OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mathematical Thinking and Learning is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mathematical literacy in context Learning and teaching for mathematical literacy: making mathematics useful for everyone , by Hugh Bur	24
Modeling the phenomenon versus modeling the data set	20
A game-based approach to promoting adaptive rational number knowledge	20
Sequencing & selecting solutions in a gendered world	17
Mathematical thinking about systems – students modeling a biometrics identity verification system	16
Counting the stars: advancing mathematical activity in a scripting journey	15
Developing initial notions of variability when learning about box plots	15
Transforming learning opportunities in linguistically diverse secondary classrooms through promoting discussions: results of an intervention	14
Spatial training using game play in preschoolers improves computational skills	11
The role of patterning skills in early mathematical development: an analysis of all dimensions of visual perception	11
Understanding the nature of arithmetical concepts–important content for the education of primary mathematics teachers	10
Professional noticing coherence: exploring relationships between component processes	9
Modeling from a cognitive perspective: theoretical considerations and empirical contributions	7
Preschool children’s repeating patterning skills: evidence of their capability from a large scale, naturalistic, Australia wide study	7
On students’ covariational reasoning in Bayesian situations: do calculation strategies and visualizations play a role?	6
A digital-embodied design for functional thinking in the classroom	6
Progressions in young learners’ understandings of parity arguments	6
Inscribing proportional relationships using partitioning, co-occurrence, and same extent	6
Metacognition in mathematical modeling: the connection between metacognitive individual strategies, metacognitive group strategies and modeling competencies	5
Mathematical tools for real-world applications: a gentle introduction for students and practitioners	4
Backward transfer, the relationship between new learning and prior ways of reasoning, and action versus process views of linear functions	4
Randomness and probability: exploring student teachers’ conceptions	4
Care in mathematics education: alternative educational spaces and practices Care in mathematics education: alternative educational spaces and practices , by Anne Watson,	4
Design principles for simulation-based learning of hypothesis testing in secondary school	4
Between expert and student perspectives: on the intersection of affect and heuristic-didactic discourse in the undergraduate classroom	4