A Bibliometric Analysis of Mathematical Mindset and Scale Comparison
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This study aims to identify articles that have the most significant influence on the topic of mathematical mindset and comparison of scale types. The types of scales that are focused on in this research included Likert, Thurstone, and Semantic Differential. This research method uses a literature review with bibliometric analysis techniques. The software used is Publish or Perish by Harzings and VOSviewer. The search was carried out several times using various index sources, such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and Crossref, from 2013 to 2025. A total of 1,254 articles were identified with the keywords "mathematical mindset", "Thurstone", "Likert", "differential semantic", and "scale". The results show that Boaler et al.'s article occupies the top position in search results and the Likert scale is the most commonly used scale in a mathematical mindset.
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