Author(s)

Kasem Premprayoon¹, Suladda Loipha², Maitree Inprasitha²

¹Centre of Excellence in Mathematics, CHE, Bangkok, Thailand.
²Center for Research in Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

This study aims to investigate language and symbol students use in Thai mathematical classroom in the context of Lesson Study and Open Approach. The results reveal that the students use language and symbol in three characteristics. Firstly, the students use mathematical symbols to represent mathematical operations. Secondly, the students use oral words to communicate their ideas of mathematical operations. Thirdly, the students draw figures and use diagrams to communicate their ideas of mathematical operations.

Language and Symbol, Open Approach, Lesson Study

Premprayoon, K. , Loipha, S. and Inprasitha, M. (2014) Language and Symbol Students Use in Thai Mathematical Classroom of Lesson Study and Open Approach. Creative Education, 5, 1523-1527. doi: 10.4236/ce.2014.516169.