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The goal for research in mathematics education should be to produce new knowledge about the teaching and learning of mathematics. Because students learn most of their mathematics in school classrooms, I believe the primary mission of a program of research should be to identify the major components of classrooms that promote mathematical understanding and to clarify some of the organizational features that contribute to or hinder the operation of such classrooms.
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Romberg, T.A. (1998). The Social Organization of Research Programs in Mathematical Sciences Education. In: Sierpinska, A., Kilpatrick, J. (eds) Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity. New ICMI Studies Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5470-3_24
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