TSG
09: Teaching and learning of algebra
ICME
– 12, Seoul, Korea, July 8-15, 2012
Co-chairs:
Luis Puig (Spain) and Rakhi Banerjee (India)
Team
members: Armando
Solares (Mexico), Hwakyung Kim (Korea), Maria Blanton (USA),
Swee Fong
Ng
(Singapore)
Aims
Topic Study
Group 09 aims to bring together
researchers, developers and teachers who investigate and
develop theoretical
accounts of the teaching and learning of algebra. The group
also welcomes
empirically grounded contributions that focus on the learning
and teaching of
algebra in diverse classrooms settings, and on the evolution
of algebraic
reasoning from elementary through university schooling.
The
organizing team is calling for papers
for TSG 09. We invite papers which address one or more of the
following issues
in the teaching and learning of algebra.
1.
Issues
related to early algebra, like what is its nature; children’s
capabilities in
thinking algebraically and dealing with symbols; early
algebra’s contribution
to children’s later understanding of middle / secondary school
algebra;
challenges involved in doing “early algebra” in the classroom:
what works, what
does not.
2.
Issues
related to the use of ITC in algebra classrooms, like
affordances and
challenges of using ITC for teaching and learning of algebra;
effective use of
ITC; similarities and differences in the nature of
paper-and-pencil based
algebra and ITC based algebra; its contribution to our
understanding of
students’ thinking about algebra and development of algebraic
thinking among
students, including understanding of symbols and their
manipulation.
3.
Issues
related to proof and proving, like students’ understanding of
proof in algebra;
difficulties which students face in the process of proving;
how do ideas of
proof and proving develop among students; cognitive processes
which help in the
process; role of representations and understanding of goal/
task; role of
language and communication; classroom environments and tasks
which help in
developing these ideas, role of ITC.
4.
Issues
related to problem solving, like how to inculcate problem
solving skills;
students’ difficulties with solving problems; thinking
processes which lead to
successful/ unsuccessful problem solving; role of
representations, symbols and
symbolic manipulation, role of ITC.
5.
Issues
related to the process of generalization, like student’s use
of representations
and gestures to explore and express patterns; difficulties
which students face
in the process of generalizing; student’s understanding of
generalizations
expressed either verbally or symbolically; the use of generic
examples versus
successions of particular cases in generalization processes;
generalization and
abstraction.
6.
Issues
related to ways in which semiotics helps us understand the
processes of
communicating and signifying in the teaching and learning of
algebra in which
the elaboration and use of new sign systems are involved,
students’ developing
ideas about algebraic symbols, meaning making of new symbols.
7.
Issues
related to designing of algebra curriculum, like approaches to
introducing
algebra; students’ understanding of algebra in the context of
a particular
curriculum; cross-country comparison; features of curricular
material which
supports students’ algebraic thinking.
Guidelines for submission
1.
Indicate
name(s) of the author(s) and their location (town and country,
school or
establishment) and contact details.
2.
Write a
paper of about 8 pages (14 pt, single spaced, Times New Roman)
including
references. The paper should describe the context of the
study, methodology
used, and description of analysis of data and discuss the
major findings.
3.
Submit
by November 30, 2011 both via email to the co-chairs and
through on-line.
Deadlines
November 30,
2011 Proposal submission
(1500-2000 words)
January 15,
2012 Notification of acceptance
April 10,
2012 Submission of Final Draft
On-line submission
Go to<My
Page> at the first page of
the Congress Homepage http://icme12.org
or press <Submit your proposal> button on TSG 9 website
in the Congress
Homepage.
Organizers
Co-chairs : Rakhi
Banerjee (India) rakhi.banerjee@gmail.com
or rakhi@aud.ac.in
Luis
Puig (Spain) luis.puig@uv.es
Team
Members : Swee Fong Ng (Singapore)
sweefong.ng@nie.edu.sg
Armando
Solares (Mexico) asolares@cinvestav.mx
Hwakyung
Kim (Korea) hwakyung@gmail.com
Liaison
IPC Member : Masataka
Koyama mkoyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp