The Journal for Research in Mathematics Education has the reputation of being one of the top journals worldwide that publishes mathematics education research. The question: What is the purpose of publishing papers in a mathematics education research journal? is explored in this editorial.

This article explores the release of Linking Research and Practice: The NCTM Research Agenda Report

This Committee Report describes the fifth of NCTM’s strategic priorities: “Bring existing research into the classroom, and identify and encourage research that addresses the needs of classroom practice” (NCTM, 2008).

In a small-scale, 8-month teaching experiment, the author aimed to establish and maintain mathematical caring relations (MCRs) with 4 6th-grade students. From a teacher's perspective, establishing MCRs involves holding the work of orchestrating mathematical learning for students together with an orientation to monitor and respond to energetic fluctuations that may accompany student-teacher interactions. From a student's perspective, participating in an MCR involves some openness to the teacher's interventions in the student's mathematical activity and some willingness to pursue questions of interest. In this article, the author elucidates the nature of establishing MCRs with 2 of the 4 students in the study and examines what is mathematical about these caring relations.

This retrospective study examined the impact of prior mathematics achievement on the relationship between high school mathematics curricula and student postsecondary mathematics performance . Of interest were comparisons of the difficulty level and grade in their initial and subsequent college mathematics courses, and the number of mathematics courses completed over 8 semesters of college work. In general, high school curriculum was not differentially related to the pattern of mathematics grades students that earned over time or to the difficulty levels of the students' mathematics course-taking patterns.