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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. 10.2% 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%
3.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+326%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (14k and 420 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 14k works
  2. 2 ?? 420 works
  3. 3 United States 249 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 236 works
  5. 5 Philippines 234 works
  6. 6 China 130 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 111 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 97 works
  9. 9 India 72 works
  10. 10 Thailand 70 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: 89.8%??: 2.6%United States: 1.6%Malaysia: 1.5%6 others listed: 4.5%90%largest
Indonesia14k · 89.8%??420 · 2.6%United States249 · 1.6%Malaysia236 · 1.5%6 others listed714 · 4.5%

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

Which institutions lead Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 567 works
  2. 2 State University of MedanIndonesia 409 works
  3. 3 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 408 works
  4. 4 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 398 works
  5. 5 State University of SemarangIndonesia 332 works
  6. 6 State University of PadangIndonesia 327 works
  7. 7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 323 works
  8. 8 State University of MalangIndonesia 307 works
  9. 9 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 293 works
  10. 10 State University of MakassarIndonesia 281 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mathematics Education and Pedagogy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mathematics Education and Pedagogy include Sugiyono Sugiyono, Lynn S. Fuchs and Saifuddin Azwar.

  1. 1 Sugiyono Sugiyono Indonesia 3.2k citations
  2. 2 Lynn S. Fuchs United States 941 citations
  3. 3 Saifuddin Azwar Indonesia 694 citations

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

Where is Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research done?

The largest centres of Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medan Indonesia 1k works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 950 works
  3. 3 Semarang Indonesia 871 works
  4. 4 Bandung Indonesia 799 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta Indonesia 665 works
  6. 6 Malang Indonesia 561 works
  7. 7 Makassar Indonesia 543 works
  8. 8 Surabaya Indonesia 518 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 457 works
  10. 10 Surakarta Indonesia 438 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangsidempuanID · 407.8 works59×
  2. TasikmalayaID · 184.9 works54×
  3. PurworejoID · 45.9 works47×
  4. BangkinangID · 49.8 works42×
  5. PalopoID · 32.6 works41×
  6. CianjurID · 22.7 works40×
  7. KudusID · 177.8 works38×
  8. KefamenanuID · 40.1 works35×
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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, Indonesia University of Education, Yogyakarta State University and Universitas Negeri Surabaya 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%5%10%15%mean 8.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indonesia University of Education: 567, 10.8%Yogyakarta State University: 293, 10.7%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 323, 9.0%State University of Semarang: 332, 8.6%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 219, 12.3%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 173, 13.1%State University of Padang: 327, 7.3%Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan: 408, 5.1%Universitas PGRI Semarang: 398, 5.6%State University of Malang: 307, 6.8%Indonesia University…Yogyakarta State Uni…Universitas Negeri S…State University of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 66.410.8%35.4×567 +1886.4%
2 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 63.410.7%32.1×293 +419.0%
3 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 62.89.0%26.8×323 +541.9%
4 State University of SemarangIndonesia 62.78.6%27.2×332 +205.5%
5 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 62.712.3%22.9×219 +1572.2%
6 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia 61.813.1%26.9×173 +4703.1%
7 State University of PadangIndonesia 61.77.3%18.9×327 +2088.9%
8 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 61.65.1%58.9×408 +1599.5%
9 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 61.65.6%53.9×398 +1168.5%
10 State University of MalangIndonesia 61.56.8%20.0×307 +1630.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Mathematics Education and Pedagogy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 326% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.