Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education

ICME 9.- International Round Table: The Role of Mathematics in General Education for the 21st Century.- Plenary Lectures.- Goals of Mathematical Education and Methodology of Applied Mathematics.- Key Issues and Trends in Research on Mathematical Education.- How Mathematics Teaching Develops Pupils’ Reasoning Systems.- Developing Mathematics Education in a Systemic Process.- Regular Lectures.- Widening the lens — changing the focus: Researching and describing language practices in multilingual classrooms in South Africa.- Gaudi’s Ideas for Your Classroom: Geometry for Three-Dimensional Citizens.- Cognitive Processes in Algebraic Thinking and Implications for Teaching.- A Perspective for Teaching Elementary School Mathematics based on the Research Literature.- Overcoming Obstacles to the Democratisation of Mathematics Education.- What Research Evidence Tells Us About Effective Mathematics Teaching for Children aged 6–13.- A Sociocultural Approach to Infinitesimal Calculus.- Cultural Cross-Purposes and Expectation as Barriers to Success in Mathematics.- Histrical Trends in Mathematics Education: Developing International Perspective.- The Dilemmas of Preparing Teachers to Teach Mathematics within a Constructivist Framework.- Geometry in Russian Schools: Traditions of Past and State in Present.- Towards A Theory of Learning Advanced Mathematical Concepts.- On the Role of Politics in the Development of Mathematics in Africa.- National Standards, Local Control of Curriculum: Setting the Course of Mathematics Education in the United States.- Mathematics Instruction Unbound: The Contribution of Journal ?enseignement mathématique.- Research on Student Teachers’ Learning in Mathematics and Mathematics Education.- Eliciting Mathematical Ideas from Students: Towards its Realization in Japanese Curricula.- California’s Back-to-Basics Policies and the 1999 Textbook Adoption.- Historical Sources in the Mathematics Classroom: Ideas and Experiences.- Mathematical Artifact Production: Broadening the View of “Doing Mathematics”.- Primary Arithmetic Based on Piaget’s Constructivism.- Exams in Mathematics (secondary school) — Russian Experience: Traditions, Changes, Difficulties.- When Machines Do Mathematics, then What Do Mathematics Teachers Teach?.- Narrative Elements in Mathematical Argumentations in Primary Education.- The Role of Personal Computing Technology in Mathematics Education: Today and Tomorrow.- New Technologies as a Bridge between Various Parts of Mathematics for Pre-Service Students Teachers.- History of Mathematics in Educational Research and Mathematics Teaching — the Case of Probability and Statistics.- The Socio-Cultural Turn in Studying the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.- In Search of an East Asian Identity in Mathematics Education — the Legacy of an Old Culture and the Impact of Modern Technology.- Automated Reasoning and Educational Intelligent Platform.- Does Practice Make Perfect?.- Enhancing the Mathematical Knowledge of Primary Teachers.- Modeling the Teacher’s Situation in the Classroom.- Crucial Issues in Teaching of Symbolic Expressions.- Mentoring in Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Preparation in Zimbabwe.- Computer Science and Toward an Approach in Research on Mathematical Education.- Can College Mathematics in Japan Survive?— A Project of Reform.- Student’s Levels of Understanding Word Problems.- Teaching Geometry in a Changing World.- Mathematics for Mathematics Teachers —On Statistics—.- Mathematics Education for and in the Dominant and Other Cultures: A Multicultural Inquiry.- Mathematics Education for Gifted Students in Korea.- Designing Instruction of Values in School Mathematics.- Some Characteristic Features of Wasan: The Japanese Traditional Mathematics.- Reinventing the Teacher — the Teacher as Student; the Teacher as Scholar: the Teacher as Teacher.- The Intuitive Rules Theory: Comparison Situations and Infinite Processes.- Real-World Knowledge and the Modeling of School Word Problems.- Mathematics Education -Procedures, , Rituals and Man’s Search for Meaning.- Children’s Understanding of Basic Measurement Concept: A Cultural Perspective.- Mathematical Modelling In Middle School Education of China.- Visual Forms in Mathematics: Thinking, Communicating, Learning.- Mathematics Instruction through the Production of Manipulative Materails.- Working Groups for Action.- WGA 1: Mathematics Education in Pre- and Primary School.- WGA 2: Mathematics Education in Junior Secondary School.- WGA 3: Mathematics Education in Senior Secondary Schools.- WGA 4: Mathematics Education in Two-Year Colleges and Other Tertiary Institutions.- WGA 5: Mathematics Education in Universities.- WGA 6: Adult and Life-Long Education in Mathematics.- WGA 7: The Professional Pre-and In-Service Education of Mathematics Teachers.- WGA 8: Research, Practice and Theory of Mathematics Education.- WGA 9: Communication and Language in Mathematics Education.- WGA 10: Assessment in Mathematics Education.- WGA 11: The Use of Technology in Mathematics Education (computers, Calculators, IT Media).- WGA 12: The Social and Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education.- WGA 13: History and Culture in mathematics Education.- Topic Study Groups.- TSG 1: The Teaching and Learning of Algebra.- TSG 2: The Teaching and Learning of Geometry.- TSG 3: The Teaching and Learning of Calculus.- TSG 4: The Teaching and Learning of Statistics.- TSG 5: Teaching and Learning Aids and Materials(Hands-on) in Mathematics Education.- TSG 6: Distance Learning in Mathematics Education.- TSG 7: The Use of Multimedia in Mathematics Education.- TSG 8: Vocational Mathematics Education.- TSG 9: Mathematical Modeling and Links between Mathematics and Other Subjects.- TSG 10: Trends in Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences: Their Reflections on Mathematics Education.- TSG 11: Problem Solving in Mathematics Education.- TSG 12: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education.- TSG 13: Mathematical Learning and Cognitive Processes.- TSG 14: Constructivism in Mathematics Education.- TSG 15: Mathematics Education for Students with Special Needs.- TSG 16: Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students.- TSG 17: Mathematics Education and Equity.- TSG 18: Mathematics Competitions in Mathematics Education.- TSG 19: Entrance Examinations and Public Examinations in Mathematics Education.- TSG 20: Art and Mathematics Education.- TSG 21: Ethnomathematics.- TSG 22: Topics in Mathematics Education in Asian Countries.- TSG 23: TIMSS and Comparative Studies in Mathematics Education.- Presentation by Distribution and Reports on Working Groups.- Presentation by Distribution at WGAs & TSGs.- ICMI Studies.- Summary Report of the ICMI Study: The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level.- The Role of History of Mathematics in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: Presentation of the ICMI Study and the Study Book.- Affiliated Study Groups.- History of Mathematics at ICME 9.- International Organisation of Women and Mathematics Education.- Psychology of Mathematics Education at ICME 9.- Report on WFNMC Meeting.- The Forum of All Chinese Mathematics Educators at ICME 9.- A Report on the Forum of All Chinese Math Educators at ICME 9.- Secretary’s Closing Remarks.