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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Children's Mathematical Education

 
CME'12 - RZESZÓW, POLAND, JULY 02-05, 2012

http://www.cme.rzeszow.pl/

This is the Second Announcement and call for papers for the third conference of CME, Children's Mathematical Education. All researchers in Mathematics education, teacher trainers and teachers are invited to attend and contribute.

 

Andras Ambrus (Hungary),
Jenni Back (United Kingdom),

Ján Guncaga (Slovakia),

Carlo Marchini (Italy),
Tatyana Oleinik (Ukraine),
Joao Pedro da Ponte (Portugal),
Jana Slezakova (Czech Republic),
Lambrecht Spijkerboer (Netherlands),
Ewa Swoboda (Poland),
Konstantinos Tatsis (Greece),
Michal Tabach (Israel).

 

 

Ewa Swoboda,
Bozena Maj-Tatsis,

Marta Pytlak,
Edyta Jagoda.

PLACE OF THE CONFERENCE

 
The CME'12 conference will be held in Rzeszów, in the building of Institute of Mathematics, University of Rzeszów.

Address:

 
Rejtana 16A
35 - 959 Rzeszów
Poland

PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

The programme contains:
- Plenary lectures
- Working seminars (4 educational levels)
- Research reports
- Workshops
- Poster presentations

 

1. Shlomo Vinner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ben Gurion University of the Negev and Achva College of Education, Israel) - Thought processes which lead to generalizations in every day thought processes and in mathematical concepts

2. Anne D. Cockburn (School of Education and Lifelong Learning University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) - "To generalise, or not to generalise, that is the question" (with apologies to Hamlet and William Shakespeare)

3. Nicolina Malara (Department of Mathematics University of Modena & Reggio E., Italy)

 

4. Marianna Ciosek (Pedagogical University, Kraków, Poland) Generalization in the process of defining a concept and exploring it by students

Working seminars - the most important part of the conference. Each participant is invited to be a member of one of the working groups that will meet several times during the conference. Discussions and exchange of experiences and ideas are the essential aspects of this activity. It is designed as "an opportunity for participants who want to create something useful for their future work, based on the ideas gathered during the conference". Participants will not present ready-made results, but will work together to create something new, to design education. They will work on their materials and ideas that they got during conference or bring for common discussion, to work it out for classroom practice. Such work could have the potential to help participants find the conference more engaging and to help participants in their further professional work. It will also make the conference a valuable catalyst in provoking new projects that grow out of the work of the conference itself.

Leaders of the Working Seminars:

level 3-6: Inge Schwank, Institute for Cognitive Mathematics University of Osnabrueck, Germany: Foster number related logical reasoning in order to reach a better insight in arithmetic.

level 7-9: Jenni Back, NRICH Primary Co-ordinator (Website) Centre for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge, United Kingdom: Using rich tasks to support and develop children's understanding of and skills in mathematical generalising.

level 10-12: Michal Tabach, Tel Aviv University, Israel: A critical look at tasks for 10-12 year old students: Promoting generalization.

level 13-16: Gergely Wintsche, Mathematics Teaching and Education Center of Eötvös Lóránd University, Hungary: Generalization Through Problem Solving and Creating.

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME  --  See attachment.

 
We hope that all participants will contribute actively to the conference by sharing with others their experiences and views in the various sessions.

 
All papers submitted must be strictly related to the theme of the conference and will be reviewed by a panel of experts. The accepted papers will then be published in a monograph entitled like the conference theme and will be handed out to participants at the beginning of the conference.

Participants can send a proposal for an oral presentation (Research Report), a workshop, or a poster.

 

 

Research Reports should contain:

.  The aim of the research,

.  Reference to relevant publications,

.  Methodology,

.  The presentation of the results and their analysis,

.  Conclusions.

All papers should contain a title, the authors' names and affiliations and a short summary of the content.

 
Research reports should be no longer than 10 pages.

 
Contributions for Workshops should be no longer than 2 pages.

Contributions for Posters should be no longer than 1 page.

 

All papers should be written in Times New Roman. The page should be suitable for transcription to A4 size, with the text dimensions being 16 cm x 24.7 cm (i.e. a 2.5 cm margin on A4 paper). The font size to be used is 14 with "single" spacing between lines and 6-point space between paragraphs. Please use the template given at the conference website ("Call for papers") in order to format your document and do not change the styles or margins given in the template.

 
Please send us your computer file by using Microsoft Word (saved as .doc or .docx) with your proposal to the following e-mail address:

Bozena Maj-Tatsis: bmaj@univ.rzeszow.pl

Please note that the title of the message should be CME.

 

REGISTRATION FEE - 160 Euros, which includes all documents for the conference, Proceedings, coffee breaks and all social activities for participants: excursion, social meetings and Conference dinner. The payment of the registration fee is a necessary pre-condition for the evaluation of submitted papers.

You may offer extra 10 Euros (or more), in order to support participants in difficult circumstances.

You can pay the registration fee by money transfer. The details about the conference bank account is available at the conference website www.cme.rzeszow.pl

All bank charges must be covered by the participants.

 .   Deadline for sending papers (research reports, proposals for workshops and posters) February 29. 2012

.  Deadline for payment of conference fee: 160 ¤ March 15 (180 ¤ after March 15)

.  Deadline for application for a grant: March 15. 2012

.  Reply from the International Program Committee with acceptance of presentations or suggested modifications: March 31. 2012.

.  Deadline for the last version of research report: April 30. 2012

.  Deadline for cancellation with refund: June 1. 2012

.  Deadline of registration on-line: June 10. 2012

ACCOMMODATIONS

 
Below is a list of hotels that have offered a reduced price for CME'12 participants. Connections between the hotels and the University can be found on the map (see www.cme.rzeszow.pl "Accommodation"). There you can also find a bigger list of hotels in Rzeszow.

 
Hotel ISKRA ** - www.hoteliskra.pl
ul. D?browskiego 75, 35-040 Rzeszów Tel. +4817 854 97 40 Fax +4817 850 45 85
Single room (with breakfast) - 100 PLN Double room (with breakfast) - 130 PLN The hotel offers the possibility of ordering supper at an extra charge

Hotel METALOWIEC - www.metalowiec.ipr.pl
ul. D?browskiego 87 , 35-040 Rzeszów Tel: +4817 854 06 56 Fax: +4817 854 06 56

Single room (without breakfast) - 70 PLN

Double room (without breakfast) - 95 PLN

Triple room (without breakfast) - 110 PLN

The hotel offers buffet breakfast at Hotel ISKRA at the price of 15 PLN.

 
Lunches during the conference are offered at an additional price. The cost of one lunch is 25 PLN (6 Euros). Lunches will be served in the University building. The payment for lunches will be done during the registration in Rzeszów.

 

 
Accompanying persons are invited to participate in all social events of the Conference, alongside the participants. In addition, some special tourist activities will be organized for them. Further details will be included in the Third Announcement.

 
Conference fee for accompanying person is reduced to 100 Euros.

GRANTS

 
A limited amount of funding is available to participants who experience financial difficulties to attend CME conference. The amount of money available is limited; the grant cannot cover all expenses related to the participation at CME'12.

 
Those who consider themselves to be eligible to receive these grants should apply to the Organizing Committee.

The application form:

Personal and professional information
Description of applicant's intended presentation

Financial assistance anticipated from other sources
Other pertinent personal information

All requests must be sent to Organizing Committee (mpytlak@univ.rzeszow.pl) by March 15, 2012.

 

Registration is only possible on-line from the conference website www.cme.rzeszow.pl .

Refund Policy

If for any reason you cannot participate, your payment will be refunded if you cancel by June 1st; if you cancel after June 1st a refund will not be possible.

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Jerry P. Becker
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Southern Illinois University
625 Wham Drive
Mail Code 4610
Carbondale, IL  62901-4610
Phone:  (618) 453-4241  [O]
            (618) 457-8903  [H]
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