scholarly journals Implementation-related research in mathematics education: the search for identity

ZDM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Koichu ◽  
Mario Sánchez Aguilar ◽  
Morten Misfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Implementation Research ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Survey Paper ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

AbstractImplementation has always been a paramount concern of mathematics education, but only recently has the conceptualizing and theorizing work on implementation as a phenomenon begun in our field. In this survey paper, we conduct a hermeneutic review of mathematics education research identified as related to the implementation problematics. The first cycle of the review is based on examples of studies published in mathematics education journals during the last 40 years. It is organized according to five reasons for developing implementation research. The second cycle concerns 15 papers included in this special issue and is organized by four themes, as follows: objects of implementation, stakeholders in implementation, implementation vs. scaling up, and implementability of mathematics education research. The paper is concluded with a refined glossary of implementation-related terms and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Future themes of mathematics education research: an international survey before and during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Arthur Bakker ◽  
Jinfa Cai ◽  
Linda Zenger
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
International Survey ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Development Technology ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

AbstractBefore the pandemic (2019), we asked: On what themes should research in mathematics education focus in the coming decade? The 229 responses from 44 countries led to eight themes plus considerations about mathematics education research itself. The themes can be summarized as teaching approaches, goals, relations to practices outside mathematics education, teacher professional development, technology, affect, equity, and assessment. During the pandemic (November 2020), we asked respondents: Has the pandemic changed your view on the themes of mathematics education research for the coming decade? If so, how? Many of the 108 respondents saw the importance of their original themes reinforced (45), specified their initial responses (43), and/or added themes (35) (these categories were not mutually exclusive). Overall, they seemed to agree that the pandemic functions as a magnifying glass on issues that were already known, and several respondents pointed to the need to think ahead on how to organize education when it does not need to be online anymore. We end with a list of research challenges that are informed by the themes and respondents’ reflections on mathematics education research.

scholarly journals When bibliometrics met mathematics education research: the case of instrumental orchestration

ZDM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1455-1469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Drijvers ◽  
Sebastian Grauwin ◽  
Luc Trouche
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Teaching With Technology ◽  
Instrumental Orchestration ◽  
Identity Cards ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Thanks to digital technology, methods for finding and analysing research literature have become dramatically more powerful over the last decades. Also, new bibliometric techniques have been developed and applied to the results of such literature search queries. The application of these bibliometric tools to mathematics education research, however, is rare. In this paper, we explore the value of these techniques for mathematics education research through triangulating bibliometrics and expert findings. To do so, we address the case of instrumental orchestration, and want to know how this notion developed over time and was used in research practices. The results show that bibliometric clustering techniques provided a sense-making sketch of the ‘landscape’ of instrumental orchestration research. Triangulating the bibliometric findings with expert interpretations seemed an appropriate method to set up compact ‘identity cards’. In the case of instrumental orchestration, we identified five main clusters in research literature, characterized by the following labels: Managing teaching complexity, Designing living resources, Teaching with technology, Adult learners, and Interacting with computers. The paper ends with some reflections on the potential of bibliometrics in our field and on future research on instrumental orchestration.

Radical Constructivism and Mathematics Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie P. Steffe ◽  
Thomas Kieren
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Radical Constructivism ◽  
Mathematics Educators ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

Our intention in this article is to provide an interpretation of the influence of constructivist thought on mathematics educators starting around 1960 and proceeding on up to the present time. First, we indicate how the initial influence of constructivist thought stemmed mainly from Piaget's cognitive-development psychology rather than from his epistemology. In this, we point to what in retrospect appears to be inevitable distortions in the interpretations of Piaget 's psychology due primarily to its interpretation in the framework of Cartesian epistemology. Second, we identify a preconstructivist revolution in research in mathematics education beginning in 1970 and proceeding on up to 1980. There were two subperiods in this decade separated by Ernst von Glasersfeld's presentation of radical constructivism to the Jean Piaget Society in Philadelphia in 1975. Third, we mark the beginning of the constructivist revolution in mathematics education research by the publication of two important papers in the JRME (Richards & von Glasersfeld, 1980; von Glasersfeld, 1981). Fourth, we indicate how the constructivist revolution in mathematics education research served as a period of preparation for the reform movement that is currently underway in school mathematics.

Editorial: Research Articles Can Be Helpful to Practitioners

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Glendon W. Blume
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Mathematics Coaches ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

Because JRME is a research journal, its value to those who conduct research in mathematics education is obvious. What may not be as obvious, however, is that JRME articles also have the potential to benefit another audience, namely, mathematics education practitioners. Research articles in JRME (and those in other mathematics education research journals, as well) can offer to practitioners helpful information and a variety of tools that have the potential to be useful in their work. The variety of “practitioners” who can benefit from research articles in JRME includes those who teach mathematics at the prekindergarten through collegiate levels, teacher educators who work with prospective mathematics teachers at any of those levels, mathematics coaches or supervisors who serve as school- or district-based leaders for groups of mathematics teachers, teacher educators who engage in-service mathematics teachers in professional development, and even researchers who teach others about mathematics education research.

Book Review: Scaling Mathematics Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 552-556
Author(s):  
Bharath Sriraman
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
International Research ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

The third edition of the Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education (henceforth, HIRME) comes at an interesting time for the community of mathematics education researchers because it tackles two essential problems for the community, namely, (a) what constitutes “great challenges” for the field, in the opening chapter, and (b) how scalable mathematics education research is, in the concluding chapter.

(Mis)Taken Identities: Reclaiming Identities of the “Collective Black” in Mathematics Education Research Through an Exercise in Black Specificity

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maisie L. Gholson ◽  
Charles E. Wilkes
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

This chapter reviews two strands of identity-based research in mathematics education related to Black children, exemplified by Martin (2000) and Nasir (2002). Identity-based research in mathematics education is a burgeoning field that is disrupting narratives around the meanings of mathematical competence and brilliance. We argue that the identities of Black children as doers and knowers of mathematics are often confused (or mistaken) with stereotypical images of various social identities, as well as wrongly confiscated (or mis-taken), in order to perpetuate persistent narratives of inferiority, criminality, and general ineducability of these children. We use Black children as a particular example within the mathematics education research literature and argue that children within a so-called “collective Black” are subject to the same racial scripts that organize mathematics teaching and learning. While we acknowledge that important lines of identity-based research have emerged to reclaim the rightful identities of Black children and those within the collective Black, we conclude with a critique of this recent literature in which we note the troubling exclusion of girls and young children.

Making Space for Spatial Proportions

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 644-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Percival G. Matthews ◽  
Edward M. Hubbard
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Spatial Representations ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Theoretical Context ◽  
Open Questions

The three target articles presented in this special issue converged on an emerging theme: the importance of spatial proportional reasoning. They suggest that the ability to map between symbolic fractions (like 1/5) and nonsymbolic, spatial representations of their sizes or magnitudes may be especially important for building robust fractions knowledge. In this commentary, we first reflect upon where these findings stand in a larger theoretical context, largely borrowed from mathematics education research. Next, we emphasize parallels between this work and emerging work suggesting that nonsymbolic proportional reasoning may provide an intuitive foundation for understanding fraction magnitudes. Finally, we end by exploring some open questions that suggest specific future directions in this burgeoning area.

Researching Race in Mathematics Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Bernard Martin
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
African American ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Differential Outcomes

Background Within mathematics education research, policy, and practice, race remains undertheorized in relation to mathematics learning and participation. Although race is characterized in the sociological and critical theory literatures as socially and politically constructed with structural expressions, most studies of differential outcomes in mathematics education begin and end their analyses of race with static racial categories and group labels used for the sole purpose of disaggregating data. This inadequate framing is, itself, reflective of a racialization process that continues to legitimize the social devaluing and stigmatization of many students of color. I draw from my own research with African American adults and adolescents, as well as recent research on the mathematical experiences of African American students conducted by other scholars. I also draw from the sociological and critical theory literatures to examine the ways that race and racism are conceptualized in the larger social context and in ways that are informative for mathematics education researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. Purpose To review and critically analyze how the construct of race has been conceptualized in mathematics education research, policy, and practice. Research Design Narrative synthesis. Conclusion Future research and policy efforts in mathematics education should examine racialized inequalities by considering the socially constructed nature of race.

Editorial: JRME: A Tale of Unicorns, Mastodons, and Ants

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 430-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia W. Langrall
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

For the last 4.5 years, I have been immersed in the work of editing the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. I could talk for hours about reading manuscripts and reviews, writing decision letters, interacting with authors, editing manuscripts to prepare them for publication, my reflections on the research that has been published in the journal, and my reflections on the research that has not been published, but this talk is not about me. I want to focus on the journal itself, its past and its future, and what it means to us–the mathematics education research community. Also, I will be talking about unicorns, mastodons, and ants. So bear with me, this will not be a typical math ed. talk (and I might have gotten a little carried away with the mastodons). Let's begin this tale.

Editorial

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Frank K. Lester
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Field Of Inquiry ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

In the final issue (November 1992) of his term as editor of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Tom Carpenter noted that research in mathematics education has been undergoing a paradigm shift. Evidence of this shift is seen in the substantial increase in recent years in the number of research reports representing methodologies that have previously not been common in mathematics education. This increase is due in large part to Tom's receptiveness to publishing research based on alternative paradigms. Mo reover, as open as he was to increasing the scope of the journal, he insisted on doing so without lowering the standards of excellence that we have come to expect. Under Tom's capable guidance the journal has continued to grow in stature, and as a result, mathematics education research has continued to mature as a field of inquiry. As the new editor I will strive to uphold Tom's standards of editorial excellence while continuing to encourage a wide range of ideologies and methodologies.

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