Project-based learning (PjBL) represents a fundamental instructional reform in the new Chinese national curriculum. This study uses a new type of noticing, termed "curricular noticing," to address the questions: How teachers attend to, interpret, and respond to textbooks through the PjBL lesson study? What shared patterns emerge in…

Textbooks are an essential source for the implementation of new curriculum in many countries. However, the role of textbooks in the process is not a fixed entity, as it is shaped by individual teachers' practices. This study aims to investigate, through the lens of teachers' views, what role textbooks play in the implementation of curriculum…

Climate change is recognised globally as an urgent crisis, prompting the integration of sustainability into education to address future challenges beyond disciplinary boundaries. In STEM education, integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics empowers students to address environmental, societal, and economic concerns for a better…

The purpose of this study is to investigate how mathematics-emphasised STEM PBL lessons develop pre-service teachers' creative thinking skills in mathematics. A sequential mixed-methods study was applied to deeply understand the results from the quantitative part of the study through qualitative analysis. While pre-service teachers' creative…

As a global trend, sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have increasingly received reforms from international organizations (IOs) to improve learning achievements for marginalized groups by promoting community involvement in school governance. The idea is to mobilize local resources and lessen the 'burden' on the central government. This paper…

The goal of the present study is to illuminate students' proportional reasoning using the theory of units coordination as an explanatory tool. We chose two seventh-grade students, Hyun and Junwoo, who demonstrated distinct levels of units coordination and analyzed their units-coordinating activities under proportion problem situations with respect…

One of the most important jobs mathematics teachers have is supporting students and helping them to develop confidence in their own capabilities as mathematical thinkers. Children who do not believe in themselves are unlikely to share their ideas, persevere through challenges, or take risks that lead to new insights. Yet many students have no…

In the US, an estimated 25% of four-year college students and up to 80% of community college students suffer from a moderate to high degree of mathematics anxiety (MA) (Chang & Beilock, 2016). Many scholars have noted that mathematics anxiety can be regarded as a significant factor in determining a student's achievement and mathematics related…

In Peru, national assessments repeatedly rank Indigenous mathematics students as the lowest performing across the entirety of Latin America and South America. Whereas lack of financial resources often predicts low measures, the history of educational practice teaches us that students' poverty need not predict their educational outcomes -- creative…

It is well documented that as an educational system we subject students from particular racial and socioeconomic backgrounds to unequal schooling experiences. Some researchers attribute the unequal schooling experiences and outcomes of minoritized students of color to their limited access to educational resources, like skilled teachers and quality…

The current study investigates teachers' conception and reflection of computer programming from scratch in terms of technological and pedagogical standpoint. Mixed research approaches typically achievement tests and interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data respectively. A total of twenty-one Mathematics and Science…

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study designed to measure trends in mathematics and science achievement at grades 4 and 8, as well as to collect information about educational contexts (such as students' schools, teachers, and homes) that may be related to student achievement. TIMSS has…

This study's purpose was to investigate effects of 3 intervention approaches for building working memory (WM) and improving word-problem solving (WPS). Children with mathematics difficulties (n = 240; 7.51 years [SD = 0.33]) were randomized to 4 conditions: a control group, general WM training with contiguous math practice, WPS intervention…

The study tested the hypothesis that there are sex differences in the pathways to mathematical development. Three-hundred and 42 adolescents (169 boys) were assessed in various mathematics areas from arithmetic fluency to algebra across 6th to 9th grade, inclusive, and completed a battery of working memory, spatial, and intelligence measures in…

Throughout their careers in education, the authors of this article have had opportunities to listen to the stories of their students. Their students have shared experiences and the impact of these experiences on their beliefs, identities, and confidence in doing mathematics. These stories have inspired them to reflect on their own practices and…