The status of early childhood mathematics education research in the last decade

Abstract

International audienceThis study explores early childhood mathematics education research from 2000 to 2013 in major journals of mathematics education and prior CERME-Early Years Mathematics papers. The comparison between the studies published in the journals and in CERME uncovers some interesting results: i) the majority of studies are from English-speaking countries in the journals whereas the majority of CERME papers are from non-English speaking countries, and ii) the focus of research topics in the journals seems to be significantly different than that in the CERME papers. Moreover, there are more empirical studies than any other types of research and studies mainly focusing on children appear to be more popular. Accordingly, there should be more diversified papers (e.g. regarding research topic) to deepen and enrich this field