| Completion of Reviews | 06/04/2010 |
| Notification of Status of Proposal | 06/16/2010 |
| Submission of Final Draft | 06/27/2010 |
Following are guidelines for manuscripts to be published in the PME-NA Conference Proceedings for 2010. Following the tradition set in PME-NA 2009, for PME-NA 2010 it is your submitted paper that will be included in the Conference Proceedings. You will NOT have an opportunity to edit or revise your paper after submission, so it is imperative that it is ready for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Please use the content and format guidelines provided below as you prepare your paper.
Conference Proceedings this year will be completely electronic. You will be able to access the proceedings online, electronically search the manuscripts contained in the proceedings, and print the articles. A booklet of printed abstracts will be distributed at the conference.
| Type of Paper | Page Limit | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Research Report | 8 | February 15 |
| Poster | 1 | February 15 |
| Working Group | 10 | March 15 |
Research Reports. During each 40-minute session allotted for a Research Report, the author(s) makes a 20-minute presentation followed by 20 minutes of discussion with the audience. An 8-page paper (including a 100-word abstract, any figures or tables, and references) will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The paper should discuss the following items (as applicable): (1) objectives or purposes of the study, (2) perspective(s) or theoretical framework, (3) methods or modes of inquiry (including participants, contexts, data collection and analysis, etc.), (4) results, and (5) discussion and/or conclusions.
Brief Research Reports. As with Research Reports, substantial interaction between the author(s) and audience should occur during the 40-minute Brief Research Reports session.
Sessions will consist of two to three 10 to 15-minute presentations on a similar topic followed by audience discussion. Full 8-page papers (including a 100-word abstract, any figures or tables, and references) of each Brief Research Report will be included in the Conference Proceedings. Brief Research Reports should address the same items as Research Reports, at least as appropriate: (1) objectives or purposes of the study, (2) perspective(s) or theoretical framework, (3) methods or modes of inquiry (including participants, contexts, data sources and analysis, etc.), (4) results, and (5) discussion and/or conclusions.
A Poster Presentation is a visual display depicting a research project, software development, curricular innovation, educational program, or other item of interest to members of PME-NA. Posters will be available for viewing during the conference, and time will be allotted for conference participants to discuss posters with the author(s). A 1-page summary of the poster will be included in the Conference Proceedings. This 1-page limit includes the title, information about author(s), poster summary, and references. There is also a separate (100-word maximum) abstract for the abstract book to be distributed at the conference. The actual poster (at the conference) will be displayed in a rectangular area that is 40" x 40".
A Working Group provides an opportunity for individuals to come together for a significant period of time to discuss issues pertaining to a particular area of research. Working Groups will meet three times during the conference to facilitate extended interactions among group members.
PME-NA will no longer make distinctions between Working Groups and Discussion Groups, as has been the case at previous meetings. Working Groups and Discussion Groups from PME-NA 2008 can submit papers to continue their work if it is the consensus of the organizer and members that the group can be productively sustained for another year. One 10-page paper (including a 300-word abstract, any figures or tables, and references) from each Working Group will be included in the Conference Proceedings. See suggestions below for what might be included in Working Group papers.
The paper and abstract for a Working Group might address the following: (a) a brief history of the Working or Discussion Group (number of times you have met before, what has been accomplished), (b) the issues in the psychology of mathematics education that will be the focus of the work, (c) the plan for active engagement of participants in productive reflection on the issues, (d) anticipated follow-up activities, and (e) for groups that have met previously, the way(s) in which this paper builds on and extends previous work of the group.
Authors should follow the publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition) with headings positioned as authors intend and the tables and other graphics imbedded in appropriate places in the paper. The APA manual has many examples for citing information from electronic sources. See http://www.apastyle.org/.
Editors will take the text you send and format the final Proceedings document. That task is much easier if, for example, you do not use spaces in an attempt to align text. Editors will have to remove all extraneous tabs and spaces, which can be a very time-consuming task. Please use the formatting tools of your word processing program to set margins and indentations, avoiding any extraneous spaces or tabs. It is also preferred that you avoid inserting manual page breaks or line breaks; that will be done where needed in the final editing.
To aid you in writing the paper, here are a few suggestions. A printed copy of your final paper should meet the following conditions: