About the Journal

The Mathematics Educator strives to provide a forum for collaboration of mathematics educators at varying levels of professional experience. Its purpose is to promote the interchange of ideas among the mathematics education community locally, nationally, and internationally and to present a variety of viewpoints on a broad spectrum of issues related to mathematics education.

Focus and Scope

The Mathematics Educator is a peer-reviewed, research-oriented journal that publishes in the following categories:

• research reports using quantitative or qualitative methods;
• research-driven curriculum or professional development initiatives (applying rigorous data collection and evaluation and contributing novel, generalizable findings);
• literature reviews or meta-analyses of published studies;
• conceptual or historical analyses;
• book reviews (not including practitioner materials or textbooks);
• commentaries on overarching research methods, issues, public policies, or current events in mathematics education.

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to TME undergo a double-anonymous review process before they are accepted into the journal. The double-anonymous review process takes between six to eight months. TME requires all reviewers to read the "Joint Statement to Reduce Reviewer Bias" which TME helped create and fully endorses.

Publication Frequency

TME is a student-produced journal published annually in July by the Mathematics Education Student Association (MESA) in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia. Manuscripts are published online first.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Copyright Policy

Authors contributing material to The Mathematics Educator retain copyright for their work. Authors consent to license their work for dissemination by TME. All contents of The Mathematics Educator are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

• Disclosure Requirement: Authors must disclose any use of AI tools (such as large language models or AI-assisted data analysis tools) in both their cover letter and within the manuscript.
• Authorship Standards: AI tools cannot be credited as co-authors. Human authors retain full responsibility for content accuracy, originality, and ethical use.
• Attribution Requirements: All content, including AI-generated sections, must be free from plagiarism and properly attributed. Authors must verify all claims and references.

Peer Review Process

• Reviewer Transparency: Reviewers must disclose AI assistance in their review process.

• Confidentiality Protection: AI tools that retain inputs for training purposes must not be used with unpublished manuscripts to maintain confidentiality and ensure protection of intellectual property.

• Human Expertise: Fully AI-generated peer reviews are not permitted. Human reviewers must provide thoughtful, expert feedback.

Research Applications

• Methodological Transparency: Authors using AI for research purposes must clearly outline its use in their methodology section.
• Results Verification: Authors are responsible for verifying AI-generated results and addressing any potential biases or errors.

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