Research on curriculum resources in mathematics education: a survey of the field

Abstract

This survey describes the structure of the field of research on curriculum resources in mathematics education in the period from 2018 till 2023. Based on the procedures of a systematic review relevant literature was identified using Web of Science as a database. The included literature was analyzed and categorized according to the type of curriculum resource and the area of study. Seven areas of studies were identified: studies on the role of curriculum resources, content analysis, user studies, studies on the effects of curriculum resources, studies on curriculum resource design, curriculum resources as data, and reviews. The areas were further subdivided into different subcategories based on the research questions of the included papers. The findings show that research on mathematics textbooks is still predominant in the field. The most popular areas of research are content analysis, user studies, studies on design, and studies on effects. Emerging areas are research on students’ use of curriculum resources and the employment of user data from digital curriculum resources as data basis in mathematics education research.