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  • Growth and new directions? ...
    Barton, Bill; Goos, Merrilyn; Wood, Leigh; Miskovich, Adel

    Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008–2011, 01/2012
    Book Chapter

    Have the quantity and quality of papers on tertiary mathematics education in Australasia changed? Are researchers going over the same ground, or are they venturing into new areas and exposing a vista not previously seen? This review of research found indications of improved quality as well as some repetitive work. The authors state that new directions are being opened up. Compared with the last review, the numbers of refereed papers increased 12%. and shows the same natural cyclic variation. This chapter, unlike the corresponding chapters in previous reviews, adds consideration of papers on statistics in tertiary education. The majority of the papers in this area deal with statistics as a service subject rather than post-secondary statistics majoring courses. In mathematics, nearly half of the papers reviewed for this chapter were published in journals, compared with one quarter in the previous four-year period. Such figures probably reflect both an increasing quantity and quality of manuscripts, and in all likelihood, increased production that has been driven by the demand from university employers for fully refereed research outputs. The increase may also be stimulated by an increasing need to address pedagogical issues in the tertiary sector as governments and students demand higher quality teaching. The authors hope that the growing variety and depth of research over the last four years, documented in this chapter, will lead to stronger publications in the near future. Author abstract, ed