Philip K. Mwei

Understanding Pre-service Secondary Teachers’ Mathematical Language: An Inductive-deductive Thematic Analysis of Selected Terms and Symbols

Philip K. Mwei · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Aims: To evaluate Bachelor of Education students’ understanding and use of selected mathematical terms (“prime number” and “parallelogram”) and symbols (the “equal” and “plus” signs), focusing on their definitions and application in various contexts. There is a lack of research e...