The aims of the DG comprise the following:

• To identify present theories and framework of mathematics teaching and learning of the Asian regions.
• To share and discuss significant trends and development in local theories of mathematics teaching and learning in Asian classrooms.
• To provide both an overview of the current practice of what is happening in the classroom and the underpin framework that make such practice successful.
• To promote the teaching of mathematics by investigating the learning theory and framework of the Asian regions.

The DG will focus on empirical and theoretical and developmental ideas on comparison of the earning theories appeared in Asian regions. The DG would like to address the following Key Questions:

• How mathematics is taught and learned in the Asian regions for primary and secondary mathematics?
• Under what influence or theories does the pedagogical content knowledge or didactical knowledge in mathematics is developed in the Asian classroom?
• Are there any different approach/frameworks between primary and secondary levels teaching in the Asian classrooms?
• Are there any theoretical perspectives or conceptual frameworks for mathematics teaching at the Asian classroom?
• How and why such teaching / learning practice in the Asian classroom?
• What is the training of a mathematics teacher in the Asians regions?
• How to analyze the possible trend in the classroom teaching in the Asian region, with respect to individual circumstances of local theories of learning?
• What is the context of the existing theories of learning in mathematics in Asian classroom?
• What is the possible development of the theory and framework of the theories used in the Asian classrooms?
• What kind of topics (secondary/primary) in mathematics are being taught based on certain theories, and which kind of topics are less likely to employ using a theory in teaching?