OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mathematical Thinking and Learning is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Differential equation students’ quantification of attributes while modeling dynamic scenarios	28
Mathematical literacy in context	11
A game-based approach to promoting adaptive rational number knowledge	9
“You don’t think about it as much like you just do it”: how two music students use and conceptualize their use of mathematics while playing music	9
Cultivating mathematical thinking through home-based engineering tasks	8
Counting the stars: advancing mathematical activity in a scripting journey	7
Mathematics problem posing in action: students’ learning, teachers’ professional development, and parental involvement	6
Designing for systemic coherence: a framework for supporting instructional improvement in mathematics education	5
Developing initial notions of variability when learning about box plots	5
Transforming learning opportunities in linguistically diverse secondary classrooms through promoting discussions: results of an intervention	5
Understanding the nature of arithmetical concepts–important content for the education of primary mathematics teachers	5
Robust and high-quality materials to support facilitators: design research for scaled-up professional development programs	5
Promoting the development of the cardinality principle: examining the role of subitizing	5
Exploring student learning of functions: the experiences of Swedish high school students	4
The role of patterning skills in early mathematical development: an analysis of all dimensions of visual perception	4
Thinking through Fermi problems: What proximity of the problem context is more attainable to promote students’ model-based estimations?	4
Practices of mathematical argumentation among primary school students in Egypt	4
A digital-embodied design for functional thinking in the classroom	3
Inscribing proportional relationships using partitioning, co-occurrence, and same extent	3
Mathematical tools for real-world applications: a gentle introduction for students and practitioners	2
Does the Use of Concept Maps Affect the Defining and the Understanding of Inclusion Relationships?	2
Structure recognition and generalization by second-graders in direct and inverse forms of a linear function	2
Design principles for simulation-based learning of hypothesis testing in secondary school	2
Promoting validity of design principles for teaching through educational design research	2
Views on concept in mathematics education	2

On students’ covariational reasoning in Bayesian situations: do calculation strategies and visualizations play a role?	2
Supporting students’ participation in collective argumentation: Use of displays in a secondary mathematics classroom	2
Identifying the essential views and external contexts: the presentations and the arrangement of the interpretation of derivatives in textbooks for different student groups	2
Building mathematical micro-identities through supporting productive struggle	2