Focus and Scope

The Jurnal Didaktik Matematika (JDM) is an international peer-reviewed electronic journal that serves as a scholarly platform for disseminating original research articles, invited systematic literature reviews, and short communications in mathematics education. The journal is intended for a broad audience, including members of the Indonesian Mathematics Educators Society (IMES), as well as university lecturers, researchers, school mathematics teachers, teacher educators, and postgraduate students (Master’s and Doctoral levels) who seek to publish their scholarly work related to mathematics education and instructional practices.

In addition to regular submissions, each issue features invited contributions from distinguished scholars in mathematics education from Indonesia and the international academic community, fostering a comprehensive and diverse exchange of ideas. The journal welcomes original research manuscripts that have not been previously published or concurrently submitted for review elsewhere. It encompasses a wide range of topics within mathematics education, including but not limited to:

Gender in Mathematics Education

This scope examines how gender influences experiences, participation, and outcomes in mathematics education. It includes research exploring gender differences in mathematical achievement, attitudes, identity, confidence, and classroom engagement. Additionally, it looks at the social, cultural, and institutional factors that contribute to gender disparities. Submissions may focus on curriculum design, pedagogy, assessment, teacher beliefs, and policy initiatives aimed at promoting gender equity in mathematics learning. Studies using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method approaches are encouraged, especially those that provide evidence-based insights and practical recommendations for addressing gender-related challenges and fostering inclusive mathematics education for all learners.

Innovative Mathematics Teaching Strategies

This focus area explores the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative strategies to enhance mathematics teaching and learning across all educational levels. It emphasizes pedagogical approaches that foster critical thinking, creativity, student engagement, and conceptual understanding. Submissions may include studies on project-based learning, ethnomatematics, inquiry-based instruction, flipped classrooms, culturally responsive teaching, realistics mathematics education, and other evidence-based innovations that improve mathematical outcomes. The goal is to disseminate research that contributes to transforming mathematics classrooms into dynamic and inclusive learning environments.

Pre-service and In-Service Mathematics Teachers

This scope centers on pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers' professional knowledge, beliefs, and competencies. It includes research on teacher preparation programs, technological pedagogical content knowledge, reflective practices, classroom management in mathematics settings, and the continuous professional development of teachers. Contributions may investigate how teachers' mathematical understanding, instructional decision-making, and assessment impact student learning. The section supports cultivating effective mathematics educators who adapt to diverse learners and educational challenges.

Multivariate Analsyses and Mathematics Modelling in Mathematics Education

This focus area explores using multivariate statistical techniques and mathematical models to investigate complex relationships in mathematics education. Methods such as factor analysis, structural equation modeling, multiple regression, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis are employed to examine teaching, learning, motivation, and achievement variables. Research in this scope aims to uncover deeper patterns, predictors, and interdependencies within educational data, supporting theory development and evidence-based decision-making. It also includes using dynamic and simulation models to represent educational processes, enabling predictive analysis and scenario testing. Articles should demonstrate methodological rigor and contribute to improved understanding and innovation in mathematics teaching and learning.

Designing Contextual Mathematics Problems

This area is dedicated to research that involves designing, implementing, and assessing mathematics problems embedded in meaningful real-world or culturally relevant contexts. It emphasizes creating contextual problems that help learners connect abstract mathematical concepts to everyday experiences, local traditions, or interdisciplinary themes. Submissions may discuss theoretical frameworks, instructional design principles, and classroom trials contributing to students' problem-solving abilities, sense-making, and mathematical modeling skills. The focus aligns with practices that promote relevance and engagement in mathematics education.

Mathematics Students Thinking

This scope investigates students’ cognitive processes, reasoning patterns, misconceptions, and conceptual development in learning mathematics. It welcomes qualitative and quantitative studies that analyze how learners understand, represent, and solve mathematical problems across various content areas and age groups. Research may explore metacognition, strategy use, error analysis, and the influence of affective factors such as anxiety and motivation on mathematical thinking. This focus aims to inform instructional practices that support meaningful learning and cognitive growth in mathematics.

Section Policies

Articles

• Open Submissions
• Indexed
• Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Didaktik Matematika is an international electronic journal published by Universitas Syiah Kuala in collaboration with the Indonesian Mathematics Educators' Society (IMES). The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous referees for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation (double-blind review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. The Editor shall inform you of the review results as soon as possible, hopefully in 30 to 60 days. An editor first reviews the submitted manuscript. It will be evaluated in the office to determine whether it suits the Jurnal Didaktik Matematika focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score.

The editor will run a plagiarism check using ithenticate.com (Web Checker) for the submitted articles before sending it to the reviewers. We do not process any plagiarised content. If an article has over 20% plagiarism based on the result of the check, we will send back the article to the author to be revised for the plagiarised content. The journal is carried out by using Mendeley as a Tool Reference Manager. The language used in this journal is English. 

The accepted research articles will be available online (free download) following the journal peer-reviewing process. The editors will make the final decision on the acceptance of the article according to the reviewers' comments. The articles sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor immediately. The revised article returned after 20 days will be considered new submissions. The revised article can be sent to the editorial through the Online Submission Interface. 

All articles published in Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best license options currently being defined for this journal as Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY).

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Didaktik Matematika is published two times a year (April and October)

Open Access Policy

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

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher, namely Universitas Syiah Kuala. 

Section A: Publication and authorship 

1. All submitted papers are subject to strict peer-review process by at least two Reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.
2. Review processes are blind peer review.
3. The factors taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
4. Authors must participate in the peer review process. 
5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
6. Editors should have a clear picture of a research’s funding sources.
7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to publication’s scope.
8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

Plagiarism Policy

For every article submitted to Jurnal Didaktik Matematika (JDM), the initial stages of the manuscript will be the plagiarism screening using Turnitin software by an editor. The level of tolerance of similarity should be below 25 percent. If more than 25 percent of the level of similarity, then the editor will reject the submitted articles.

Reference Management

Every article submitted to JDM shall use reference management software e.g. EndNote® or Mendeley. 

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