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Mathematics Education and Pedagogy

Mathematics Education and Pedagogy is a research topic within Applied Mathematics. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on improving mathematical literacy and problem-solving skills through various approaches such as PISA assessment framework, realistic mathematics education, guided discovery learning, and contextual learning. It also explores the influence of factors like adversity quotient, gender differences, and metacognition on mathematical abilities. The papers emphasize the development of teaching strategies to enhance students' creative thinking and problem-solving capabilities in mathematics.

  • Mathematical Literacy
  • Problem-Solving
  • PISA Assessment
  • Realistic Mathematics Education
  • Adversity Quotient
  • Contextual Learning
  • Creative Thinking
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Gender Differences
  • Metacognition
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+36%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
89% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mathematics Education and Pedagogy

Which countries lead Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (15k and 448 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 15k works
  2. 2 ?? 448 works
  3. 3 Philippines 307 works
  4. 4 United States 278 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 254 works
  6. 6 China 148 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 118 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 107 works
  9. 9 India 85 works
  10. 10 Thailand 77 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 89.3%??: 2.6%Philippines: 1.8%United States: 1.6%6 others listed: 4.6%89%largest
Indonesia15k · 89.3%??448 · 2.6%Philippines307 · 1.8%United States278 · 1.6%6 others listed790 · 4.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research, followed by State University of Medan and Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 602 works
  2. 2 State University of MedanIndonesia 437 works
  3. 3 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 427 works
  4. 4 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 419 works
  5. 5 State University of SemarangIndonesia 365 works
  6. 6 State University of PadangIndonesia 354 works
  7. 7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 343 works
  8. 8 State University of MalangIndonesia 325 works
  9. 9 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 316 works
  10. 10 State University of MakassarIndonesia 309 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mathematics Education and Pedagogy include Susan G. Michie, Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Richard E. Mayer.

  1. 1 Susan G. Michie United Kingdom 148k citations
  2. 2 Jacquelynne S. Eccles United States 107k citations
  3. 3 Richard E. Mayer United States 104k citations
  4. 4 Jean Piaget Switzerland 104k citations
  5. 5 John Sweller Australia 81k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy?

The most cited paper in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy is "Mathematical Tasks and Student Cognition: Classroom-Based Factors That Support and Inhibit High-Level Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning" (Marjorie A. Henningsen, Mary Kay Stein, 1997), with 882 citations. Next come "Secondary School Mathematics Teachers’ Views on E-learning Implementation Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia" (805) and "Assessing the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Achievement in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis" (715).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mathematical Tasks and Student Cognition: Classroom-Based Factors That Support and Inhibit High-Level Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning Marjorie A. Henningsen, Mary Kay Stein · Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Nov 1997 882
2 Secondary School Mathematics Teachers’ Views on E-learning Implementation Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia Mailizar Mailizar, Abdulsalam Almanthari, Suci Maulina et al. · Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education Open access 5 May 2020 805
3 Assessing the Relationship between Attitude toward Mathematics and Achievement in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis Xin Ma, Nand Kishor · Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 1997 715
4 Math anxiety in elementary and secondary school students. Allan Wigfield, Judith L. Meece · Journal of Educational Psychology Jun 1988 632
5 What’s Past Is Prologue Tyler W. Watts, Greg J. Duncan, Robert S. Siegler et al. · Educational Researcher Open access 23 Sep 2014 564
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Where is Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research done?

The largest centres of Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research in 2022-now are Medan (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangsidempuan, Tasikmalaya and Purworejo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MedanIndonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 994 works
  3. 3 SemarangIndonesia 946 works
  4. 4 BandungIndonesia 850 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 713 works
  6. 6 MalangIndonesia 601 works
  7. 7 MakassarIndonesia 584 works
  8. 8 SurabayaIndonesia 554 works
  9. 9 PadangIndonesia 488 works
  10. 10 SurakartaIndonesia 474 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangsidempuanID · 427.4 works61×
  2. TasikmalayaID · 199.6 works57×
  3. PurworejoID · 50.9 works50×
  4. BangkinangID · 54.4 works45×
  5. PalopoID · 34.1 works43×
  6. CianjurID · 23.4 works40×
  7. KudusID · 183.0 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mathematics Education and Pedagogy?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Rwanda, Indonesia University of Education and University of South Africa score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 22.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of South …University of RwandaIndonesia University…Yogyakarta State Uni…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of RwandaRwanda 63.640.3%7.5×8 +419.3%
2Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 63.215.4%39.9×602 +36.8%
3University of South AfricaSouth Africa 58.652.6%1.6×10 +673.8%
4Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 58.113.0%36.7×316 +35.1%
5Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 57.515.8%27.2×244 +288.6%
6University of SzegedHungary 57.446.5%2.8×11 +254.1%
7State University of SemarangIndonesia 55.510.8%31.7×365 +38.3%
8Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 54.610.1%30.2×343 +35.8%
9Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 54.37.6%60.1×419 +55.6%
10Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia 53.011.8%31.7×190 +45.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy, country by country

Is Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Mathematics Education and Pedagogy.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mathematics Education and Pedagogy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.083% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Mathematics Education and Pedagogy0.068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mathematics Education and Pedagogy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Mathematics Education and Pedagogy9.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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