The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
ICMI
Bulletin No. 44
June 1998

New ICMI Studies

Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity

The ICMI Study publication based on the Study titled What Is Research in Mathematics Education, and What Are Its Results has now appeared, in two volumes, under the above title and edited by Anna Sierpinska and Jeremy Kilpatrick. The Study is published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (the Netherlands). An advertisement is presented on the next page of this Bulletin. It should be noted that any individual may purchase the paperback edition of this Study at a considerably reduced rate (i.e. 134 Dutch guilders for the set instead of 200) if ordered through ICMI. If you want to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact the Secretary of ICMI at the address indicated elsewhere in this Bulletin and you will receive a special order form.

Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century

The ICMI Study volume of the Study with the title indicated has now appeared, pubnlished by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (the Netherlands), under the editorship of Carmelo Mammana and Vinicio Villani. An advertisement is presented on page 15 of this Bulletin. It should be noted that any individual may purchase the paperback edition of this Study at a considerably reduced rate (i.e. 80 Dutch guilders instead of 120) if ordered through ICMI. If you want to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact the Secretary of ICMI at the address indicated elsewhere in this Bulletin and you will receive a special order form.

The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level

The so-called Discussion Document for this Study was published in the previous issue (No. 43) of this Bulletin. The Study conference will be held in Singapore 8-12 December 1998. Participation is by invitation only. Updated information about this Study can be found on the World Wide Web, at

http://www.nie.ac.sg:8000/~wwwmath/icmi


Mogens Niss