The purpose of this study was to investigate the current state, trend, and revelation of Taiwan’s theses and dissertations in the field of HPM. This study adopted content analysis approach. By investigating 143 theses and dissertations ranging from 1992 to 2017, the study conducted a holistic analysis in terms of the trend in the change of quantity, research topics, methodologies, and HPM-integrated lessons. The result reveals that, regarding the study of ancient mathematics, over one half of the studies focused on Chinese context, while Europe context attracted the least attention. Beside of the ancient Chinese mathematics, Korean and Japanese mathematics were also investigated. As of the HPM-integrated lessons, the elementary and junior high school levels have the highest percentage followed by the high school level, and senior vocational school received the least attention. However, the ratio of the HPM-integrated lessons to the textbook lessons appears an opposite trend. Qualitative studies outnumbered the quantitative ones in these theses and dissertations. Beside of action research and quasi-experimental studies, questionnaires and interviews are the main instruments. The present study recommends several issues for future HPM researches.
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Analysis of current state and recommendations for HPM research in Taiwan: The case of theses and dissertations from 1992 to 2017
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