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ICME12 - TSG 3: Final program
Posted: Jun 9, 2012 5:46 PM

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12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12),
JULY 8-15, 2012, Coex, Seoul, Korea

Topic Study Group 3<>[i],<>[ii] -- Activities
and Programs for Gifted Students

Team chairs:

Peter Taylor (Australia) <mailto:pjt013@gmail.com>pjt013@gmail.com
Roza Leikin (Israel) <mailto:rozal@edu.haifa.ac.il>rozal@edu.haifa.ac.il

Team Members:

Viktor Freiman (Canada)
<mailto:viktor.freiman@umoncton.ca>viktor.freiman@umoncton.ca
Linda Sheffield (USA)
<mailto:sheffield@nku.edu>sheffield@nku.edu

Mihaela Singer (Romania) <mailto:mikisinger@gmail.com>mikisinger@gmail.com
Bo Mi Shin (Korea) <mailto:bomi0210@jnu.ac.kr>bomi0210@jnu.ac.kr

Liaison Person: Shiqi Li (China)
<mailto:sqli@math.ecnu.edu.cn>sqli@math.ecnu.edu.cn

Program

Session 1: Presenting different topics at the TSG-3 ICME-12
Moderator: Peter Taylor

Opening --15 min
Peter Taylor

Paper presentations: Each presentation - 25 minutes including discussion

Mathematically Gifted, Talented or Promising: What Difference Does It Make?
Linda Sheffield, Northern Kentucky University,
USA, <mailto:sheffield@nku.edu>sheffield@nku.edu

General ability vs. Expertise in Mathematics: An
ERP study with male adolescents who answer
geometry
questions
Roza Leikin*, University of Haifa, Israel,
<mailto:rozal@edu.haifa.ac.il>rozal@edu.haifa.ac.il

Combinatorial geometry offers gifted students a
field for doing research: Concerto in four
movements.
Alexander Soifer, University of Colorado, USA,
<mailto:asoifer@uccs.edu>asoifer@uccs.edu

* This program includes presenter's names. The
names of all the authors can be found in the
proceedings

Session 2 - International experiences and projects for gifted
Moderator: Linda Sheffield

Paper presentations: Each presentation - 15
minutes including questions from the audience

The Center for Mathematical Talent
Mark Saul, New York University,
<mailto:marksaul@earthlink.net>marksaul@earthlink.net

Fostering creativity of pupils in Russia
Ildar Safuanov, Moscow State City Pedagogical
University, Russia,
<mailto:ngpis@rambler.ru>ngpis@rambler.ru

What can an e-learning recreational math program
contribute to gifted students? "Math-by-Mail" as
a case
study
Abraham Arcavi, Weizmann Institute of Science,
Israel,
<mailto:abraham.arcavi@weizmann.ac.il>abraham.arcavi@weizmann.ac.il

The Mathematically Gifted and Talented Students
Contribute to the Virtual Community: Experience
of school
innovation
Viktor Freiman, Universite de Moncton, Canada,
<mailto:viktor.freiman@umoncton.ca>viktor.freiman@umoncton.ca

Development of Science and Mathematics Talented
Project in Thailand
Duangnamol Tama, The institute for the promotion
of teaching science and technology, Thailand,
<mailto:tduan@ipst.ac.th>tduan@ipst.ac.th

Discussion on all the presentation - 15 min

Session 3 - Didactical approaches and international perspectives
Moderators: Michaela Singer and Viktor Freiman

Round tables session
The authors will have an opportunity to present
their papers 4 times for 10 minutes (45 min.) to
different people who will be interested in their
presentations. The groups will change each 10
minutes and each participant will have an
opportunity to learn about 4 of 7 works.

The program of making students create math
problems: One of the methods of developing
students' abilities to think and
express
Nobuo Itoh, Nasu Kogen Kaijo Junior and Senior
High School, Japan,
<mailto:nbmath0719@gmail.com>nbmath0719@gmail.com

The role of student motivation in developing and
assessing the acquisition of higher-order
thinking
skills
Vincent Matsko, Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy, USA,
<mailto:vince.matsko@gmail.com>vince.matsko@gmail.com

Do the mathematically gifted and talented senior
primary school students in Hong Kong understand
mathematics?
Wai Lui Ka, University of Hamburg, Hong Kong,
<mailto:rachel.tlc@gmail.com>rachel.tlc@gmail.com

The research on the mode of motivating the gifted students
Wang He Nan, Capital Normal University, Beijing,
<mailto:whn054@gmail.com>whn054@gmail.com

Enhancing mathematical research in high school
Laura Morera, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona,
Spain,
<mailto:laura.morera@uab.cat>laura.morera@uab.cat

Mathematical creativity and attachment theory: an
interdisciplinary approach for studying the
development of mathematical creativity of
preschool children with a precarious childhood
Melanie Münz, IDeA center/IDMI, Germany,
<mailto:muenz@math.uni-frankfurt.de>muenz@math.uni-frankfurt.de

Problem modification as an indicator of deep understanding
Mihaela Singer Florence, University of Ploiesti,
Romania,
<mailto:mikisinger@gmail.com>mikisinger@gmail.com

Little University of Mathematics
Laura Freija, Scientific Assistant, Latvia,
<mailto:laura.freija@gmail.com>laura.freija@gmail.com

Effects of Modified Moore Method on Elementary
Number Theory for Gifted High School Students: An
Exploratory Study
Hee Cho Kyoung, Gyeonggi Science High School,
Korea, <mailto:cho0114@snu.ac.kr>cho0114@snu.ac.kr

Korean Middle School Student's Spatial Ability and Mathematical Performance:
Comparison between Gifted Students and General Students
Sungsun Park, Chunchoe National University of
Education,
<mailto:starsunim@hanmail.net>starsunim@hanmail.net

Poster presentation

How Do Talented and Hard Working Students Solve Problems
Tsvetkova Iliana, High Shcool of Mathematics,
Bulgaria,
<mailto:iliana_tzvetkova@yahoo.com>iliana_tzvetkova@yahoo.com

Session 4 - Characteristics of mathematically gifted students
Moderator: Roza Leikin

Paper presentations: Each presentation - 15
minutes including questions from the audience
A Study on the Analogical Reasoning of
Mathematically Gifted Students during Problem
Solving
Shin BoMi, Chonnam National University, Korea,
<mailto:bomi0210@jnu.ac.kr>bomi0210@jnu.ac.kr

On a thought process of a mathematical talented
student, and interaction with a class
Tamura Atsushi, Eiko Gakuen junior and senior
high school, Japan,
<mailto:blueriver.tamura@gmail.com>blueriver.tamura@gmail.com

An essay on students' creativity in problem
solving beyond school: Proposing a framework of
analysis
Amaral Nuno, Agrupamento de Escolas Gil Eanes,
Portugal.
<mailto:nualroam@gmail.com>nualroam@gmail.com

A comparative profile of high attaining and gifted students in mathematics
Brandl Matthias, University of Passau, Germany,
<mailto:Matthias.Brandl@uni-passau.de>Matthias.Brandl@uni-passau.de

"High IQ and High Mathematical Talent!" Results
from nine years talent search in the
PriMa-Project Hamburg
Nolte Marianne, University of Hamburg Germany,
<mailto:marianne.nolte@uni-hamburg.de>marianne.nolte@uni-hamburg.de

Closing discussion and Future Plans --15 min
Roza Leikin

<>[i] The work of our group is related to the
work of International Group for Mathematical
Creativity and Giftedness --
<http://igmcg.org/>http://igmcg.org/;
<http://www.mathunion.org/icmi>http://www.mathunion.org/icmi

<>[ii] The work of our group is a continuation of
a) TSG4 at ICME 10 in Copenhagen, Denmark
<http://www.icme10.dk/>http://www.icme10.dk/
b) TSG6 at ICME-11, in Monterrey, México
<http://tsg.icme11.org/tsg/show/7>http://tsg.icme11.org/tsg/show/7
c) ICMI Study 16, Challenging Mathematics in and beyond the Classroom
(http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/icmis16.html) Chaired by E. Barbeau, P. Taylor

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