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Acknowledgment to Reviewers 
 

The quality of the papers in Pythagoras crucially depends on the expertise and commitment of our peer 
reviewers.  

Reviewing is an important part of scholarly work, making a substantial contribution to the field. 
Reviewers’ comments serve two purposes, guided by two inter-dependent objectives: 
 Pythagoras wishes to publish only original papers of the highest possible quality, making a 

meaningful contribution to the field. Reviewers advise the Editor on the scholarly merits of the 
manuscript to help him evaluate the manuscript and to decide whether or not to publish it. Reviewers 
are encouraged to reject a manuscript if it is scientifically flawed, merely sets out observations with 
no analysis, provides no new insights, or is of insufficient interest to warrant publication. 

 Pythagoras is committed to support authors in the mathematics education community. Reviewers help 
the author to improve the quality of the manuscript. Reviewers are encouraged to write their 
comments in a constructive and supportive manner and to be sufficiently detailed to enable the author 
to improve the paper and make the kind of changes that can eventually lead to acceptance. 

The following summary of outcomes of the reviewing process in 2010 shows that our reviewers do well 
in achieving both objectives: 

No. manuscripts processed 26 

Accept without changes 0    (0,0%) 

Accept with minor changes (to the satisfaction of the Editor) 5  (19,2%) 

Reconsider after major revisions (re-submit, then re-review) 7  (26,9%) 

Reject  the paper is not acceptable to be published in Pythagoras 14  (53,8%) 
 

We would like to sincerely thank the following people who have recently acted as reviewers for Pythagoras. 
We very much appreciate their time, expertise and support of Pythagoras amidst pressures of work. 
 

Benadette Ainemani 
Humphrey Atebe 
Margot Berger 
Piera Biccard 
Hennie Boshoff 
Lynn Bowie 
Aarnout Brombacher 
Iben Christiansen 
Michael de Villiers 
Clement Dlamini 
Tim Dunne 
Stephan du Toit 
Tony Essien 
Washiela Fish 
Vera Frith 
Rajendran Govender 
Vasuthavan Govender 
Piet Human 
Belinda Huntley 
Prince Jaca 
Mark Jacobs 
Shaheeda Jaffer 
Zonia Jooste 
Cyril Julie 
Luckson Kaino 
Erna Lampen 

AnnaPaula Lombard 
Caroline Long 
Sizwe Mabizela 
Elmarie Meyer 
Johan Meyer 
Andile Mji 
Henri Moolman 
Hanlie Murray 
Willy Mwakapenda 
Marc North 
Craig Pournara 
Cas Prinsloo 
Mark Schäfer 
Gerrit Stols 
Nick Taylor 
Lindiwe Tshabalala 
Vijay Reddy 
Ingrid Sapire 
Manare Setati 
Jessica Sherman 
Marthie van der Walt 
Nelis Vermeulen 
Renuka Vithal 
John Webb 
Dirk Wessels 
Helena Wessels