Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 29k 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 explores the concept of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in the context of education research, focusing on the knowledge and skills required by teachers to effectively teach specific content areas. The cluster delves into topics such as technological pedagogical content knowledge, teacher professional development, mathematics instruction, classroom discourse, and lesson study.

Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Teacher Knowledge
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Mathematics Instruction
Teacher Professional Development
Educational Technology
Classroom Discourse
Teacher Learning
Lesson Study
Mathematics Education

Research works: 29k
In the world top 10%: 2.9k
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +16%
Largest producer: United States

Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Which countries lead Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (1.3k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.3k works
2 Indonesia 1.3k works
3 Germany 374 works
4 Türkiye 372 works
5 Brazil 338 works
6 China 259 works
7 Spain 181 works
8 France 173 works
9 South Africa 161 works
10 United Kingdom 158 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.

United States1,267 · 27.9%Indonesia1,253 · 27.6%Germany374 · 8.3%Türkiye372 · 8.2%6 others listed1,269 · 28.0%

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

Which institutions lead Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research, followed by State University of Malang and Universitas Negeri Surabaya.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 111 works
2 State University of MalangIndonesia 60 works
3 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 53 works
4 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 51 works
5 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 46 works
6 State University of SemarangIndonesia 36 works
7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
8 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 32 works
9 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 30 works
10 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques include Herbert A. Simon and Susan G. Michie.

1 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
2 Susan G. Michie United Kingdom 148k 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 Teaching Techniques?

The most cited paper in Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques is "Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning" (John Seely Brown, Allan Collins, Paul Duguid, 1989), with 13,078 citations. Next come "Content Knowledge for Teaching" (5,335) and "What Do New Views of Knowledge and Thinking Have to Say About Research on Teacher Learning?" (3,122).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning John Seely Brown, Allan Collins, Paul Duguid · Educational Researcher Open access	1989	13,078
2	Content Knowledge for Teaching Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Mark N. Hoover, Geoffrey Phelps · Journal of Teacher Education	Nov 2008	5,335
3	What Do New Views of Knowledge and Thinking Have to Say About Research on Teacher Learning? Ralph T. Putnam, Hilda Borko · Educational Researcher	2000	3,122
4	Effects of Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching on Student Achievement Heather C. Hill, Brian Rowan, Deborah Loewenberg Ball · American Educational Research Journal	2005	2,820
5	The mental representation of parity and number magnitude. Stanislas Dehaene, Serge Bossini, Pascal Giraux · Journal of Experimental Psychology General	Sep 1993	2,583

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research in 2022-now are Bandung (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and Surakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tasikmalaya.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BandungIndonesia 127 works
2 MalangIndonesia 90 works
3 YogyakartaIndonesia 81 works
4 SurakartaIndonesia 75 works
5 AnkaraTürkiye 74 works
6 SemarangIndonesia 68 works
7 ParisFrance 66 works
8 SurabayaIndonesia 63 works
9 JakartaIndonesia 60 works
10 São PauloBrazil 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Macau, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and University of Delaware score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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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.

Citation 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of MacauChina	67.9	42.3%	4.6×	9	+163.6%
2	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany	62.9	31.7%	6.3×	12	+70.3%
3	University of DelawareUnited States	60.1	26.7%	12.9×	23	+5.0%
4	Beijing Normal UniversityChina	57.3	18.5%	6.2×	30	+262.5%
5	University of Hong KongChina	57.3	28.7%	2.3×	13	+36.2%
6	University of MünsterGermany	56.1	18.1%	11.2×	29	+18.4%
7	Stockholm UniversitySweden	54.9	19.7%	9.1×	19	+91.1%
8	University of RwandaRwanda	54.9	15.3%	30.7×	14	+275.5%
9	Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom	54.5	17.8%	12.1×	17	+40.4%
10	Universität HamburgGermany	54.0	21.1%	4.8×	22	+7.8%
11	University of PaduaItaly	53.1	36.8%	1.8×	9	-1.4%
12	University of PittsburghUnited States	52.7	30.9%	1.8×	9	+24.8%
13	Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway	51.2	14.7%	6.7×	23	+251.6%
14	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain	51.2	21.7%	4.0×	19	+88.0%
15	University of CologneGermany	50.7	17.0%	6.6×	17	+42.1%
16	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	50.5	24.9%	3.2×	16	+27.8%
17	Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia	50.1	6.4%	18.4×	111	-9.3%
18	KU LeuvenBelgium	50.0	26.8%	2.7×	16	-58.3%
19	Johannes Kepler University of LinzAustria	49.4	23.7%	7.5×	8	+113.1%
20	Education University of Hong KongChina	48.9	23.3%	11.4×	10	+135.8%
21	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	48.0	8.2%	4.9×	24	+33.6%
22	Linköping UniversitySweden	47.7	14.4%	5.6×	9	+20.5%
23	University of South AfricaSouth Africa	47.6	9.3%	11.3×	30	+173.2%
24	Stanford UniversityUnited States	47.5	17.6%	1.4×	13	+79.2%
25	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	47.2	3.8%	14.2×	51	+333.7%
26	Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development	47.1	20.0%	153.3×	16	-
27	University of Cape CoastGhana	47.1	25.1%	10.6×	9	+54.7%
28	Monash UniversityAustralia	47.0	38.8%	2.4×	14	-34.5%
29	University of OsloNorway	46.7	32.1%	2.5×	10	-11.6%
30	University of HaifaIsrael	46.6	24.1%	11.5×	16	-13.2%
31	Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia	45.8	42.2%	13.7×	8	-31.7%
32	University of Education FreiburgGermany	45.1	23.1%	82.7×	12	+9.6%
33	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States	44.3	23.1%	3.3×	11	+4.6%
34	Walter Sisulu UniversitySouth Africa	44.0	14.5%	23.6×	14	+444.6%
35	University of GothenburgSweden	43.4	10.0%	5.6×	16	+92.2%
36	The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyUnited States	42.9	19.3%	13.1×	9	+337.3%
37	University of KasselGermany	42.8	17.7%	10.2×	10	+36.1%
38	University of TurkuFinland	42.8	18.3%	4.2×	8	-0.9%
39	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain	42.7	13.8%	4.1×	16	+30.6%
40	Universidad Autónoma de GuerreroMexico	42.7	16.0%	39.4×	14	+5.2%
41	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	42.5	8.8%	1.6×	16	+29.1%
42	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States	42.4	27.6%	2.3×	10	-42.9%
43	State University of MalangIndonesia	42.1	3.4%	10.4×	60	-5.9%
44	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	39.8	22.5%	1.3×	11	-5.7%
45	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	39.1	8.0%	11.7×	54	-21.5%
46	Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia	37.3	3.5%	13.2×	46	-15.5%
47	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	35.1	30.1%	1.4×	8	-43.9%
48	State University of SemarangIndonesia	34.5	7.9%	7.8×	36	-17.1%
49	Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia	32.3	4.7%	9.4×	32	-40.4%
50	University of CopenhagenDenmark	18.3	4.5%	1.9×	11	-17.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Teaching Techniques, country by country

Is Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

Fractional works of Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques 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.

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

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Which countries lead Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques?

What are the most cited papers in Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques?

Where is Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques?

Is Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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