The positive relationship between students' attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement is well documented. Yet there is a worsening problem of low appeal of mathematics especially at the secondary level. Therefore, in this paper we focus on three high school students who report a strong dislike of mathematics. By analyzing student…

This commentary was written by ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model developed by OpenAI. It was conceived by the first author as a test for how the advent of predictive language modeling will create opportunities and challenges for researchers and teachers in mathematics education. The paper consists of a commentary that was written…

We conducted a multimedia survey experiment with a nationally representative sample (n = 405) of secondary geometry teachers. Participants were shown storyboard depictions of instructional episodes and asked to rate the appropriateness of the (hypothetical) teacher's actions using a Likert-like response format. We analyzed participants responses…

This quantitative study investigated the academic outcomes of high school students from one community college district in Illinois who took a high school transitional math course designed to give them direct placement into a college-level math course. The goal of successful completion of a transitional math course is to allow students direct…

In this article, the authors share the instructional moves that a fifth-grade teacher, made to simultaneously develop the mathematical reasoning of multilingual learners and the mathematics register required to write a multiplication story. The teacher incorporated tasks in her lessons that fostered students' mathematical reasoning consistent with…

Developing students' mathematical knowledge is the key focus of stakeholders involved in mathematics education. At the senior secondary level, for students' undertaking calculus-focused courses, teachers expect students to be fluent in applying procedures related to junior level content and understand the nature of mathematics as a web of…

In this paper duality between real world phenomenon and mathematics will be discussed. This duality exists for many years which considerably remarked in the history of mathematics curriculum. One of the good potential for filling the gap between real world phenomenon and mathematical ideas would be modelling tasks which require performing the…

This action research study examines the use of professional development to build the self-efficacy of secondary math teachers in culturally responsive mathematics teaching (CRMT), with the hope to address achievement gaps of Black and Hispanic students. Seven math teachers from a school division in Southwest Virginia participated in a 9-week…

Curiosity is an important driver of student's learning and school is a promising venue for promoting curiosity through social interactions between teachers and students. However, some research suggests that curiosity in school may decline with grade, perhaps due to educational practices (Engel, 2011). The current study assessed the frequency of…

In recent years, we have witnessed rapid technological and digital changes that have inevitably affected mathematics education. This article presents findings on the use of digital technologies by Italian mathematics teachers, especially in this period of digital revolution amplified by the pandemic, and on the teachers' level of training in the…

Teaching through problem-solving (TTP) is an approach that helps develop learners', critical thinking, creative thinking, communication collaborative, and computational (5Cs) skills. This approach provides an opportunity for the teachers to maximise metacognition resulting in quality of instruction. This research study aims to determine the…

The classroom is the primary site for learning. A vital feature of classroom learning is the division of educational content into various disciplines. While disciplinary differences could substantially influence the learning process toward success, little is known about the neural mechanism underlying successful disciplinary learning. In the…

English Learners benefit from small group sorting activities with clear structures to participate. Early in a lesson, students can sort to surface prior knowledge and develop categories. Later, sorting helps English Learners coordinate and connect multiple representations. As they extend understanding, English Learners can make new connections and…

This study investigated the sources of difficulties experienced by prospective teachers in mathematical modelling in the context of a semester-long course on mathematical modelling for teachers. The data reported in this study were collected from six prospective teachers through in-depth semi-structured interviews supported by audio and videotaped…

Teachers' ability to accurately judge difficulties of mathematical tasks is an essential aspect of their diagnostic competencies. Although research has suggested that pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is positively correlated with the accuracy of diagnostic judgments, experimental studies have not been conducted to investigate how PCK affects…