TY - CHAP
T1 - A Roadmap of Research on and Practice with Mathematical Curiosity
AU - Leikin, Roza
AU - Cai, Jinfa
AU - Karp, Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Research on mathematical curiosity remains significantly overlooked in mathematics education. This chapter introduces a roadmap connecting academic research on curiosity as a psychological construct with mathematical processing, learning, and instructional practices. By linking these elements, we offer a framework for analyzing empirical research on mathematical curiosity, planning new studies on its role in developing mathematical thinking, and implementing curiosity-rich mathematical instruction.
AB - Research on mathematical curiosity remains significantly overlooked in mathematics education. This chapter introduces a roadmap connecting academic research on curiosity as a psychological construct with mathematical processing, learning, and instructional practices. By linking these elements, we offer a framework for analyzing empirical research on mathematical curiosity, planning new studies on its role in developing mathematical thinking, and implementing curiosity-rich mathematical instruction.
KW - Educational practices
KW - Historical and cultural perspectives
KW - Mathematical curiosity
KW - Mathematicians’ perspectives
KW - Roadmap
KW - Theoretical frameworks
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105043931030
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-99082-3_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-99082-3_1
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Research in Mathematics Education (Switzerland)
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - Research in Mathematics Education (Switzerland)
ER -