Editorial: Psychology and mathematics education

Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education

There is a frequent misperception that the move from behaviorism to cognitivism implied an abandonment of the possibilities of decomposing knowledge into its elements for purposes of study and decontextualizing these elements for purposes of instruction. We show that cognitivism does not imply outright rejection of decomposition and decontextualization. We critically analyze two movements which...

Guest Editorial ... Learning to Frame Research in Mathematics Education

Learning how to frame research is arguably the most important capacity for new researchers to develop. This is true both for doctoral students and for junior faculty as they establish research programs at new institutions and begin to help students conduct their own research. I take framing research to mean the construction of connections among research questions, the literature(s) within which...

Editorial: Psychology and Policy

Editorial on the Research Topic Psychology and Policy Policies are population interventions aimed at guiding choices and behaviors to achieve a desired, repeated outcome. They involve sets of decisions, and standards used by a group when dealing with significant or common—or both—challenges. These scenarios typically require standardized approaches to ensure the most ideal outcome, whether quan...

What ain’t mathematics education?!

Abstract: In 1996 at the first Iranian Mathematics Education Conference (IMEC1) that was held in Isfahan. I obliged myself as a mathematics educator, to inform the mathematics community at large by presenting a paper entitled “what is mathematics education?” to pave the way for the establishment of the master program of mathematics education in Iran. Now, after 16 years, we need to reflect on t...

Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Philosophy of Mathematics Education