Communication in Mathematics Among School Children: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Over the last two decades, a lack of mathematical communication (MC) skills has hampered elementary students' ability to comprehend mathematical content and solve mathematical problems. However, there are only a few articles that review the research patterns in MC among students in the early grades. Therefore, this paper offers a thorough and systematic overview of the research trend since 2020. This overview is useful for researchers because it provides a synthesis of available evidence and indicates in which directions further research should be directed. The first step is to search the Scopus database for documents in format. csv produces 34 articles. Five research themes emerged from the two-step analysis: publication trends, most cited papers, most published journals, top contributing countries, and methodological approaches. Because the subject is so important, it's essential to encourage collaborations between institutions that study MC and use the methods shown or more advanced ones across math content and student grade level.