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The Scientific Program

The scientific program includes the following activities:

Plenary sessions

• Plenary addresses
• A Plenary Panel

Personal presentations
• Research Forums (RF)
• Research Reports (RR)
• Short Oral Communications (SO)
• Poster Presentations (PP)
Group activities
• Discussion Groups (DG)
• Working Sessions (WS)
This year the IGPME introduces new mode personal presentations:
• Seminars (S)
• National Presentation (NP)
The conference language is English. Papers for the proceedings must be written and presented in English. However, colleagues, including the presenter, are welcome to contribute to discussions and questions in their first language, following a Research Report or a Short Oral Communication provided that translation is possible by someone present in the session.


 Plenary Sessions

The theme of the Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME-NA XXX is Mathematical Ideas: History, Cognition and Education. There will be Plenary Addresses from four invited speakers and a Plenary Panel.

Plenary addresses

The Plenary speakers are listed below:

Plenary Panel

Research Forum

The goal of a Research Forum (RF) is to create dialogue and discussion, by offering PME members more elaborated presentations, reactions, and discussions on topics on which substantial research has been undertaken and which continue to hold the active interest of a large subgroup of PME. Two 90 minute slots will be devoted to each Research Forum. A Research Forum is not supposed to be a collection of presentations but convey an overview of an area of research, its main current questions and perspectives.

For the Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME-NA XXX, the Program Committee and the International Committee selected the topics and the co-ordinators of the Research Forum. The following Research Forums are being organized for PME 32 and PME-NA XXX Joint Meeting:

 RF3: Pursuing Excellence in Mathematics Classroom Instruction in East Asia.

Co-ordinators: Yeping Li and Gabriele Kaiser


Deadlines for research Forums is October 1st, the year prior to the conference. Information for the 2009 Research Forum can be find at the PME website.

Research Reports

Each Research Report will be allotted a total time of 40 minutes: 20 minutes for the oral presentation and 20 minutes for discussion. The topic must be substantive and concern research in mathematics education. Two types of papers are suitable for Research Reports:

A. Reports of studies (observational, ethnographic, experimental, quasi-experimental, and case studies are all suitable). These types of papers should contain at least the following:
• a statement of the focus of the paper
• an indication of the theoretical framework of the study reported
• references to the related literature
• an indication of and justification for the methodology used
• some sample data and results
• analysis
B. Theoretical and philosophical essays. These should include at least the following:
• a statement about the focus of the paper
• an indication of the theoretical or philosophical framework within which the focus or theme of the paper is developed
• reference to related literature
• a clearly articulated statement of the author's position on the focus or theme
• the paper’s implications for the existing research in the area.
Each participant is allowed to present only one research report and can appear as a co-author at most three times. Proposals for Research Reports will be reviewed by three PME members whose indicated areas of experience match the research categories chosen by the proposer (the Table of Categories).

Proposals for Research Report presentations must be submitted online via the registration system on the PME webpage not later than the 15th of January, 2008. Notification of receipt will be e-mailed by February 2008. Please contact the Conference Secretariat Guadalupe Guevara if you have not received this notification by the end of February. Notification of the decision of the Program Committee to accept or reject the Research Report proposal will be e-mailed in April 2008.
Proposals of Research Reports must be submitted online via the registration system.

In order for a proposal to be reviewed, the presenting author(s) must pay the Conference Deposit not later than the 15th of January, 2008. The Conference Deposit is non-refundable. The paper will appear in the proceedings only if full payment of the Conference fee is made by May 17th, 2008.


 Short Orals Communications

The Mathematics education researchers of PME and PME-NA are proud of their expertise, experience and academic honesty. Their papers are reviewed carefully with a demand for demonstrated rigor in the execution of the research. It is important to them that these academic demands are met in the Joint Meeting of PME32 and PME-NA XXX.

For the conference we urge you to submit a Research Report rather than a proposal for a Short Oral Communication. The number of Short Oral Communications accepted will be limited and preference will be given to those who provide a reasonable explanation of why this form has been chosen. Each communication will be allotted a total time of 15 minutes: 10 minutes for the oral presentation and 5 minutes for questions or comments. Where possible, the presentations will be grouped by themes, and a discussion period of 15 minutes will complete each group of presentations. The research component of the Short Oral paper must be communicated in the proposal. The Program Committee will review proposals for Short Oral Communications.


Proposals of Short Oral Communications must be submitted online via the registration system, not later than March 1st, 2008.

Poster Presentations

Poster Presentations (PP) are suggested for those whose work is more suitably communicated in a pictorial or graphical format or demonstration (e.g., computer program), rather than through an oral presentation. A time will be allotted, after sufficient display time, during which presenters will be available by their posters for informal discussion with conference participants. A poster can present research projects, software developments, curricular innovations, educational programs, etc., consistent with the aims of PME. Proposals must describe both the contents of the poster and its particular visual characteristics. The Program Committee will review the proposals for Poster Presentations.


 Group Activities

The aim of the group activities is to achieve the exchange of information and ideas related to the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Conference participants will need to select which session they would prefer to attend and indicate this while registering. These activities are in parallel and have limited space.

Discussion Groups

The objective of a Discussion Group is to provide the opportunity for people to work constructively together. They may begin with short synopses of research work, or a set of pressing questions, or provocative prompts (such as a short video clip), which aim to elicit engagement on the part of all the participants. The main purpose is critical discussion.
In order for a proposal to be considered the coordinators must pay the Conference Deposit not later than the submission date. The paper will appear in the proceedings only if the full conference fee is paid by May 17th, 2008.

DG1: Online Mathematics Education.
Marcelo Borba and Salvador Llinares

DG2: Researching mathematics teachers’ knowledge and beliefs.
Michael Neubrand, Helen Chick, and Roza Leikin

DG3: Coordinating psychological and social aspects of classroom learning.
Chris Rasmussen, Michelle Zandieh, and Andrew Izsák


Working Sessions

A Working Session must have a coordinator and an assistant coordinator the former must be a member of PME. The paper will appear in the proceedings only if the full conference fee is paid by May 17th, 2008.

WS2: Embodiment, language, gesture and multimodality: Mathematics Education.
Janete Bolite Frant, Laurie Edwards and Ornella Robutti.

WS3: Lesson study working group.
Lynn C. Hart, Alice Alston and Aki Murata

WS4:Shifts in generating pedagogical theory in university level Mathematics Education research.
Elena Nardi and Paola Iannone (Coord), Irene Biza, Alejandro S. González-Martin and Marcia Pinto

WS5: Teachers researching with university academics.
Jarmila Novotná, Laurinda Brown and Merrilyn Goos.

WS6. Teaching and learning Mathematics in multilingual classrooms.
Richard Barwell, Judit Moschkovich and Susan Staats
Seminars

S1 – Qualitative Research Methogolgy: Mathe-didactical Analysis of Task Design
Anne R. Teppo, Livingston, MT USA (Coordinator)
Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, FI Utrecht University & IQB, Humboldt University Berlin.

S2 – Quality Reviewing Of Scholarly Papers
Norma Presmeg, Illinois State University, USA

National Presentation

NP – Research in Mathematics Education in Mexico: achievements and challenges
Lourdes Guerrero, María Trigueros and Ana Isabel Sacristán
UMSNH, Cinvestav, ITAM