial

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page8.htm

Math Exercises

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/exerc.htm

Math Exercises Animated Gif

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/fxercis.gif

Concrete

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page9.htm

"The Hundreds Board"

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/100s/hintro.htm

"Graphing with Manipulatives"

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/gwm/gintro.htm

Golden Rules & Closing

is found at: http://www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page11.htm

Some of this materials has been published or presented before and may be found in the following publications which are also listed on appropriate pages as endnotes.

"The Hundreds Board,": Agnes Azzolino, © 2/24/97, TXu 813-453 and Math Games For Adult and Child Agnes Azzolino, © 1993, ISBN 0-9623593-4-3

"Tristadecapath to Math," and

"Coordinate Plane" and
"Absolute Value Dilator,": from Exploring Functions through the Use of Manipulatives Agnes Azzolino, © 2/24/97, TXu 813-453 and the Graphing with Manipulatives Product Line

The Languages of the Math Classroom

Verbal, Written, Pictorial, and Concrete (the Hundreds Board, for example) are the four broad mathematics language families discussed in this electronic monograph found at www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/page0.htm and additional pages (ISBN: 1-929-870-01-9 © 1998, Agnes Azzolino).

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