The development of mathematical literacy in schools is of significant concern at the policy
level, and research is an important source of information in this process. This review article …

This fifth edition of this successful title provides teachers with an immediate and
comprehensive source of practical strategies for meeting children's special needs in regular …

Comparative education analyses have traditionally focused on geographic entities as the
unit of comparison. As this book demonstrates, comparisons can be made across many …

Mathematical literacy began to receive international attention with the release of PISA
results. PISA measured the mathematical literacy performance of 15-year-old students, and …

This paper proposes a virtual escape room designed to develop mathematical
communication and investigates its implementation with secondary school students. In order …

This paper focuses on patterns of instructional practices in mathematics classrooms in two
Nordic contexts, Finland and Norway. While sharing some key features in terms of ways of …

Beyond common associated factors, such as teacher characteristics and socioeconomic
background of students, little is known about how student achievement relates to differences …

The world culture framework posits a convergence in the organisation of education across
the world. On the other hand, scholars observing teaching practices inside classrooms find …

In this chapter, I show how culture underpins all aspects of school mathematics, whether it
be the curriculum specified by the system, the development of the textbooks that teachers …

The aim of this chapter is to investigate the potential of the disruption brought about by the
COVID-19 pandemic to break the stagnation in the field of comparative and international …