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Research by The National Literacy Trust 2013

Table 1 shows the percentage of the population that read on a daily basis by age group, based on Great Britain’s National Statistics Time Use Survey 2005 and the work of Clark and Foster for the National Literacy Trust in 2005.

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Tier 2 terms with specialised meanings in Maths

Balance Interest DifferenceCoordinate Power Terms

Even Similar RadicalImaginary Irrational Improper

Plane Axis ChanceProduct Mixed ExpressionRound Cube PrincipalScale Value FactorSlope Represent Simplify

Square Find FunctionPositive Field RealTangent Proof Odd

Adapted from table 4.10, “Building Academic Language” by Jeff Zwiers 2014

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Some Maths Imperatives

Maths Questions and Expressions

PlotGraphInterpret CalculateEstimateConstructConvertCompareSubstituteFind the relationship between X and YDesign it to minimiseWork backwardPredictIsolate

Which system of equations represents the situation?Which ratio represents an approximation of . . .?What is the measure of . . .?AverageEquivalentRelevant informationAscent, Descent, AltitudeOperationsVary directlyReasonableDimensionsIf X equals . . . then what is . . .?

Adapted from table 4.11, “Building Academic Language” by Jeff Zwiers 2014

A list of expressions often used in problem solving in Maths

We need to figure out exactly what they want.

This is like the problem we did on . . .

Let’s break it down into parts. First, . . . We need to identity the . . .

Information that I need is . . . because . . We don’t know . . ., so let’s make it a variable.

There are different ways to solve it. Maybe the data table will work because . . .

The best solution is . . . because . . . This answer makes sense because . . .

I predict that . . . I think we need to try another way.

We can draw this part as . . . I think that the answer is . . . because . . .

We can check our answer by trying . . . This word means that the final units need to be in . . .

I don’t think this information is important because . . .

I bet that . . . because . . .

Adapted from table 4.12, “Building Academic Language” by Jeff Zwiers 2014

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Academic Literacy Displays

Tier 2 vocabulary to emphasise across all subject areas in the first term

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Cross Subject Language

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Tier 2 Words

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Top Trump CommentInterpretDemonstrateInvestigate Predict

AnalyseAssessCreate Clarify Contrast

ChallengeDebate, ExpandEvaluate

Depth Charge Words Objectivity Culture

Diversity

Inside Track Words Evidence, Summary

InferenceMethod

Reliability

Weighty Words Authority Theory Theory

Peacock Words Furthermore Controversially Conceptually, ContraryConversely

Speaking objectively, advanced maths can be confusing for new students.

An aspect of objectivity in mathematics is about the relationships between the mathematical and the physical.

Does maths exist objectively or is it a human creation?

For a maths expert, numbers have an authority all their own

Example sentences

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