ICMI Activities
ICMI Studies
The past Studies
Eleven ICMI Studies have been organized up to now.
1. The Influence of Computers and Informatics on Mathematics and its Teaching.
Study Conference held in Strasbourg, France, March 1985.
Study Volume published by Cambridge University Press, 1986, eds: R.F. Churchhouse et al. (ICMI Study Series)
Second edition published by UNESCO, 1992, eds: Bernard Cornu and Anthony Ralston. (Science and Technology Education No. 44)
2. School Mathematics in the 1990s.
No general Study Conference. (Study Volume prepared by the editors following a closed international seminar held in Kuwait in February 1986.)
Study Volume published by Cambridge University Press, 1986, eds: Geoffrey Howson and Bryan Wilson. (ICMI Study Series)
3. Mathematics as a Service Subject.
Study Conference held in Udine, Italy, April 1987.
Study Volume published by Cambridge University Press, 1988, eds: Geoffrey Howson, Jean-Pierre Kahane, Pierre Lauginie and Elisabeth de Turckheim. (ICMI Study Series)
Volume of Selected Papers published by Springer-Verlag, 1988: Selected Papers on the Teaching of Mathematics as a Service Subject, eds: Richard R. Clements, Pierre Lauginie and Elisabeth de Turckheim. (CISM Courses and Lectures No. 305)
4. Mathematics and Cognition.
No general Study Conference. (Study Volume prepared under the responsibility of PME.)
Study Volume published by Cambridge University Press, 1990, eds: Pearla Nesher and Jeremy Kilpatrick. (ICMI Study Series)
5. The Popularization of Mathematics.
Study Conference held in Leeds, UK, September 1989.
Study Volume published by Cambridge University Press, 1990, eds: Geoffrey Howson and Jean-Pierre Kahane. (ICMI Study Series)
6. Assessment in Mathematics Education.
Study Conference held in Calonge, Spain, April 1991.
Two Study Volumes published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993: Cases of Assessment in Mathematics Education, ed: Mogens Niss. (New ICMI Study Series 1); and Investigations into Assessment in Mathematics Education, ed: Mogens Niss. (New ICMI Study Series 2)
7. Gender and Mathematics Education.
Study Conference held in Höör, Sweden, October 1993.
Study Volume published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996: Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education, ed: Gila Hanna. (New ICMI Study Series 3)
Proceedings of the Study Conference published by Lund University Press, 1995, eds: Barbro Grevholm and Gila Hanna.
8. What is Research in Mathematics Education and What are its Results?
Study Conference held in College Park, USA, May 1994.
Study Volume (two books) published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998: Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity, eds: Anna Sierpinska and Jeremy Kilpatrick. (New ICMI Study Series 4)
9. Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century.
Study Conference held in Catania, Italy, September 1995.
Study Volume published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, eds: Carmelo Mammana and Vinicio Villani. (New ICMI Study Series 5)
10. The Role of the History of Mathematics in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.
Study Conference held in Luminy, France, April 1998.
Study Volume published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000: History in Mathematics Education: The ICMI Study, eds: John Fauvel and Jan van Maanen. (New ICMI Study Series 6)
11. The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level.
Study Conference held in Singapore, December 1998.
Study Volume published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002: The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level: An ICMI Study, ed: Derek Holton. (New ICMI Study Series 7)
Selected papers presented at the Study Conference published as a special
issue of the International Journal for Mathematical Education in Science
and Technology Vol. 31, No. 1 (January-February 2000) pp. 1-160
12. The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra.
Study Conference held in Melbourne, Australia, December 2001.
Study Volume to be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2003, eds: Helen Chick and Kaye Stacey. (New ICMI Study Series 8)
13. Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions: A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West.
Study Conference held in Hong Kong, SAR China, October 2002.
Study Volume to be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2004, eds: Klaus-Dieter Graf, Frederick Leung and Francis Lopez-Real. (New ICMI Study Series 9)