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Specific Guidelines
Research Forum Guidelines for PME 32 — PME-NA XXXCoordinators of approved Research Forum proposals have to submit a rewritten description to the Conference Secretariat not later than the 15th of January, 2008; a draft version of the full papers from all contributors not later than March 1st, 2008 and the final papers not later than May 17th, 2008.
Guidelines for the full papers of a Research Forum (May 17th, 2008) to be included in the Proceedings:
1. Restrict the total text to a maximum of thirty pages, including references, figures, and appendices. You may bring multiple copies of a longer version for distribution at the conference.
2. Begin the paper with an abstract of up to ten lines, single-spaced, preferably in italics.
3. Use the guidelines given in the section Format of papers and files and the Joint Meeting Template
Please note that you can be the presenting author of just one Research Report and appear as a co-author at most three times.
When preparing a proposal you are requested to:
1. Restrict your paper to eight pages, including references, figures, and appendices. If accepted, this text will be included in the Conference Proceedings. You may bring multiple copies of a longer version for distribution at the conference. We encourage authors to use the eight pages. Shorter papers may not be accepted.
2. Begin the paper with an abstract of up to ten lines, single-spaced, preferably in italics.
3. Restrict your file to a maximum of 2 MB in size. The online registration system will not accept bigger files
4. Use the guidelines given in the section Format of papers and files and the Joint Meeting Template.
When preparing a proposal you are requested to:
1. Explain why the presentation has to be in the form of a short oral (see description of Short Oral Communications).
2. Restrict your proposal to one page, including references, figures and appendices. If accepted, this text will be included in the Conference Proceedings. You may bring multiple copies of a longer version for distribution at the conference.
3. For poster presentation, the proposal should make clear how the information would be presented in a pictorial or graphical format. (You will be provided with a vertical rectangular board of 120 x 100 cm for your presentation.)
4. Use the guidelines given in the section Format of papers and files and the Joint Meeting Template.
Discussion Group or Working Sessions organizers are requested to:
1. Prepare a one-page text including the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the coordinator(s) of the group, description of the aims, and planned activities for the present meeting. For both types of Sessions describe the nature and topic of the session and the planned activities. If approved, this text will be included in the Conference Proceedings.
2. Use the guidelines given in the section Format of papers and files and the Joint Meeting Template.
The following rules apply to all types of proposal:
1. Proposals should be concerned with mathematics education and conform to the aims of PME as stated in the Constitution. They should avoid the trivial and be worthy of a reviewer’s time. Completed research and ongoing studies may be submitted, provided that the theoretical framework and preliminary results appear in the text submitted. Papers should be concise, but should nevertheless contain all information necessary to inform both reviewers and other researchers. Proposals merely stating that results will be presented at the conference cannot be accepted.
2. Authors are requested to refer to related papers. The authors should state what is new in the research and how it builds on past research, or goes in new directions. Proposals too similar to papers previously presented cannot be accepted.
3. Each participant may be proposed as first author on one of a) research report, b) short oral presentation. Each participant may in addition present a poster. Membership of a Forum or Working & Discussion groups is allowed in addition.
4. In order to have a proposal for personal presentation considered by the Program Committee and sent to reviewers the presenting author(s) must pay the required Conference Deposit by January 15th, 2008.
5. Only the author(s) of the paper can make a presentation. The names and addresses of first presenting authors and first coordinators (i.e., those designated as the communicating author/coordinator) will be included in an appendix in the proceedings.
6. Your submission should include all required information relating to the research categories and the proposed presentation should be submitted as a file in RTF format via the online registration system.We endeavor to work towards a uniform appearance for all papers in the PME32 — PME-NA XXX conference proceedings. Templates and Instructions for preparing proposals are available to download online. Please use the Joint Meeting Template with the styles given to format your document, and do not change the styles or margins given in the template. The template assures a format as described below suitable for the Proceedings. If you have problems downloading the template, you can receive the template as an attachment by e-mailing Guadalupe Guevara, Conference Secretariat. Give information about your version of MS Word.
When you start writing your document using the template, save a backup copy and then you can just delete the text in the template and save your document under a different name. The template includes further description of the styles. If you have already written your document you can in the following way attach the template to your documents so that the styles will be available. In MS Word use the Tools menu. Choose Templates and Add-ins. A description of how to connect a template to an active document can be found in the help menu. Search for the keyword Template, and then look for Attaching different template.
1. Restrict the total text to the maximum number of pages for the kind of proposal, including references, figures, and appendices. You may bring multiple copies of a longer version for distribution at the conference.
2. Write the papers in English.
3. Type and centre the title in capitals, author(s) name(s), and affiliation(s) of the author(s), in this order. Underline the name of the presenting author(s).
4. Give references in one of the accepted standard forms, for example APA style (American Psychological Association). Files should be saved in RTF-format (Rich Text Format) and filenames should indicate the kind of proposal and name of first author; e.g. for a Research Report by Smith the file should be named: RR_smith.rtf ( _ is an underscore not a space). Use SO, PP, DG, RF, WS for Short Oral Communication, Poster Presentation, Discussion Group, Research Forum, and Working Session respectively.
5. Do not number the pages.
6. Please use the A4 paper format, not the Letter format, as A4 is needed for the proceedings. This is important especially if your submission includes figures. Please make sure that you keep the suggested set-up and font templates. The formatting of the paper is to use a 14-point type, Times New Roman recommended, a 16-point line space, and 6 points between paragraphs, occupying a frame of 170 by 247 mm. Please use exact dimensions, and fill the entire frame. The template provides the exact format and a description for this. Remember that the original text will appear in the proceedings reduced to 70%, and changes in style will incur difficulties in the printing of the proceedings.Please be sure that file does not exceed 2 MB.
All proposals for presentation at PME 32 - PME-NA XXX should be submitted via the online system by the dates stated for each type of presentation. If you have any problems using the online system, please e-mail Ann-Marie Breen, PME Administrative Manager (info@igpme.org) or Guadalupe Guevara, Conference Secretariat.
The equipment listed below will be available for your presentation. Please indicate your preference when completing the online registration and presentation submission.
- Slide Projector
- OHP Projector
- LCD Projector with computer
- LCD Projector with Video PlayerIf you need to use any other kind of equipment for your presentation, and would like the Local Organizers to provide it, please e-mail the Conference Secretariat directly at: jmpme-na@cinvestav.mx.
In case of computer presentation, we will prepare computer and projector in every session room. So we expect you to bring your file to the Preview Room, and NOT to bring your own laptop.
Confirmation of the availability of your requested equipment will be sent by May 2008. Please note that on-site booking of equipment will not be possible and has to be done in advance as described above.
PME has a mechanism to encourage and support inexperienced researchers by offering them the possibility of an Early Bird Procedure for submitting Research Reports or Short Oral Communications. Inexperienced researchers who do not have access to appropriate local support and would like to receive guidance from experienced PME researchers can submit their paper to a coordinator who is appointed by the International Committee. The coordinator will assign the paper to an appropriate mentor and make sure that the communication between the inexperienced researcher and the mentor flows satisfactorily. Please note that this procedure is meant to provide feedback to written reports. It is not meant as support for conducting research. The papers submitted should be accompanied by a statement in which the authors declare that they are researchers with little previous experience in writing research reports (or journal articles) and have limited access to experienced advice. The mentors will correspond with the authors and will guide them in strengthening their papers. This mentoring does not guarantee acceptance, as the papers will still undergo the regular PME reviewing procedures. People who wish to have a mentor to submit a Research Report or Short Oral Communication for the PME33 Conference in 2009 should contact the coordinator as early as possible, but not later than 1st September, 2008.
The Early Bird coordinator is Mamokgethi Setati (mamokgethi.setati@wits.ac.za).
Participants who need a personal invitation for their own funding purposes should write to the Conference Secretariat requesting a letter of invitation and stating their intended contribution to the Joint Meeting of PME32 and PME-NA XXX program.