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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Talk is the ticket to teaching math to English learners

By Kristen Malzahn, Paola Sztajn and Daniel Heck
| October 1, 2019

The importance of talk for learning is widely acknowledged. And so is the idea that different discourse patterns can support different learning goals. In the mathematics classroom, it is essential that all students, including English learners, move from silent to verbal (Moschkovich, 2002). According to Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical […]