Proficiency with mathematics requires an understanding of mathematical language. Students are required to make sense of both spoken and written mathematical terms. An essential component of mathematical language involves the understanding of the vocabulary of mathematics in which students connect vocabulary terms to mathematical concepts or procedures. In this brief psychometric report, we developed and tested a measure of mathematics vocabulary for students in the late middle-school grades (i.e., Grades 7 and 8) to determine the reliability of such a measure and to learn how students answer questions about mathematics vocabulary terms. The vocabulary terms on the measure were those terms determined as essential by middle-school teachers for success with middle-school mathematical language. Analysis indicates the measure demonstrated high reliability and validity. Student scores were widely distributed and students, on average, only answered two-thirds of vocabulary terms correctly.

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中学数学词汇量表的发展与心理测量报告

精通数学需要理解数学语言。要求学生理解口语和书面数学术语。数学语言的一个重要组成部分涉及对数学词汇的理解，学生将词汇与数学概念或程序联系起来。在这份简短的心理测量报告中，我们为中学后期（即 7 和 8 年级）学生开发并测试了数学词汇量表，以确定这种量表的可靠性并了解学生如何回答有关数学词汇的问题条款。测量中的词汇术语是那些被中学教师确定为成功掌握中学数学语言必不可少的术语。分析表明该测量显示出高可靠性和有效性。学生分数分布广泛，平均而言，学生只能正确回答三分之二的词汇。