Revisiting Early Research on Early Language and Number Names
Judit Moschkovich 1 *
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1 The University of California, Santa Cruz, USA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This article addresses the relationship between language and mathematical thinking by reconsidering early work on language and number names. The analysis examines theoretical assumptions, later empirical data, and critiques of those early studies. Researchers, practitioners, and curriculum designers in mathematics education working in multilingual settings need to develop an updated view of this early work on number names across languages, carefully considering what early research actually showed, how it has been critiqued, and how to theoretically frame claims about language and mathematical thinking. The analysis presented here suggests several ways to frame such an updated perspective, including work on linguistic relativity and ecological approaches to the relationship between language and mathematical thinking.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 13, Issue 7b, July 2017, 4143-4156

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00802a

Publication date: 21 Jun 2017

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