Monograph No. 6: Reading In Mathematics
December 1980
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
49 – 55
Reading in Arithmetic – Mathematics in Reading
John V. Trivett
Our school traditions include the views that arithmetic and mathematics lessons are separate from those in reading and language arts. In universities, any intellectual collaboration between mathematics and language departments is rare, yet there is increasing awareness that much can be gained in the study of how language and mathematics can illuminate each other. This could have a significant effect on teachers of elementary grades in understanding the basics and in accomplishing greater efficiency in the teaching of the three R’s.