TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS: RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES - ENSEIGNER ET APPRENDRE LES MATHEMATIQUES: RESSOURCES ET OBSTACLES. Actes/Proceedings CIEAEM 67

Abstract

The CIEAEM 67 conference was held in Aosta, Italy, from 21st to 24th July 2015 and successfully involved more than 120 participants from all over the world. Researchers, teachers, educators, and students from 20 countries (10 non-European) met to discuss, in a collaborative and inspiring environment, the most prominent problems, obstacles and resources in mathematics education; they also presented their latest research findings in the several conference activities: plenary talks, a round table, working groups, workshops, and poster presentations (forum of ideas). As in previous CIEAEM meetings, Working Groups constituted the beating heart of the conference, allowing the participants to fruitfully discuss in critical and constructive ways, in the true CIEAEM spirit, research studies and approaches from different perspectives on the conference theme: Teaching and learning mathematics: resources and obstacles. There were five Working Groups, each discussing between 11 and 16 papers, and addressing the conference theme from complementary viewpoints (see the Discussion Paper), under the guidance of the group animators. The conference schedule allowed time also to deepen the plenary talks in the dedicated “Meet the plenary speaker” sessions, and to engage participants in workshops, where actual dialogue between research and practice could be fostered. This volume contains the final versions of the 85 papers presented during the conference, and revised by the authors, including the suggestions which emerged in the intense discussions in Aosta. Specifically, the volume chapters contain: 3 Plenary talks, 4 contributions related to a Round Table on assessment, 66 papers presented and discussed in the 5 Working Groups in parallel sessions, 5 papers on the Workshops organized during the conference, 6 papers presenting Posters. 
We thank all the contributors and the participants to the conference, because they made it such a unique experience, in which we had the good fortune to take part. We are grateful to the International Program Committee chaired by Luciana Bazzini, and the Local Organizing Committee chaired by Elisabetta Robotti, that made possible the realization of the conference in every detail with great care. Also to the University of Valle d’Aosta and to the Regione Valle d’Aosta, for the precious support and collaboration to the conference. And to the Working Group animators, who organized each day the sessions in inclusive as well high quality ways. A special thanks to all the people who contributed to the realization of the conference, and to Francesco Rossi, who helped in editing this volume. 
As a result, the CIEAEM67 Proceedings offer a wide overview on national and international studies on the conference theme Teaching and learning mathematics: resources and obstacles. We hope that it can constitute an inspiring resource for the research community and stakeholders in Mathematics Education. From this perspective, the possibility of free downloading offers to CIEAEM67 participants, and also to interested people who could not take part in the Conference in Aosta, the possibility of developing a fruitful network of contacts that year after year is becoming richer and wider.