How an awareness of metaphor can inform academic numeracy teaching and learning

Tiffany Winn; Kathleen Brady

How an awareness of metaphor can inform academic numeracy teaching and learning

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Abstract

Background• Why metaphor matters–Potential of metaphor as an effective numeracy and mathematics teaching and learning tool• Learning from metaphors

Original language	English
Number of pages	26
Publication status	Published - Nov 2015
Event	Critical Intersections: The 12th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning - University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia Duration: 25 Nov 2015 → 27 Nov 2015 Conference number: 12th

Conference

Conference	Critical Intersections
Abbreviated title	AALL 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Wollongong
Period	25/11/15 → 27/11/15

Keywords

Mathematics education
Metaphors
Effective learning

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How an awareness of metaphor can inform academic numeracy teaching and learning

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