The Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education is a comprehensive reference text, covering every topic in the field with entries ranging from short descriptions to much longer pieces where the topic warrants more elaboration.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• 1. A
• Ability Grouping in Mathematics Classrooms
• Abstraction in Mathematics Education
• Actions, Processes, Objects, Schemas (APOS) in Mathematics Education
• Activity Theory in Mathematics Education
• Adults Learning Mathematics
• Affect in Mathematics Education
• Algebra Teaching and Learning
• Algorithmics
• Algorithms
• Anthropological Approaches in Mathematics Education, French Perspectives
• Argumentation in Mathematics
• Argumentation in Mathematics Education
• Assessment of Mathematics Teacher Knowledge
• Authority and Mathematics Education
• Autism, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• 2. B
• Bilingual/Multilingual Issues in Learning Mathematics
• Blind Students, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• Bloom's Taxonomy in Mathematics Education
• 3. C
• Calculus Teaching and Learning
• Collaborative Learning in Mathematics Education
• Communities of Inquiry in Mathematics Teacher Education
• Communities of Practice in Mathematics Education
• Communities of Practice in Mathematics Teacher Education
• Competency Frameworks in Mathematics Education
• Complexity in Mathematics Education
• Concept Development in Mathematics Education
• Constructivism in Mathematics Education
• Constructivist Teaching Experiment
• Creativity in Mathematics Education
• Critical Mathematics Education
• Critical Thinking in Mathematics Education
• Cultural Diversity in Mathematics Education
• Cultural Influences in Mathematics Education
• Curriculum Resources and Textbooks in Mathematics Education
• 4. D
• Data Handling and Statistics Teaching and Learning
• Deaf Children, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• Deductive Reasoning in Mathematics Education
• 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• Design Research in Mathematics Education
• Dialogic Teaching and Learning in Mathematics Education
• Didactic Contract in Mathematics Education
• Didactic Engineering in Mathematics Education
• Didactic Situations in Mathematics Education
• Didactic Transposition in Mathematics Education
• Didactical Phenomenology (Freudenthal)
• Discourse Analytic Approaches in Mathematics Education
• Discrete Mathematics Teaching and Learning
• Discursive Approaches to Learning Mathematics
• Down Syndrome, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• 5. E
• Early Algebra Teaching and Learning
• Early Childhood Mathematics Education
• Education of Facilitators (for Educators of Practicing Teachers)
• Education of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• Elkonin and Davydov Curriculum in Mathematics Education
• Embodied Cognition
• Enactivist Theories
• Epistemological Obstacles in Mathematics Education
• Equity and Access in Mathematics Education
• Ethnomathematics
• External Assessment in Mathematics Education
• 6. F
• Fieldwork/Practicum in Mathematics Education
• Frameworks for Conceptualizing Mathematics Teacher Knowledge
• Functions Learning and Teaching
• 7. G
• Gender in Mathematics Education
• Giftedness and High Ability in Mathematics
• 8. H
• Heuristics in Mathematics Education
• History of Mathematics and Education
• History of Mathematics Teaching and Learning
• History of Research in Mathematics Education
• Hypothetical Learning Trajectories in Mathematics Education
• 9. I
• Immigrant Students in Mathematics Education
• Immigrant Teachers in Mathematics Education
• Inclusive Mathematics Classrooms
• Indigenous Students in Mathematics Education
• Informal Learning in Mathematics Education
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affordances in Mathematics Education
• InquiryߝBased Mathematics Education
• Instrumental and Relational Understanding in Mathematics Education
• Instrumentation in Mathematics Education
• Interactionist and Ethnomethodological Approaches in Mathematics Education
• Interdisciplinary Approaches in Mathematics Education
• International Comparative Studies in Mathematics: An Overview
• Intuition in Mathematics Education
• 10. L
• Language Background in Mathematics Education
• Language Disorders, Special Needs and Mathematics Learning
• LearnerߝCentered Teaching in Mathematics Education
• Learning Difficulties, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning
• Learning Environments in Mathematics Education
• Learning Practices in Digital Environments
• Learning Study in Mathematics Education
• Lesson Study in Mathematics Education
• Logic in Mathematics Education
• 11. M
• Manipulatives in Mathematics Education
• Mathematical Ability
• Mathematical Approaches
• Mathematical Games in Learning and Teaching
• Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
• Mathematical Language
• Mathematical Literacy
• Mathematical Modelling and Applications in Education
• Mathematical Proof, Argumentation, and Reasoning
• Mathematical Representations
• Mathematics Classroom Assessment
• Mathematics Curriculum Evaluation
• Mathematics Teacher as Learner
• Mathematics Teacher Education Organization, Curriculum, and Outcomes
• Mathematics Teacher Educator as Learner
• Mathematics Teacher Identity
• Mathematics Teachers and Curricula
• Mathematization as Social Process
• Metacognition
• Metaphors in Mathematics Education
• Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions in Mathematics Education
• Models of InߝService Mathematics Teacher Education Professional Development
• Models of Preservice Mathematics Teacher Education
• Motivation in Mathematics Learning
• 12. N
• Noticing of Mathematics Teachers
• Number Lines in Mathematics Education
• Number Teaching and Learning
• 13. P
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Mathematics Education
• Policy Debates in Mathematics Education
• Political Perspectives in Mathematics Education
• Poststructuralist and Psychoanalytic Approaches in Mathematics Education
• Probability Teaching and Learning
• Problem Solving in Mathematics Education
• Professional Learning Communities in Mathematics Education
• Psychological Approaches in Mathematics Education
• 14. Q
• Quasiߝempirical Reasoning (Lakatos)
• Questioning in Mathematics Education
• 15. R
• Realistic Mathematics Education
• Recontextualization in Mathematics Education
• Reflective Practitioner in Mathematics Education
• Rural and Remote Mathematics Education
• 16. S
• Scaffolding in Mathematics Education
• Semiotics in Mathematics Education
• Shape and Space – Geometry Teaching and Learning
• SingleߝSex Mathematics Classrooms
• Situated Cognition in Mathematics Education
• Socioeconomic Class in Mathematics Education
• Sociological Approaches in Mathematics Education
• Sociomathematical Norms in Mathematics Education
• Stoffdidaktik in Mathematics Education
• Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) Model
• Students’ Attitude in Mathematics Education
• 17. T
• TaskߝBased Interviews in Mathematics Education
• Teacher as Researcher in Mathematics Education
• Teacher Beliefs, Attitudes, and SelfߝEfficacy in Mathematics Education
• Teacher Education Development StudyߝMathematics (TEDSߝM)
• Teacher Supply and Retention in Mathematics Education
• TeacherߝCentered Teaching in Mathematics Education
• Teaching Practices in Digital Environments
• Technology and Curricula in Mathematics Education
• Technology Design in Mathematics Education
• The Learning Framework in Number
• The van Hiele Theory
• Theories of Learning Mathematics
• Types of Technology in Mathematics Education
• 18. U
• Urban Mathematics Education
• 19. V
• Values in Mathematics Education
• Visualization and Learning in Mathematics Education
• 20. W
• Wait Time in Mathematics Teaching
• Word Problems in Mathematics Education
• 21. Z
• Zone of Proximal Development in Mathematics Education