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European Society for Research in Mathematics Education

Mathematics Education & Cognitive Science

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CERME 1
The First Conference of the
European Society for Research in Mathematics Education

27th - 31st August 1998
Osnabrueck - Haus Ohrbeck, Germany

COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION
AND COLLABORATION
IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN EUROPE

N E W CERME 3 28 February - 3 March 2003 in Bellaria, Italy http://www.dm.unipi.it/~didattica/CERME3

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Conference Publication

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Programme CommitteeSecretariatDeadlinesGroup Coordinator AddressesFormsTravelinformation

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.	Programme
.	Group Information In order to prepare the work at CERME 1 the different CERME 1 Groups present some important materials.
Group 1	The Nature and Content of Mathematics and its Relationship to Teaching and Learning
Group 2	Tools and Technologies in Mathematical Didactics
Group 3	From a Study of Teaching Practices to Issues in Teacher Education
Group 4	Social Interactions in Mathematical Learning Situations
Group 5	Mathematical Thinking and Learning as Cognitive Processes
Group 6	School Algebra: Epistemological and Educational Issues
Group 7	Research Paradigms and Methodologies and their relation to questions in Mathematics Education
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Programme Committee

Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg - Coordinator (University of Osnabrueck, Germany)
Milan Hejny (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)
Barbara Jaworski (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Joao da Ponte (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
André Rouchier (University of Orléans and IUFM Orléans-Tours, France)

Secretariat

• Conference secretary: Sabine Jones
• Address: Universitaet Osnabrueck, FB Mathematik / Informatik, CERME 1, D-49069 Osnabrueck
• Phone: ++ 49 - 541 969 2516
• Fax: ++ 49 - 541 969 2523
• Email: cerme1@mathematik.uni-osnabrueck.de
• www: http://www.erme.uni-osnabrueck.de/erme98.html

Deadlines

Group Coordinator Addresses

First Announcement

This is the first announcement and call for papers for a new conference of a new society, ERME, the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. The conference will be held in Osnabrueck, Germany from 27th August, 1998 (starting at 16.00 hrs) to 31st August 1998 (ending with lunch at 12.00 hours). Researchers in mathematics education in all European countries are invited to attend and contribute. The Society, ERME, is in the process of origination, and this conference will be a key element in its formation and development.
This first announcement consists of the following sections:

1. ERME: its purpose and aims

During the weekend of 2nd-4th May 1997, representatives from 16 European countries met in Osnabrueck, Germany, to establish a new society, ERME, to promote communication, cooperation and collaboration in mathematics educational research in Europe. The foundation of this Society will take place over two years, from 1997 to 1999, during which its constitution will be developed. The Society will be fully operational for the new millennium. A mission statement is being prepared by the Steering Committee.
The communicative/cooperative/collaborative nature of this Society will be reflected in the following activities:

1. The Society will organise: Conferences with a wide spectrum of themes to profit from the rich European diversities, Special Meetings such as thematic workshops, centring around specific topics, or summer schools where experienced researchers work together with beginners.
2. The Society will foster and support cooperative activities on common themes, topics, interests, aimed at: broadening understanding – going beyond local contexts to enhance knowledge and understanding in scientific areas; finding out – what research is going on in different places in Europe which might benefit from wider investigation; identifying key areas for research – areas of scientific interest or concern which should be a major focus for collaborative research on a wider scale; bringing together areas of expertise – drawing on expertise in related areas to broaden scientific knowledge.
3. The Society will enable communication of information to enhance the visibility and availability of European research on Mathematics Education (in Europe and all over the world). Media of communication would include: proceedings, journals, newsletters, books, internet, web site, video-conferences, interactive CD-ROMs, virtual groups.
4. The Society will support graduate students, thus preparing researchers in Mathematics Education through conferences, summer schools, provision of information, student and teacher exchanges, post doctoral opportunities, inter-European collaboration on thesis presentation.
5. Any other kind of activity suitable to help the Society to achieve its objectives of communication, cooperation and collaboration between members.

2. Initial organisation of ERME

The Society begins with a Constitutive Committee consisting of representatives from all participating European countries (see below). A Steering Committee has been elected from these representatives to lead the progress of foundation over the Society’s first two years. Countries not yet represented are invited to propose a representative to join the Constitutive Committee and contact the coordinator of the Steering Committee: mailto: Jean-Philippe Drouhard.

The Society will host its first scientific conference in August 1998. The style of this conference will reflect the objectives of ERME communication, cooperation and collaboration. A Programme Committee has been elected to plan this conference.

Constitutive Committee
Countries represented at the Osnabrueck weekend were: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ukraine.

Steering Committee
Paulo Boero (Italy), Jean-Philippe Drouhard -Coordinator- (France), Konrad Krainer (Austria), Jarmila Novotna (Czech Rep.), Luis Rico (Spain), Leo Rogers (United Kingdom).

Conference Programme Committee
Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg – Coordinator - (Germany), Milan Hejny (Czech Rep.), Barbara Jaworski (United Kingdom), Joao Pedro da Ponte (Portugal), André Rouchier (France).

3. CERME 1: Its unique style in furthering the purpose and aims of ERME

The chief aims of ERME are to promote Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Research in Mathematics Education in Europe. Fundamentally we need to know more about the research which has been done and is ongoing, and the research groups and research interests in different European countries. We need to provide opportunities for collaboration in research areas and for inter-European cooperation between researchers in joint research projects. This conference is designed as a starting point in promoting these aims.

The conference is designed to foster a communicative spirit. It deliberately and distinctively moves away from research presentations by individuals towards collaborative group work. Its main feature is to be a number of Thematic Groups whose members will work together in a common research area. There are 7 groups in this conference. Researchers wishing to present a paper at the conference should submit the paper to one of these groups.

In addition to the Thematic Groups, there will be plenary sessions to communicate the work of each group to other participants, poster sessions for new researchers to communicate their work and gain feedback, and policy and purpose sessions to negotiate the work and directions of ERME. There will be three major keynote addresses by invited speakers, whose names will be communicated shortly.

4. Organisation of the conference and proposed Conference Programme

The conference will be organised around the Thematic Groups. Groups will have 12 hours over three days in which to meet and progress their work. Although it would be possible for participants to visit two or more groups, there will probably be most to gain from participating fully in the work of just one group.
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The actual programme is as follows:

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Thursday 27th	16.30	Opening Session: Welcome Jean-Philippe Drouhard: ERME Barbara Jaworski: Theoretical Organization Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg: Administrational Organization
.	18.15	Dinner
.	19.30	Informal Introductions in Thematic Groups
.	20.30	Welcome Reception
.	22.00	Bus to Hotel Ibis
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Friday 28th	08.30	Bus to place of conference (Haus Ohrbeck)
.	09.00 - 12.00	Thematic Groups (Drinks available during the sessions)
.	12.15 - 13.00	Lunch
	13.00 - 14.00	Break
.	14.00 - 15.00	Constituting ERME
.	15.00 - 16.30	Thematic Groups (Drinks available during the sessions)
.	16.45 - 17.45	Keynote Address: Guy Brousseau, introduced by André Rouchier
.	18.15 - 19.00	Dinner
.	19.30	Possibility to organise ad hoc interest-group meetings
.	19.30	Bus to Hotel Ibis
.	22.00	Bus to Hotel Ibis
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Saturday 29th	08.30	Bus to place of conference (Haus Ohrbeck)
.	09.00 - 12.00	Thematic Groups (Drinks available during the sessions)
.	12.15 - 13.00	Lunch
.	13.00 - 14.00	Break
.	14.00 - 15.00	Poster Presentations
.	15.00 - 16.30	Thematic Groups (Drinks available during the sessions)
.	16.45 - 17.45	Keynote Address: Jeremy Kilpatrick, introduced by Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg
.	18.15 - 19.00	Dinner
.	19.30 - 20.30	Constituting ERME
.	21.00	Bus to Hotel Ibis
.	22.30	Bus to Hotel Ibis
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Sunday 30th	08.30	Bus to place of conference (Haus Ohrbeck)
.	09.00-12.00	Thematic Groups (Drinks available during the sessions)
.	12.15 - 12.45	Lunch
.	12.45 - ~ 20.00	Excursion to Kalkriese: Romans Site / Varus Battle (Bus & boat trip, dinner provided on the boat) Info Kalkriese English abstract German project report, including maps/photos
.	22.30	Bus to Hotel Ibis
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Monday 31st	08.30	Bus to place of conference (Haus Ohrbeck)
.	09.00 - 10.45	Plenary Presentations from Thematic Groups: Communicating Themes: Ideas, Research and Issues
.	11.15 - 12.15	ERME: The Way Forward
.	12.15-13.00	Lunch
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5. Working Groups and call for papers

Each group will have 3 or 4 group leaders, from 3 or 4 different countries, each having research interest and expertise in the theme of the group. One of these leaders will coordinate the group and be responsible for decisions and actions. The group leaders will organise the work of the group in the following ways:

1. Receive papers from prospective members of the group.
2. Read the papers and organise a peer review process.
3. Receive reviewers comments, decide on papers for inclusion in the programme and possibly on subgroupings within the main group.
4. Organise a programme of work to include paper presentations, large and small group discussions, working sessions for developing common ideas and research programmes etc. The spirit of this work should be as democratic and inclusive as is possible. Papers which are not given presentation time, should be available for reading by group members.
5. Facilitate ongoing work by the group or subgroups formed during the working sessions.
6. Organise informal or formal collection(s) of papers for distribution and/or publication.

The groups proposed for this conference are as follows:

If you wish to submit a paper to this conference it should be sent to the first named leader (= group coordinator) of ONE of these groups (addresses). A form for submission is provided via link in Section 11 together with details of the requested format of papers. If you are unsure of which group your paper best fits, please send it to one group, but indicate other groups to which it might also be relevant. The receiving group coordinator will decide together with the other group leaders on its designation and, if necessary, forward it to another group, informing you of what has been done. If you are unhappy with the outcome, you can contact the coordinator of the conference, Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg, via the Conference Secretariat.

6. The review process

The review process is based on scientific criteria and designed to be sympathetic and supportive. As far as possible, reviewers will be prospective members of a group. Hence a peer-review process is envisaged. Thus, each person submitting a paper should also indicate in what areas of their experience and expertise they are willing to review other papers. Each prospective participant should be asked to review up to three papers. Guidelines for review will be provided by the Programme Committee, and sent to reviewers with the papers by the Group Leaders. Reviewers should send their comments directly to both the authors of the paper and the leaders of the group. This will not be a blind review process. Reviewers will be asked to offer supportive feedback and criticism which will help authors to develop their papers.

Group leaders will take account of reviewers’ comments in deciding on a programme of work for the group, and on papers which will be presented as part of this programme. Where it is impossible to include all papers as presentations, non-presented papers should be made available in written form and time provided for discussion of their work.

7. Participation in the conference

All prospective participants must return a pre-registration form by March 1st, 1998. On this form you should also indicate which group you intend to join and whether you are submitting a paper; if not submitting a paper, whether you are willing to be a reviewer; and whether you are a new researcher and wish to present a poster. A copy of this form will be sent to the relevant Group Leaders. The Conference fee has to be paid by 15th June 1998 at the latest. Practical details of payment etc. may be found below.

If submitting a paper, you should complete the paper submission form and send it with six copies of your paper to the coordinator of your chosen group by 22nd March, 1998. Papers will not be accepted after this date. Please follow the guidance given for the format of your paper. You will hear from the Group Leaders by May 1998 concerning the results of the review process and the acceptance of your paper for presentation. Details of the presentation of your paper during the group sessions will be communicated by the Group Leaders at a later date.

If submitting a poster, please complete the poster form, including your abstract and send it to the Programme Committee via the Conference Secretariat by 22nd March 1998. Posters will not be accepted after this date. You will hear from the Programme Committee by May 1998 concerning the acceptance of your poster.

It may be that you wish to participate in the conference as a member of one of the groups but do not wish to submit a paper yourself. If you are willing to participate in the review process for that group, you should indicate this on the pre-registration form.

8. Poster Presentations

Poster presentations are designed for new researchers to present their work. Posters will be displayed throughout the conference, with two sessions for discussion with presenters at their posters. The content of posters should be firmly in the area of research in mathematics education. Abstracts for posters should be submitted, for approval, to the Programme Committee via the Conference Secretariat on the poster form. Details of size and format of posters are provided with this form.

9. Proceedings and publications

The Programme Committee will produce an informal proceedings after the Conference which includes details of the groups, a brief account of their work and papers which were included, and addresses of participants to enable future communication. A summary of group work will be provided by group leaders on behalf of the group.

The leaders of each group, together with its members will decide what proceedings or publications should result from the group’s work. These could vary from informally produced papers and accounts of discussion for circulation, to more formally produced collections or books. Such proceedings or publications will start to form a bibliography of Research in Mathematics Education in Europe, and it will be up to ERME to publicise and facilitate access to this bibliography.

10. Details of venue, accommodation and costs

The conference will be held in Osnabrueck, Germany. It will take place at a special conference centre, the Haus Ohrbeck, which is 7 km from the town centre and has excellent accommodation, seminar rooms and equipment.

Haus Ohrbeck can house 85 participants in single bedrooms. These will be allocated to first comers who elect for this accommodation. Once this accommodation is full, rooms will be allocated in one or two hotels, from which bus transport will be provided. Breakfast will be taken in the hotel, but all other meals and a social programme will be provided at or from Haus Ohrbeck.

The social programme will include an excursion by boat to Kalkriese (Roman Site) on the Sunday afternoon. Dinner will be provided on the boat.
The fee for the conference, including accommodation, all meals and the social programme is 750 German Marks with accommodation in Haus Ohrbeck, and 800 German Marks with accommodation in a hotel.

Applications to participate in the conference, with payment, must be made as follows:

1. The pre-registration form must reach the conference organisers by 1st March, 1998. All people returning the registration form will receive a second announcement.
2. Confirmation of registration by payment of the conference fee must be received by 15th June at the latest. Details will be found in the second announcement.

Payment Method:

• Send Eurocheque for the sum in question, made out in German Mark (DM), and payable to "Universitaet Osnabrueck"
  

  to:	Universitaet Osnabrueck FB Mathematik/Informatik CERME 1 - Conference Secretariat Attn. Mrs. Sabine Jones D-49069 Osnabrueck

• Bank transfer, made out in German Mark (DM)
  (All charges for account of applicant!):
  

  Payee:	Regierungsbezirkskasse Weser-Ems, Aurich
  Bank:	Kreissparkasse Aurich
  Bank Code:	284 510 50
  Account No.:	90845
  Reference:	6850-0614-11963-ERM

• We regret, that credit card payments are not possible. For legal reasons the University of Osnabrueck is not allowed to have credit card companies charge the university for their service, on the other hand the credit card companies don't accept a higher conference fee for credit card users.

The organisers need to know approximate numbers of participants by the beginning of March in order to reserve accommodation. After 1st March, it will still be possible to register providing that there are places still available. However, if all places are filled, no late applications will be accepted.

The conference organisers are seeking funds to support participation for some colleagues from Eastern Europe who might otherwise have difficulty attending. Information should be sought from the Conference Secretary.

11. Pre-registration and other forms

Here you can get the provided forms:

1. (Online Pre-registration Form) Pre-registration is closed!
2. Submission of Papers to Thematic Groups
   Instruction for Format of Papers
3. Submission of a Poster

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