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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Mathematical literacy in context Learning and teaching for mathematical literacy: making mathematics useful for everyone , by Hugh Bur	24
Sequencing & selecting solutions in a gendered world	21
Modeling the phenomenon versus modeling the data set	21
A game-based approach to promoting adaptive rational number knowledge	17
Counting the stars: advancing mathematical activity in a scripting journey	15
Mathematical thinking about systems – students modeling a biometrics identity verification system	15
Developing initial notions of variability when learning about box plots	11
Transforming learning opportunities in linguistically diverse secondary classrooms through promoting discussions: results of an intervention	10
Understanding the nature of arithmetical concepts–important content for the education of primary mathematics teachers	9
The role of patterning skills in early mathematical development: an analysis of all dimensions of visual perception	7
Preschool children’s repeating patterning skills: evidence of their capability from a large scale, naturalistic, Australia wide study	6
A digital-embodied design for functional thinking in the classroom	6
Modeling from a cognitive perspective: theoretical considerations and empirical contributions	6
Inscribing proportional relationships using partitioning, co-occurrence, and same extent	6
On students’ covariational reasoning in Bayesian situations: do calculation strategies and visualizations play a role?	5
Design principles for simulation-based learning of hypothesis testing in secondary school	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
Mathematical tools for real-world applications: a gentle introduction for students and practitioners	4
Progressions in young learners’ understandings of parity arguments	4
Metacognition in mathematical modeling: the connection between metacognitive individual strategies, metacognitive group strategies and modeling competencies	4