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Yes, and who on earth says "cheerio, pip pip"? "Toodle pip" or "cheerio" or "pip pip" are acceptable. Those PhD theses seem a little misguided (if well meanin
by gerdesj 8y ago
Yes, and who on earth says "cheerio, pip pip"? "Toodle pip" or "cheerio" or "pip pip" are acceptable.
Those PhD theses seem a little misguided (if well meaning) to me. Language is riddled with ambiguity - "panda eats shoots and leaves" for example. Despite that ambiguity we generally manage to get along. Teaching critical thinking in general might be a better idea than fixating on specific issues.
- ColinWright 8y ago> Those PhD theses seem a little misguided (if well meaning) to me. That's a strong statement to make as a throw-away. You haven't read them, you haven't done the research, so I'd ask - what experience do you have of tracking the effect of specific language on the acquisition and development of mathematical skills in a significant sized population of very young children? I suspect the answer is not a lot, and dismissing someone's research on the basis of effectively no information is poor form.