Papers and Presentations
Review Talks
The Languages of Mathematics
Abraham Arcavi
What Do ‘Good’ Teachers Know? Investigating Teacher Professional Knowledge
Frank Banks
Social Dimensions of Mathematics Education
Farida Abdulla Khan
Universalization of Elementary Math and Science As a Scientific Problem
Vivek Monteiro
Discourse and Learning in the Science Classroom
Eduardo F Mortimer
Design and Technology: An Emergent School Subject
Chitra Natarajan
People’s Knowledge of Proportions in Everyday Life and in the Classroom
Terezinha Nunes
Gender Exclusion in Science: Questions about Epistemology, Policies and Institutional Frameworks
Veena Poonacha
Objectifying Symbols: The Uneasy Journey of the Mathematical Object from the World, to Mind, to Discourse
Anna Sfard
First Steps Toward Proof
Shailesh A Shirali
Learning and Teaching Design and Technology: Meeting Needs, Developing Capability
Kay Stables
STRAND 1: Historical, Philosophical and Socio-cultural Issues Relevant to STM Education
Endorsing and Rejecting Scientific Claims: The Role of Evidence in Scientific Discourse
Leslie J. AtkinsWhat is Mathematics Education for?
Brian GreerUnmasking the Gods: Clarifying Social Construction Theses in Mathematics Education
Jagdish MadnaniChinthamani Ragoonathachary and Secularisation of Time During the Late Nineteenth Century Madras Presidency
Venkateswaran T. V.Historico-Critical Analysis of the Concept of Mass: From Antiquity to Newton
Mashood K. K.From One to Infinity: Historical Development and Student View of Large Numbers
Mala Saraswathy Nataraj & Michael O. J. ThomasSculpted by Culture: Students’ Embodied Images of Scientists
Ratna Narayan, Soonhye Park & Deniz PekerGender and Mathematics Education: Lessons from Pakistan
Anjum HalaiGender Differences and Mathematics Achievement of Rural Senior Secondary Students in Cross River State, Nigeria
Sam William Bassey, M. T. Joshua & Alice E. AsimEstimation of Gender Bias through Specially Developed Learning Material (Interactive C.D.) – A Study in Nashik City
Nikhila Bhagwat & Hemant Rajguru
STRAND 2: Cognitive Studies of STM Learning
An Indigenous Approach to Elementary Astronomy - How Cognitive Research Can Help
Shamin Padalkar & Jayashree RamadasRefined Concept Maps for Science Education: A Feasibility Study
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G.Studying Indian Middle School Students’ Attitudes towards Technology
Ritesh Khunyakari, Swati Mehrotra, Chitra Natarajan & Sugra ChunawalaEvidences of Learning Through Collaboration in Design and Technology Tasks in Indian Classrooms
Swati Mehrotra, Ritesh Khunyakari, Sugra Chunawala & Chitra NatarajanMoving from Analysing to Designing Artefacts: Studying Middle School Students’ Ideas about Design and Designers
Farhat Ara, Sugra Chunawala & Chitra NatarajanMiddle School Students' Knowledge about Static and Dynamic Artefacts Studied through their Drawings and Descriptions
Gandhimathy Selvaraj, Ritesh Khunyakari & Chitra NatarajanInterplay between School Mathematics and Work Place Mathematics
Nirmala NareshThe Use of Convenient Value Strategies among Young Train Vendors in Mumbai, India
Yasmin SitabkhanStrategic Content Learning Approach to Promote Self- Regulated Learning in Mathematics
Haneet Gandhi & M. VarmaRote and Algorithmic Techniques in Primary Level Mathematics Teaching in the Light of Gagne’s Hierarchy
Amarendra Narayan
STRAND 3: Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies
The Introduction of Angles
Usha MenonIntroducing Fractions Using Share and Measure Interpretations: A Report from Classroom Trials
Jayasree Subramanian & Brijesh VermaExploring the Confusions: Bar Graphs
Susan HillmanThe Curriculum is More than Textbooks and Technology: Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds
Linda Jensen SheffieldUsing Research on English to Understand Mathematical Writing
Byung-In SeoVirtual Manipulatives: Potential Instructional Hazards and Possible Design-based Solutions
William SpeerProblem Solving In Mathematics: A Tool for Cognitive Development
Preety N. TripathiAchilles and the Tortoise Paradox – Finding the Zone of Proximal Development in Understanding Limit of a Sequence
Bronislaw Czarnocha & Vrunda PrabhuStudents Using a Mathematica Learning Project Work to Conceptualise the Derivative
Kristie Naidoo & Ramu NaidooWhat Do Cells Really Look Like? Children’s Resistance to Accepting a 3-D Model
Aisha Kawalkar & Jyotsna VijapurkarStepping into Science in Small Schools: Together with Tools, Techniques and Toys
Lalit KishoreIntegrating Concepts and Skills Through Design of Learning Activities
Deepak S. Paranjape & Sudhakar C. Agarkar
STRAND 4: Systemic Change and Teacher Professional Development in STM
Education
The STEM Agenda in the Context of Initial Teacher Education: Challenges and Potential Ways Forward
Graham Hardy, Andrew Howes, David Spendlove & Geoff WakeScience Teacher Educators: A Shift towards Student-centredness
Sathiaseelan Pillay“It makes Sense to Ask That Question”: A Closer Look at Student Questions
Anita BalasubramanianFocus: Women of Rural Communities of Tamil Nadu
Vrunda Prabhu & Bronislaw CzarnochaInitiatives Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for Improvement in Basic Numeracy Skills Among Children in the Early Grades
Binay Pattanayak