Textbook research in mathematics education: development status and directions
Textbook research in mathematics education: development status and directions
This paper presents a survey study aiming to systematically examine, analyse and review relevant research focusing on mathematics textbooks and hence identify future directions in this field of research. The literature surveyed is selected from different data sources, including mainly journal articles, research theses and conference proceedings. The survey revealed that important progress has been made over the last few decades in mathematics textbook research, though the major achievement has been concentrated in the areas of textbook analysis (including textbook comparison), and the use of textbooks in teaching and learning. It is overall no longer true that the textbook research in mathematics is “scattered, inconclusive, and often trivial” as described six decades ago; however, the development of research on mathematics textbooks has been unbalanced in different areas. Following the review and discussion, the paper proposes five needed directions for advancing the research in this field.
mathematics textbooks, textbook research, textbook analysis, textbook comparison, textbook use
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Fan, Lianghuo
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Zhu, Yan
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Miao, Zhenzhen
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September 2013
Fan, Lianghuo
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Zhu, Yan
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Miao, Zhenzhen
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Fan, Lianghuo, Zhu, Yan and Miao, Zhenzhen
(2013)
Textbook research in mathematics education: development status and directions.
ZDM: Mathematics Education, 45 (5), .
(doi:10.1007/s11858-013-0539-x).
Abstract
This paper presents a survey study aiming to systematically examine, analyse and review relevant research focusing on mathematics textbooks and hence identify future directions in this field of research. The literature surveyed is selected from different data sources, including mainly journal articles, research theses and conference proceedings. The survey revealed that important progress has been made over the last few decades in mathematics textbook research, though the major achievement has been concentrated in the areas of textbook analysis (including textbook comparison), and the use of textbooks in teaching and learning. It is overall no longer true that the textbook research in mathematics is “scattered, inconclusive, and often trivial” as described six decades ago; however, the development of research on mathematics textbooks has been unbalanced in different areas. Following the review and discussion, the paper proposes five needed directions for advancing the research in this field.
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Published date: September 2013
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mathematics textbooks, textbook research, textbook analysis, textbook comparison, textbook use
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Mathematics, Science & Health Education
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