What accounts for well-meaning teachers' lack of implementation of subject-matter reforms,
such as making one's classroom centered on problem solving, even when they positively …

Research on mathematics teachers and mathematics teacher education has grown
substantially over the last 10 to 20 years with the recognition of the enormous influence of …

This ICME-13 Topical Survey is designed to provide an overview of contemporary research
in the philosophy of mathematics education. This is a broad cluster of overlapping but at …

Official pressure for reforms in the teaching of mathematics overlooks a key factor: the
psychological foundations of the practice of teaching mathematics, including the teacher's …

This article reports an analysis of 19 prospective elementary and secondary teachers'
understanding of division. Interview questions probed the prospective teachers' …

In this introductory chapter, my task is to give an account of the growth of interest in social
elements involved in teaching and learning mathematics over recent years, to account for …

This collective case study reports on an investigation into the relationship between
mathematics teachers' beliefs and their classroom practices, namely, how they organized …

This paper offers a framework for examining the role of subject matter knowledge in the
teaching of mathematics. Starting with a brief review of the history of efforts to investigate the …

The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. The important applications
of the science, the theoretical interest of its ideas, and the logical rigour of its methods, all …

This collective case study examines the influence of 4 third-grade teachers' beliefs and
knowledge on their error-handling practices during class discussion of mathematics. Across …