The missing link: language skills crucial to mathematics and science

The missing link: language skills crucial to mathematics and science

HSRC Reviews
Published in 2013 by Human Sciences Research Council
Keywords: Language and Literacy / Languages

Research shows that inadequate language development contributes to weak performance at school, and in later life. Cas Prinsloo and Shawn Rogers explored the relationship between language and achievement in mathematics and science, as revealed in an initial analysis of the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).