PROGRAMME

 

Thursday 17/4/2008

        

11.30-14.00             REGISTRATION

14.00-14.30             OPENING

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

PLENARY LECTURES: AUDITORIUM Δ7

Chairs                 P. Kalogiannaki, Ch. Kourouniotis

14.30-15.30        Abraham Arcavi, Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

                           Towards thinking and sense-making classroom practices: The case of Japanese mathematics lessons

                         

15.30-16.30        Alain Kuzniak, Equipe Didirem Université Paris 7, IUFM d’Orléans Tours,  France

                           Diversity of geometrical paradigms and trouble in the teaching and learning of geometry                         

                          

16.30-17.00                                                                                                  COFFEE BREAK

 

          PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

I. Spantidakis

H. Vasilaki

U. Th. Jankvist

17.00-17.30

G. Perikleidakis: Exploring the performance of 9 - year - old elementary school students in doing arithmetical operations and problem solving during the initial implementation of the new textbooks and reformed curricula (in Greek)

N. Hadas, R. Hershkowitz, G. Ron  Instructional design and research design principles in probability

 

D. Iannece, P. Romano What does it mean for a teacher to have a “scientific approach”? A reflection

 

17.30-18.00

Y. Michalis The didactics of statistics in compulsory education (in Greek)

N. Prusak, R. Hershkowitz, N. Hadas From visual to logical argumentation within intentional designed activity

 

A. Cusi , N. A. Malara Future teachers facing proof problems: Games of interpretation, anticipating thought and coordination between verbal and algebraic register

18.00-18.30

N. Kountourakis, G. Polizois Teaching linear dynamic systems in elementary school, using simulations: Sensitive dependency on the initial conditions (in Greek)

S. Patsiomitou, E. Koleza  The development of students’ geometrical thinking through linking visual active representations

J. Kos  Trick

 

 

 

 

18.30-19.00                                                                                                    COFFEE BREAK

 

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

C. Bonotto

G. Dimakos

M-K. Siu

19.00-19.30

M.Hejný  Scheme and its generic models

M. Kourkoulos Didactical investigation of a simple physical model of moving particles for improving the understanding of variance in statistics (in Greek)

P. Svrckova Teaching mathematics through pupils’ projects

 

19.30-20.00

M. S. Britt, K. C. Irwin   A pathway for algebraic thinking

M. Marmara, C. Hatzikyriakou  The use of algebra tiles in the teaching and learning of algebraic concepts (in Greek)

Y. Martin  Dynamic implementation of Moulton’s plan (non-Desarguesian geometry)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday  18/4/2008

 

MORNING SESSION

 

PLENARY LECTURES: AUDITORIUM Δ7

 

Chairs:                  P. Michailidis, N. Andreadakis

9.00-10.00            Bill Barton, Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Vice-President of ICMI

                             Revisiting Felix Klein’s "Elementary Mathematics From An Advanced Standpoint"

10.00-11.00         Man Keung Siu, Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

                            The world of geometry in the classroom: virtual or real?

 

 

 

 

11.00-11.30                                                                                                        COFFEE BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

D. Chassapis

Y. Thomaidis

P. Kalogiannaki

11.30-12:00

H. Michail, P. Sofokleous, Ch. Lemonidis The multicultural dimension of multiplication: attitudes and perceptions of Cypriot educators about its use in teaching mathematics (in Greek)

V. Battie Le théorème fondamental de l’arithmétique: Une approche historique et didactique

Ch. Fili Cyparissos Stephanos and the Erlanger Programme (in Greek)

12:00-12.30

I. Spantidakis, H. Vasilaki Writing as a problem solving process and anxiety levels of students with writing difficulties (in Greek)

S. Götz Fundamental Ideas and Basic Beliefs in Stochastics

 

J. M. Delire Les découvertes Keralaises sur les séries trigonométriques et leurs justifications dans le tantrasangraha (1500 d.n.e.) et ses commentaires

12.30-13.00

Ch. Lemonidis, F. Karannikis The notion of proportion in vocational activity and its relation to school experience: a case study with Cypriot bakers from Lemessos province (in Greek)

E. Castagnola, R. Tortora Can any definition of a triangle be considered the best one?

 

K. Dalakoura The mathematical education of women in Greece (19th-early 20th century) (in Greek)

 

Chair

G. Perikleidakis

Ch. Kourouniotis

N. Stehlikova

13.00-13.30

M. Meletiou-Mavrotheris, E. Mavrotheris, E. Paparistodemou EarlyStatistics: an online professional development program for European teachers of statistics

E. Demetriadou, C. Tzanakis Reinstatement of vectors in lower secondary education: some didactical suggestions and comments (in Greek)

J. Zhouf   Problem posing through correspondence seminars

 

13.30-14.00

E. Paparistodemou, M. Meletiou-Mavrotheris Developing statistical reasoning in the early grades: a new role of technology

S. Anastasiadou A survey of research on the role of representations in the learning of statistical and probabilistic concepts at all levels of education (in Greek)

M. Bako, L. Aszalos   Play and learn with GCompris

 

 

 

 

14.00-16.30                                                                                                    LUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

 

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

G. Perikleidakis

C. Hatzikyriakou

E. Demetriadou

16.30-17.00

G. Halepaki: Characteristics of 11-year-old students in connection with the estimation and control criteria of the outcome of arithmetic operations (in Greek)

L. Bowie  Definitions in geometry in a South African textbook

 

I. Kanellos Findings from a diagnostic test given to students in the 1st year of the Greek Lyceum in 2006-07 (in Greek)

17.00-17.30

H. Kasoumi, C. Zaharos, M. Poulou Reception of the reformed mathematics curriculum by the nursery teachers of public education in Greece (in Greek)

M. Rugelj How to “domesticate” logarithms in school? Giving sense to the logarithmic function

 

E. Mokos, S. Kafousi, F. Kalavasis The research on metacognition and the learning of mathematics: facts and perspectives (in Greek)

17.30-18.00

C. Bonotto About the role of real-world knowledge and experiences in mathematical modelling

A. Poulos Classroom activities based on the concept of a Pythagorean triplet  (in Greek)

B. M. Kinach   Modelling tasks for developing geometry teachers’ spatial, epistemological, and pedagogical knowledge

 

18.00-18.30                                                                                                    COFFEE BREAK

 

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

C. Zaharos

A. Poulos

K. Nikolantonakis

18.30-19.00

E. Nikoloudakis, S. Ferentinos, E. Choustoulakis Overcoming obstacles in geometry by deploying representations of ICT (in Greek)

Y. Thomaidis (Workshop) Snapshots and pictures from integrating the history of mathematics in the new textbooks of  secondary school in Greece (in Greek)

 

 

Th. Barrier  Quantification et variation en mathématiques:Perspectives didactiques issue de la lecture d'un texte de Bolzano

19.00-19.30

N. Stehlιkova  Using video cases to promote good practice in the teaching of mathematics

U. Th. Jankvist Evaluating a teaching module on the early history of error correcting codes

19.30-20.00

D. Chassapis The influence of a cultural tool on approaching a problem from the history: solving a geometry problem on graph paper

N. Sgreccia, M. Massa   Relations between “saying” and “practice” of mathematics teachers when they teach geometry to students aged 12-15

J-J. Dahan  Les paramètres didactiques cruciaux pour comprendre l’intégration de l’expérimental dans la pratique et l’enseignement de la géométrie: Exemplification grâce à  Cabri 2 Plus et Cabri 3d

 

21.30                                                                                   CONFERENCE DINNER FOR THE CONTRIBUTORS

 

Saturday 19/4/2008

 

MORNING SESSION

PLENARY LECTURE: AUDITORIUM Δ7

 

 Chair:                   M. Kourkoulos

 9.30-10.30           Michèle Artigue,  IREM Université Paris VII, France, President of ICMI:

                             Digital technology in mathematics education: an instrumental approach

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

E. Mandadakis

S. Anastasiadou

Ch. Fili

10.30-11.00

B. Georgiadou-Kambouridou I. Antoniou: Students with low performance and the multiplication operation (in Greek)

M. Andresen, S. Froelund  Philosophical reflections made explicit as a tool for mathematical reasoning

İ. Yavuz Effets d’un changement de programme sur la prise en compte de nouveaux objets dans l’enseignement des fonctions

11.00-11.30

K. Nikolantonakis One, zero and infinity: three cases of historical constructions in the context of teachers’ training (in Greek)

B. Koichu On composing multiple-choice tasks, thought experimentation and algebra teachers' knowledge base

S. Baştürk   Concours d’entrée à l’université en Turquie et ses effets négatifs sur les apprentissages des élèves de seconde

 

11.30-12.00                                                                                               COFFEE BREAK

 

Auditorium Δ7

Auditorium Δ6

Auditorium Γ2

Chair

I. Spantidakis

G. Perikleidakis

K. Dalakoura

12.00-12.30

J. Slezakova  Stepping and ladder methods in the process of building up an additive triad schema and other mathematical schemas

G. Dimakos, E. Nikoloudakis Teaching geometry in secondary school using van Ηiele’s theory and ICT in the context of cooperative learning (in Greek)

A. Tsigoni Trade world’s contribution to the spreading of mathematics education in Ioannina throughout the Ottoman period (in Greek)

12.30-13.00

H. Vasilaki, E. Giahnakis Investigation of the relationship between working memory, anxiety and performance during the completion of an arithmetic mnemonic task  (in Greek)

W. Dörfler   Learning mathematics: a naturalistic view

 

 

13.00-13.30

A. Constantinides, N. Georgiou, M. Miltiadou The use of manipulatives in the teaching of mathematics as expressed in teachers’ beliefs (in Greek)

C. Voica, F.M. Singer  From real life to probability laws: Integrating problem solving in teaching statistics and probabilities

 

13.30-14.00                                                                                               CLOSING