Research on Mathematical Thinking

This is the first time a chapter with an explicit focus on mathematical thinking has been included in the MERGA Research Review. Reviewed in this chapter is an impressive body of deep, multifaceted, and diverse research in mathematics education published by Australasian scholars between 2020 and 2023. In the first part of the review, we elaborate on the complexity of this review and the decisions we made to execute it. The review itself attends to the prominent kinds of mathematical thinking; the role of the Australasian context; conceptual, methodological, and theoretical approaches employed by researchers; and the scholars’ ways of navigating the elusive nature of mathematical thinking in their research. We conclude with some insights into evident strengths and areas for potential growth.