Research in mathematics education: some issues and some emerging influences

This paper reviews the state of educational research, looking briefly at the relationships between research, policy and practice. As research in education is coming under increasing scrutiny the paper then consider the likely impact of emerging research policy developments such as the establishment of the UK National Education Research Forum (NERF) and developments internationally in terms of the ‘Campbell Collaboration'

Curriculum and Implementation Effects on High School Students\u27 Mathematics Learning From Curricula Representing Subject-Specific and Integrated Content Organizations

This study examined the effect of 2 types of mathematics content organization on high school students\u27 mathematics learning while taking account of curriculum implementation and student prior achievement. Hierarchical linear modeling with 3 levels showed that students who studied from the integrated curriculum were significantly advantaged over students who studied from a subject-specific curriculum on 3 end-of-year outcome measures: Test of Common Objectives, Problem Solving and Reasoning Test, and a standardized achievement test. Opportunity to learn and teaching experience were significant moderating factors