The December issue of International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education has been published. This peer-reviewed journal is sponsored by the National Science Council in Taiwan, and has a particular emphasis on articles “that explore science and mathematics education from different cultural perspectives”. The journal also encourages articles written by authors who do not have English as their first language. This is, in my opinion, a very nice focus from a scientific journal! The issue contains the following articles:

• Two Dimensions of Student Ownership of Learning During Small-Group Work in Physics, by Margareta Enghag and Hans Niedderer
• Issues in Implementing a Structured Problem-based Learning Strategy in a Volcano Unit: A Case Study, by Hyunju Lee and Sungah Bae
• Gender and Performance in Mathematical Tasks: Does the Context Make a Difference? by Anat Zohar and Anna Gershikov
• Exploring the phase space of a system of differential equations: different mathematical registers, by Thierry Dana-Picard and Ivy Kidron
• The Force Concept Inventory as a Measure of Students Conceptual Coherence, by Antti Savinainen and Jouni Viiri
• Sample, Random and Variation: The Vocabulary of Statistical Literacy, by Jane M. Watson and Ben A. Kelly
• Chinese High-School Students in Physics Classroom as Active, Self-Regulated Learners: Cognitive, Motivational and Environmental Aspects, by Heinz Neber, Jing He, Bang-Xiang Liu and Neville Schofield
• A Study of the Performance of 5th Graders in Number Sense and its Relationship to Achievement in Mathematics, by Der-Ching Yang, Mao-neng Li and Chih-I Lin