Review: A New Era in Collegiate Mathematics Education Research: Good Learning of College Mathematics: Can We Recognize, Understand, Foster, and Document It?

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Alfinio Flores

Research in college mathematics education is neither new (Suydam, 1975) nor unusual (Becker & Pence, 1994). However, the literature of this field is still very scattered, with many of the articles published in journals that mathematicians do not usually read. Although in recent years a few books have appeared that deal with college mathematics, books that collect papers devoted to research in the field are certainly needed.

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Robert F. Wheeler

For the mathematician interested in issues of learning and teaching, these are, ostensibly, the best of times. The American Mathematical Society has joined the Mathematical Association of America in making choice time slots available at national and regional meetings for discussions of educational issues. These sessions have been well attended, not only by young Ph.D.'s, but also by senior mathematicians, full professors with the protection of tenure, who have the potential to substantially modify the way in which college mathematics teaching is done.


2021 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Arthur Bakker ◽  
Jinfa Cai ◽  
Linda Zenger

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.


2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Noelle Parks ◽  
Mardi Schmeichel

This Research Commentary builds on a 2-stage literature review to argue that there are 4 obstacles to making a sociopolitical turn in mathematics education that would allow researchers to talk about race and ethnicity in ways that take both identity and power seriously: (a) the marginalization of discussions of race and ethnicity; (b) the reiteration of race and ethnicity as independent variables; (c) absence of race and ethnicity from mathematics education research; and (d) the minimizing of discussions of race and ethnicity, even within equity-oriented work.


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