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PREP Workshop Report: Expository Writing
A significant part of the job of a mathematician involves writing - between research papers, expository writing, grant applications, letters of recommendation, and materials for our teaching, I know that I spend much of my days writing something or other. Yet most of us are never really trained to write mathematics, and even in our jobs we rarely find time to talk about the actual writing of the mathematics which has taken place. With this in mind, I chose to attend a PREP workshop held by the Mathematical Association of America at their headquarters in Washington, DC dedicated to the art of mathematical exposition. [excerpt
Math in the Middle Report to Nebraska December 2009
Table of Contents:
An overview of Math in the Middle
Gordon-Rushville reaps beneļ¬ts of Math in the Middle
Nebraska Math & Science Summer Institutes: Courses enhance teaching abilities
Math in the Middle graduates excel as teacher leaders
Math in the Middle graduate achievements: Exemplary leaders in math education
Dan Schaben, former NATM president, reļ¬ects on Math in the Middle
Math Teachersā Circle: The drive to learn continues
Action Research Papers
Math Expository Papers
Doctoral Students and Math in the Middle
Selected Publications
Contributors: Jim Lewis, Ruth Heaton, Michelle Homp, Wendy Smith, Shannon Parry and Lindsay Augustyn
Design/Layout: Lindsay Augusty
Native and non-native speakers of English in summarising expository texts
This study examines how native and non-native English speakers summarise expository texts. It investigates if there is any difference in quality between the summaries produced by two groups of students; namely native speakers of English, who acquire the language in early childhood and have their education (from kindergarten / grade 1 to high school) in English, and non-native speakers, who acquire the language in an ESL/EFL context. The sample consisted of seventy undergraduates from a private Malaysian university,
comprising thirty-five native and thirty-five non-native speakers of English. Data for the study include summaries by students, response to teacher and student questionnaires as well as interviews with both teachers and students. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the quality of summaries of native and non-native English speakers in expository text
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