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<div>ICMI News 10: June 2009</div>
<div><br>
A Bimonthly Email Newsletter from the ICMI-International Commission on
Mathematical Instruction</div>
<div>Editor: Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Dep. Matematica, Universidade de
Coimbra, Portugal</div>
<div><br>
CONTENTS<br>
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<div>1. Editorial: Mathematics Education in East Asian Countries</div>
<div>2. The Klein Project</div>
<div>3. A XXIst century Felix Klein's follow up workshop</div>
<div>4. ICMI AWARDS - Call for Nominations</div>
<div>5. ICMI Digital Library</div>
<div>6. ICME-13 Bids Intention - November 1</div>
<div>7. The 14th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics</div>
<div>8. Online version of the Journal of Mathematics Education
(JME)</div>
<div>9. RELIME (Latin American Journal of Mathematics Education)</div>
<div>10. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community</div>
<div>11. ICMI encounters: George Polya (1887-1985) and Lev Pontryagin
(1908-1988)</div>
<div>12. Subscribing to ICMI News</div>
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<div>1. Editorial: Mathematics Education in East Asian
Countries</div>
<div><br>
In the last issue of this Newsletter, Kumaresan talked about the
issues and problems faced by India in mathematics education.
Coming from East Asia, perhaps I should briefly talk about issues
concerning mathematics education in East Asia. These
descriptions and discussions reflect the truly international nature of
ICMI. I will however be tackling the topic following an approach
totally different from that adopted by Kumaresan.<br>
<br>
There are quite a number of countries which may be considered as being
in East Asia, but here I will confine myself to those countries or
systems which are under the influence of the Confucian Heritage
Culture (or CHC), namely China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and
Taiwan. Interest in the mathematics education of CHC countries
has been aroused and intensified by the superior performance of CHC
students in recent international studies of mathematics achievement
such as TIMSS and PISA. Traditionally, student achievement was
explained in terms of learner attributes and the quality of teaching,
but the high achievement of students from these East Asian countries
which share a common culture points to the necessity of understanding
teaching, learning and achievement from the perspective of the
underlying cultural values. In response to this, ICMI devoted a
Study (Study 13) to discussing mathematics education in East Asia and
the "West".<br>
<br>
In the Study Volume of Study 13 and elsewhere, I have discussed the
possible cultural values which may be used for explaining the high
achievement of CHC students. These include,<br>
<br>
1.<x-tab> </x-tab>a strong
emphasis on the importance of education and the high expectation for
students to achieve,<br>
2.<x-tab> </x-tab>the examination culture,<br>
3.<x-tab> </x-tab>the role of practice
and memorization in learning, and<br>
4.<x-tab> </x-tab>the
pragmatic philosophy in CHC countries<br>
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<div>This is not the place to elaborate on these values, but in
recounting the superior achievement of CHC students, one must not
forget that in the literature, CHC students were also found to be
situated in an environment that is not conducive to effective
learning. CHC class size is often large, and teaching is typically
very traditional and teacher centered with minimal student
involvement. Students' attitude towards mathematics is rather
negative, and students are not confident in their mathematics
ability. This is the so-called Paradox of the Chinese or CHC
Learner. What can we learn from the discussion above and from
the Paradox of the CHC Learner? I will just mention two points
here.</div>
<div><br>
First, cultural factors are important determinants of student learning
and achievement. The student is not a white sheet of paper
waiting for the teacher to write knowledge onto. This
realization is especially important for a subject such as mathematics,
which is often considered a universal subject not affected by
culture. The Paradox of the CHC Learner should remind us of the
powerful cultural factors that are at work in student learning and
achievement, often transcending the influences of other factors such
as student ability and classroom instructional practices.
Teachers should take the culture of the students into consideration in
designing their instructional activities, and should capitalize on the
favourable elements in students' culture(s) to promote
learning.</div>
<div><br>
Secondly, we need to view the high achievement of CHC students in the
light of their negative attitudes towards mathematics. Some of
these negative attitudes may also be explained by cultural factors,
and the lesson to learn here is that we need to take into account the
price that has been paid in achieving good results. The negative
effects of a high expectation for students to achieve, the examination
culture, and the stress on practice and memorization are surfacing.
In Korea for example, many children attend private tutoring schools
after their formal schooling, often until mid-night, and this has
become an acute social problem. No wonder the attitudes of CHC
students towards mathematics are so low!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In mathematics education, one should of course aim for good
academic results. But a positive attitude towards mathematics
should also be an important goal of mathematics education. The
issues and problems faced by CHC countries in mathematics education
should remind us that in education, it is important to strike a
delicate balance.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Frederick.K.S. Leung, Member-at-large, ICMI-EC, The University of
Hong Kong, frederickleung@hku.hk</div>
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<div>2. The Klein Project</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In 2008 IMU and ICMI commissioned a project to revisit the intent
of Felix Klein when he wrote Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced
Standpoint. That is, to produce a book for secondary teachers that
communicates the breadth and vitality of the research discipline of
mathematics and connects it to the senior secondary school
curriculum.<br>
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<div>The international Design Team for the project met recently. The
team confirmed the production of a 300-page book written to inspire
teachers to present to their students a more complete picture of the
growing and interconnected field represented by the mathematical
sciences in today's world. We expect this will be backed up by web,
print, and DVD resources. The project is expected to take about four
years.<br>
</div>
<div>The book will be neither comprehensive, nor definitive of the
field. Whatever chapter structure is chosen the text will emphasise
links between branches of the field and generic themes (such as the
impact of computing). Insights from mathematics education will not be
addressed specifically but will be implicit in many places.<br>
</div>
<div>The Design Team seeks input from all those working in the
mathematical sciences, researchers and educators alike. We welcome
written communications, but will also be holding several "Klein
conferences" around the world where feedback on draft ideas and
material can be given, and original contributions offered. The actual
writing will be done by invited authors of proven experience in expert
and inspiring authorship. Anyone wishing to be on a mailing list to be
kept up to date and receive draft material is invited to send an email
in the first instance to <b.barton@auckland.ac.nz>. A website is
in the process of being established.<br>
</div>
<div>Comments are invited on the choice of Chapter titles (bearing in
mind the comments above):<br>
* Introduction<br>
* Topic Chapters<br>
- Arithmetic<br>
- Logic<br>
- Algebra & Structures<br>
- Geometry<br>
- Functions & Analysis<br>
- Discrete & Algorithmic
mathematics<br>
- Mathematics of Computation<br>
- Probability & Statistics<br>
* Theme Chapters<br>
- Intradisciplinarity (i.e. internal
connections)<br>
- Mathematics as a living discipline inside
science and society</div>
<div> - How mathematicians work<br>
</div>
<div>Bill Barton, Vice-President of ICMI,
b.barton@auckland.ac.nz</div>
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<div>3. A XXIst century Felix Klein's follow up workshop</div>
<div><br>
Didactics of Mathematics as a Mathematical Discipline</div>
<div>(a XXIst century Felix Klein's follow up)</div>
<div>An international workshop, Funchal (Madeira), Portugal, October
1-4, 2009</div>
<div>http://glocos.org/index.php/dm-md/</div>
<div><br>
A century ago Felix Klein's lectures on mathematics for secondary
teachers were first published: "Elementarmathematik vom höheren
Standpunkte aus" (1908). This comprehensive view challenged both
teachers and mathematicians to consider the relationship between
mathematics as a school subject, and mathematics as a scientific
discipline. As Klein wrote: "we first raise the question as to how
these things are handled in the schools; then we shall proceed to the
question as to what they imply when viewed from an advanced
standpoint." To this we must add "another point in this
instruction which is usually neglected in university teaching. It is Š
the application of numbers to practical life."</div>
<div><br>
This last 100 years have witnessed many changes in mathematics that
provoked major changes and challenges for school mathematics. The role
of mathematics in the education of scientists, economists and
engineers seems to have achieved unprecedented societal unanimity.
While Klein's writing remains a valuable source insight, it seems
timely to revisit this theme by linking the topics and approaches of
upper secondary with the field of mathematics. This is an important
challenge for Mathematics Education.<br>
<br>
Can we analyse the new challenges for mathematics in the XXIst
century? Can we devise a XXIst century book that will be "read with
pleasure and profit alike by the scholar, the student, and the
teacher" (AMS Book Reviews 1940) taking into account all the
dimensions Klein stressed: intuitive, genetic, applications?<br>
<br>
This workshop aims at discussing this subject, contemplating the
following strands:<br>
<br>
a)<x-tab> </x-tab>Which special
characteristics can be found in mathematics as a school subject for
the XXIst century?<br>
b)<x-tab> </x-tab>Which kind of relationships between
mathematics as a school subject and mathematics as a scientific
discipline must be developed/implemented?<br>
c)<x-tab> </x-tab>Which challenges are national and which are
international? Which are individual and which are societal?<br>
d)<x-tab> </x-tab>Which new
mathematics should be included (apart from arithmetic, algebra,
analysis and geometry), why and from which "advanced
standpoint"?</div>
<div>e)<x-tab> </x-tab>What should be
the methodology of such a book in order to be read by "the scholar,
the student, and the teacher"?</div>
<div>f)<x-tab> </x-tab>How to integrate
"elementary" recent applications in such a book?</div>
<div>g)<x-tab> </x-tab>Which kind of
multimedia tools would be most useful to accompany and amplify the
impact such a book?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The workshop will include 20-30 invited speakers will present
their views in 30m lectures, followed by discussions; there will be a
slot for some other presentations selected by the organizing committee
from the proposals received (20m presentations). The deadline for
proposals is September 7. Please register at the website
http://glocos.org/index.php/dm-md/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Already confirmed invited speakers include John Mason, Ulrich
Kortenkamp, M. Artigue, U. Bottazzinni, Abraham Arcavi, Arselio
Martins, João Pedro Ponte, Tomás Recio, Gert Schubring, T.
Banchoff, R. Strasser, S. Xambó, M. Hohenwarter, Bernard R. Hodgson
and Bill Barton.</div>
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<div>The Organizing Committee is Elfrida Ralha (Univ. Minho), Jaime
Carvalho e Silva (Univ. Coimbra), Suzana Nápoles (Univ. Lisboa),
José Manuel Castanheira (Univ. Madeira), Elsa Fernandes (Univ.
Madeira), Sandra Mendonça (Univ. Madeira).</div>
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<div>The workshop is organized by CIM-Centro Internacional de
Matemática and announcements can be found in
http://www.cim.pt/?q=events and a short note about the workshop can be
found in the CIM Bulletin:
http://www.cim.pt/files/publications/b26.pdf</div>
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<div>Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Member-at-large, ICMI-EC, Organizing
Committee, jaimecs@mat.uc.pt</div>
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<div>4. ICMI AWARDS - Call for Nominations</div>
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<div>THE ICMI AWARDS COMMITTEE</div>
<div>Announcement: Call for Nominations<br>
</div>
<div>As is probably well known to most mathematics educators around
the world, the Executive Committee of the International Commission on
Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) a number of years ago created two
awards, each in the form of a diploma and a medal, to recognise
outstanding accomplishments in mathematics education research:</div>
<div>. the Hans Freudenthal Award, for a major programme of
research on mathematics education,<br>
. the Felix Klein Award, for lifelong achievement in mathematics
education research.<br>
<br>
An ICMI Awards Committee has been appointed for selecting the
awardees. The President of ICMI has appointed Professor Mogens Niss to
chair this committee, the other members of which are anonymous until
their terms have come to an end.<br>
<br>
The first recipients of these two awards, Professor Guy Brousseau
(France) for the Felix Klein Award and Professor Celia Hoyles (UK) for
the Hans Freudenthal Award, formally received these at the opening
ceremonies of ICME-10 in Copenhagen, in July 2004. The two 2005 awards
went to Professors Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Brazil) (the Klein Award) and
Paul Cobb (USA) (the Freudenthal Award), and for 2007, Professors
Jeremy Kilpatrick (USA) and Anna Sfard (Israel/UK/USA) received the
Klein and the Freudenthal Awards, respectively. The awards for 2005
and 2007 were formally presented to the recipients at the opening
ceremony of ICME-11 in Monterrey, México, in July 2008.</div>
<div><br>
The ICMI Awards Committee is now entering a fourth cycle of selecting
awardees for 2009. The result of this process will be known by the end
of 2009. The 2009 Awards will be presented to the recipients at
ICME-12 in Seoul, Korea in 2012. As was the case with the previous
cycles, the ICMI Awards Committee welcomes suggestions coming from the
mathematics education community, hence this call for nominations.<br>
<br>
A nomination of a candidate for the Felix Klein or the Hans
Freudenthal Award has to be accompanied by a summary presenting the
vita and the achievements of person nominated, as well as the reasons
for the nomination. Moreover, nominations also have to include the
names and coordinates of two or three persons from whom the committee
may seek further information. All proposals must be sent by e-mail
(mn@ruc.dk) to the Chair of the Committee no later than 15 September
2009.<br>
</div>
<div>Mogens Niss, Chair of the ICMI Awards Committee, IMFUFA, NSM,
Building 27, Roskilde University, P.O.Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde,
DENMARK</div>
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<div>5. ICMI Digital Library</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
is pleased to announce the inauguration of its Digital Library.<br>
</div>
<div>The project of an ICMI Digital Library, where eventually
"all" publications related to ICMI and its activities will
be made freely available online, has been under discussion for a long
time. Thanks to the support received from the International
Mathematical Union, and especially the IMU Committee on Electronic
Information and Communication (CEIC), much progress has been made
recently as regards this project, and in particular the digitisation
of past ICMI material.</div>
<div><br>
ICMI is celebrating this opening with the posting online of the
Proceedings of the symposium organised in 2000 on the occasion of the
centennial of L'Enseignement Mathématique, the official organ of
ICMI. The ICMI Executive Committee wishes to express its
gratitude to the editors of L'EM for generously granting permission to
post on the ICMI website the book: One Hundred Years of L'Enseignement
Mathématique: Moments of Mathematics Education in the Twentieth
Century. Proceedings of the EM-ICMI Symposium (Geneva, 20-22 October
2000) Edited by D. Coray, F. Furinghetti, H. Gispert, B.R. Hodgson, G.
Schubring (ISBN 2-940264-06-6) softbound; 336 pages, 2003; 63 CHF
(L'Enseignement Mathématique, Monograph no. 39).</div>
<div><br>
More material will be made accessible progressively, including all the
issues of the ICMI Bulletin, the volumes resulting from the ICMI
Studies or the Proceedings of the ICME congresses. It is also
our intent to include in the Digital Library other documents related
to activities organised under the auspices of ICMI, such as the
proceedings of ICMI regional conferences.<br>
<br>
Comments and suggestions about the ICMI Digital Library Project and
how to make it a useful tool for the community are most welcome and
should be sent to the Secretary-General of ICMI, Bernard R. Hodgson
(bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca).</div>
<div><br>
The Digital Library can be directly accessed via the ICMI website<br>
<br>
http://www.mathunion.org/ICMI/<br>
</div>
<div>Bernard R. Hodgson, Secretary-General of ICMI,
bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca</div>
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<div>6. ICME-13 Bids Intention - November 1</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The deadline for submitting bids for hosting ICME-13, to be held
in 2016, is November 1, 2010. However countries considering making
such a proposal should inform the Secretary-General of ICMI of their
intention by November 1, 2009. The decision about the site of ICME-13
will be announced before the end of 2013.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><u>Preparing a Bid to Host an ICME</u><br>
<br>
The main aspect to keep in mind when preparing a bid proposing to host
the International Congress on Mathematical Education is to provide
conviction for the ICMI Executive Committee that the candidate country
is in a favorable position of accomplishing this non-trivial task.
The document submitted should thus address aspects such as the
following.<br>
<br>
* Inviting bodies<br>
The bid should define the set of inviting bodies, i.e. those who
submit the bid. In most cases this set consists of a coalition
of bodies (like learned societies, associations, academies,
universities, official national or provincial authorities). This
aspect is to ensure that the invitation has sufficiently broad support
in the proposed host country and that all major parties concerned with
mathematics education stand behind the bid. Also of importance
is the actual involvement of the local mathematics education community
so as to create a nice ambiance around and during the meeting.</div>
<div><br>
* Scientific infrastructure<br>
The document should present the scientific infrastructure in the
bidding country that will be supporting the congress. This is to
demonstrate the presence of a sufficiently large group of mathematics
educators in the country to provide national backup of the scientific
program. In particular, the document should clarify whether
there is a substantial core of educators in the country with
experience in international meetings.<br>
<br>
* Venues<br>
The bid should indicate possible venues within the country (city and
institutions in which the congress would take place), describing their
advantages and disadvantages in relative terms. This includes a
presentation of the technical congress facilities (in particular the
availability of rooms of various types and sizes, among others for the
plenary sessions, or usual standards such as air conditioning or
presentation equipment), transportation to the site as well as
on-site, and the variety of local accommodation facilities, ranging
from inexpensive student residence type accommodation to high-class
international hotels. Eventually, the bid should address other
local concerns, such as the security of participants.</div>
<div><br>
* Logistic infrastructure<br>
The document submitted should outline the logistic infrastructure of
the congress in order to demonstrate that a sufficiently advanced,
varied and capable organization system is - or can be put - in
place to deal with all matters pertinent to the local organization of
a multi-faceted and complex congress of about 3500 participants.<br>
<br>
* Financial infrastructure<br>
The bid should describe the financial infrastructure of the congress,
indicating the size of the funds that are expected to be available to
the congress, and listing the organizations, institutions, and bodies
in the bidding country that are ready - or may be expected - to
support the congress financially in terms of money, services,
equipment or manpower. The bid should also address the specific
issue of possible help to participants from non-affluent countries, as
well as the expected level of registration fees for congress
participants.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The above is not meant to be an exhaustive check-list of matters
to be considered one after the other in preparing a bid, but it gives
the flavor of the natural questions the decision makers, namely the
Executive Committee of ICMI, will be considering, in addition to other
issues such as the broad geographical distribution of the ICME
congresses.</div>
<div>The best general guidance in preparing a bid may be found in the
following summary: the document has to have two properties,
namely,<br>
(a) an existence proof (or at least a good sketch of
one) that the inviting consortium can actually manage all aspects of
the Congress;<br>
(b) features that make the Executive Committee of
ICMI think that the present bid is not only feasible, but also better
than other potential bids.</div>
<div>Of course, as the quality of a bid is a multi-faceted concept,
there is freedom to balance weaker points in a potential bid with
stronger ones.<br>
</div>
<div>Requests for further information about the preparation of a bid
to host an ICME should be addressed to the<u> Secretary-General of
ICMI</u>.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Bernard R. Hodgson, Secretary-General of ICMI,
bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca</div>
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<div>7. The 14th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>(ATCM 2009), December 17-21, 2009, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing, China</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The ATCM 2009 is an international conference to be held in China
that will continue addressing technology-based issues in all
Mathematical Sciences. Thanks to advanced technological tools such as
computer algebra systems (CAS), interactive and dynamic geometry, and
hand-held devices, the effectiveness of our teaching and learning, and
the horizon of our research in mathematics and its applications
continue to grow rapidly. The aim of this conference is to provide a
forum for educators, researchers, teachers and experts in exchanging
information regarding enhancing technology to enrich mathematics
learning, teaching and research at all levels. English is the official
language of the conference. There will be over 400 participants coming
from over 33 countries around the world. Be sure to submit your
abstracts or full papers in time.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><u>Plenary Speakers<br>
</u>Bogumila KLEMP-DYCZEK (Poland) Nicolaus Copernicus University,
Poland.<br>
Sung Je Cho (South Korea) Chair of the International Program
Committee, ICME 12.<br>
Wei-Chi YANG (USA) Founder-ATCM and eJMT.<br>
Jing-zhong ZHANG (China) Academician of the Chinese Academy of
Science.</div>
<div>Yingbo ZHANG (China) Member of the Executive Committee of the
ICMI, Director of Education Committee of the Chinese Mathematical
Society.</div>
<div><u><br>
Invited Speakers <br>
</u>Keng Cheng ANG (Singapore)<br>
Douglas BUTLER (UK)<br>
Jen-chung CHUAN (Taiwan)<br>
Miroslaw MAJEWSKI (UAE)<br>
Changpei WANG (China)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>We invite you to submit original and unpublished work to the
conference for review. Each submission will be reviewed and the
author(s) will be notified of recommendation by the International
Program Committee. Only scholarly work that has not been published
elsewhere should be submitted for consideration. Accepted abstracts
and refereed Full Papers will be published at the Proceedings of ISSN
1940-2279 (CD) and ISSN 1940-4204 (Online). We also will publish a
hard copy Proceeding for ATCM 2009.</div>
<div>Selected referred papers will be invited for consideration of
publication at the Electronic Journal of Mathematics and
Technology.</div>
<div><br>
Important Notes:</div>
<div><x-tab>
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Authors and Reviewers, we are using a new reviewing system, you need
to log in the online reviewing system and fill out a simple form by
clicking on 'register' next to 'Login' when you login first time.
Especially, be sure to select the fields best describe your paper and
your interests, this will provide the best match between Authors and
Reviewers.<br>
<x-tab>
</x-tab>*<x-tab> </x-tab>If you
want to send in more than one submission, you can log in the reviewing
system (after entering your user name and password) again and select
'Upload Submission'.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>*<x-tab> </x-tab>If you
plan to present your talk or poster session with an abstract, you may
submit your abstract without a full paper by July 30, 2009
(extended).</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>*<x-tab> </x-tab>If you
plan to present your talk and consider publishing your full paper at
the ATCM 2009 Proceedings, you may submit your FULL Paper by July 30
of 2009 for reviewing.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>*<x-tab> </x-tab>We will
distribute a hard copy of accepted abstracts at the conference. The
accepted Full Papers will appear in Electronic format: A CD will be
distributed at the conference and an Electronic Proceedings will be
available after the conference.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Wei-Chi Yang, Co-chair of IPC, wyang@radford.edu</div>
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<div>8. Online version of the Journal of Mathematics Education
(JME)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I am pleased announce that the Journal of Mathematics Education
(JME) online version is ready for free public review. The website is
http://educationforatoz.com/journalandmagazines.html. We would like to
invite all mathematics educators to review these online articles and
provide feedback, if any.<br>
The Journal of Mathematics Education (JME) is a semi-annual and
peer-reviewed professional academic research journal. JME aims at
promoting communication in mathematics education between the United
States and China as well as between the West and East in general. The
goal of JME is to provide opportunities for all scholars to conduct
research on mathematics education, with emphasis on assessment,
curriculum, instruction, theory, technology, equity, and other issues
relating to mathematics education. The Journal of Mathematics
Education is published semi-annually in hard copy (ISSN 1945-7502) and
online (ISSN 1945-7 448) by Education for All.</div>
<div><br>
We welcome all mathematics education researchers to contribute to JME,
and we also welcome all mathematics educators to be a reviewer and
join our peer review process.</div>
<div>Thanks for your support.<br>
</div>
<div>Zhonghe (John) Wu, Mathematics Education @ National University -
Costa Mesa, CA, zwu@nu.edu</div>
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<div>9. RELIME (Latin American Journal of Mathematics Education)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The "Revista Latinoamericana de Investigación en
Matemática Educativa", RELIME (Latin American Journal of
Mathematics Education), published by the "Comité
Latinoamericano de Matemática Educativa", CLAME (Latin American
Committee of Mathematics Education), recently has been incorporated to
the "Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI Web of
Knowledge". With this, two of the research journals in our
field have been included in ISI Web, the other one being JRME, the
Journal for Research on Mathematics Education.</div>
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<div>RELIME invites you to submit your research papers in any of the
following languages: Spanish, English, French or Portuguese. For form
of manuscripts and other guides for authors, please check RELIME
webpage,</div>
<div>http://www.clame.org.mx/relime.htm</div>
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<div>Ricardo Cantoral, Director, RELIME, rcantor@cinvestav.mx</div>
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<div>10. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>PME33 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education</div>
<div>Thessaloniki, Greece, July 19-24, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.pme33.eu</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Bridges Banff - Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture,
Culture</div>
<div>The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 26-29, 2009</div>
<div><u>http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2009/</u></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CIEAEM61 - Commission internationale pour l'étude et
l'amélioration de l'enseignement des mathématiques</div>
<div>Université de MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Québec, Canada, July
26-31, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.cieaem.net/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ICTMA 14 - 14th International Conference on the Teaching of
Mathematical Modelling and Applications</div>
<div>University of Hamburg, Germany, July 27-31, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.ictma14.de/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SEMT '09 - 10th bi-annual conference on Elementary Mathematics
Teaching,</div>
<div>"The development of mathematical understanding"</div>
<div>Prague, August 23-28, 2009</div>
<div>http://kmdm.pedf.cuni.cz</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>4th general meeting of European Women in Mathematics (EWM)</div>
<div>University of Novi Sad, Serbia, August 25-28, 2009</div>
<div>http://ewm2009.wordpress.com/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"Models in Developing Mathematics Education"</div>
<div>The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project</div>
<div>Dresden, Saxony, Germany, September 11-17, 2009</div>
<div><a
href="mailto:arogerson@inetia.pl">alan@rogerson.pol.pl</a></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ICREM4 - The 4th International Conference on Research and
Education in Mathematics 2009</div>
<div>K u a l a