中国数学教育研究方法调查研究——基于《数学教育学报》(2011—2015)的统计分析

Investigation of Research Methods in Mathematics Education in China

运用内容分析法对《数学教育学报》（2011—2015）刊载的研究性论文的研究方法从5个维度进行了系统的量化分析.研究发现：中国数学教育研究最常用的研究方法是理论思辨、统计调查和内容分析,叙事研究、田野调查等质性研究方法较为罕见;实证研究正逐渐成为中国数学教育研究的主流,然而实证研究以量化研究为主,质性研究和混合研究较少;使用数学方法研究数学教育已经成为人们的共识,但使用的数学方法主要是简单统计;描述型研究在中国数学教育研究中占有绝对的主导地位,关联型研究和干预型研究严重不足.最后,针对中国数学教育研究方法中存在的问题提出了若干建议.

This paper carried a systematic analysis on research methods in mathematics education from five dimensions with the method of content analysis. The selected academic articles were published in Journal of Mathematics Education（2011—2015）. We found that the most popular research methods in mathematics education in China are theoretical research, surveys and content analysis, qualitative research methods such as narrative, fieldwork and so on are relatively rare; empirical research is gradually becoming the mainstream, however, empirical study is given priority to quantitative research; using mathematics methods to study mathematics education has become consensus of researchers, but mathematics methods tend to be simple statistics; descriptive research occupies absolute dominance, relational research and intervention research are seriously in shortage. Finally, we give some suggestions on research methods in mathematics education for further study.