Generative AI Policy

Jurnal Tadris Matematika (JTM) recognizes the potential benefits of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in scholarly communication and mathematics education research while acknowledging risks related to accuracy, research integrity, authorship, confidentiality, intellectual property, transparency, and accountability. This policy is informed by the principles of the STM Association and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Acceptable Use and Author Responsibility

Authors may use GenAI for limited technical assistance, including grammar correction, language polishing, translation support, formatting, and reference organization. Substantive use must be disclosed, including the use of AI to generate or substantially revise text, synthesize literature, develop research instruments, assist qualitative or quantitative analysis, write analytical code, construct mathematical models, generate figures, or influence interpretation and conceptual development. AI tools must not be listed as authors, and human authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, citations, calculations, methods, interpretations, ethical compliance, and integrity of all submitted content. GenAI must not be used to fabricate or manipulate participants, student responses, test results, interviews, classroom observations, mathematical proofs, formulas, calculations, statistical outputs, references, ethical approval, or research findings.

AI Use in Mathematics Education Research

Authors must independently verify all AI-assisted mathematical reasoning, equations, proofs, calculations, statistical analyses, programming code, visualizations, and interpretations. Confidential or identifiable data, including student and teacher information, assessment results, interview transcripts, classroom records, institutional documents, photographs, and recordings, must not be uploaded to public GenAI platforms. Particular care is required when research involves children, students with disabilities, or other vulnerable participants. Research examining artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring systems, automated assessment, adaptive learning, mathematical modelling, or AI-assisted mathematics education is welcome when it falls within the journal’s scope and meets appropriate methodological and ethical standards.

Disclosure of AI Use

Substantive AI use must be disclosed in a Declaration of AI Usage before the References section. Authors may use the following statement:

The authors used [name of AI tool and provider] for [specific purpose]. All AI-assisted content, calculations, analyses, and interpretations were critically reviewed, verified, and revised by the authors, who remain fully responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the manuscript.

If no substantive AI was used:

The authors did not use generative AI tools for substantive content generation, data analysis, mathematical reasoning, interpretation, or scholarly argumentation in the preparation of this manuscript.

The use of GenAI to create or substantially modify figures, diagrams, illustrations, learning materials, or visualizations must also be disclosed. AI-generated materials must not misrepresent research data, mathematical relationships, classroom conditions, participants, or empirical findings.

Editorial and Peer Review Use

Editors and reviewers must protect manuscript confidentiality. Unpublished manuscripts, reviewer reports, author responses, research data, student information, and supplementary materials must not be uploaded to public GenAI platforms. GenAI must not replace editors or reviewers in manuscript evaluation or publication decisions. All editorial decisions must be made by human editors, and reviewers remain fully responsible for the accuracy, fairness, originality, confidentiality, and scholarly quality of their reports.

Misuse and Editorial Action

Inappropriate AI use includes fabricated references, data, calculations, proofs, statistical results, quotations, participants, or findings; manipulated figures; plagiarism concealed through AI-assisted paraphrasing; undisclosed substantive AI use; and unauthorized disclosure of confidential research materials. When misuse is suspected, JTM may request clarification, original data, research instruments, calculation procedures, statistical outputs, analytical code, AI-use disclosure, ethical documentation, or other supporting evidence. Depending on the severity, the journal may require revision, reject the manuscript, publish a correction, issue an expression of concern, or retract the article in accordance with its Publication Ethics and Research Integrity Policy.

Jurnal Tadris Matematika will periodically review this policy in response to developments in generative AI, mathematics education, research ethics, data protection, and scholarly publishing standards.