Journal article
Probing the structure of mathematical writing
DJ Clarke, A Waywood, M Stephens
Educational Studies in Mathematics | Published : 1993
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273863
Abstract
This paper examines one mode of mathematical communication: that of student journal writing in mathematics. The focus of the discussion is a study of four years' use of journal writing in mathematics involving approximately 500 students in Grades 7 through 11 in a particular Victorian secondary school. The evaluation of the experimental use in one school of journal writing in mathematics provides a powerful demonstration of the link between language and mathematics and suggests a relationship between students' mathematical writings and their perceptions of mathematics and mathematical activity. © 1993 Kluwer Academic Publishers.