The theme of the 2023 PME Regional Conference is:
“Mathematical Thinking Skills in the Digital Era: Regional Episode”
The conference language is English. Papers for the proceedings must be written and presented in English. However, colleagues, including the presenters, are welcome to contribute to discussions and questions in their first languages, following a research report or an oral communication, if translation is provided by someone in the session. The scientific programme includes the following activities that are explained in more detail below.
• Plenary lectures
• Personal Presentations
- Research Reports (RR)
- Oral Communications (OC)
- Poster Presentations (PP)
• Group Activities
- PME presentations
- Research Discussion
Plenary Sessions
There will be three plenary addresses from invited speakers, each lasting 60 minutes. A reactor will be present at some of the Plenary Sessions to comment on the presentations. The Plenary speakers for 2023 PME Regional Conference are:
- 1) Hideyo Emori (Otani University for Research and International, Japan)
- 2) Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
- 3) Maitree Inprasitha (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Personal Presentations
All presentations have to promote the major goals of the IGPME (refer to Section 4). In addition, please note that there are restrictions:
Restrictions on number of submission: You are allowed to submit up to one proposal of each type, with the exception that you can only submit either a research report or an oral communication, but not both.
Restrictions on presenting authorship: Each submission should be made by the presenting author. You are allowed to be presenting author of either a Research Report or an Oral Communication presentation but not both. In addition, you can be presenting author of a Poster Presentation and Working Group. There are no restrictions for being a co-author. Note, that it is not allowed to change the presenting author after the review process.
Research Reports should state what is new in the research, how the study builds on past research, and/or how it has developed new directions and pathways. Some level of critique must exist in all papers.
Contributions need not be limited to completed research. Ongoing studies may be submitted, provided that a theoretical framework, preliminary results, and a discussion of these results appear in the text submitted. Proposals that are too similar to papers previously presented cannot be accepted. Proposals that represent new and significant contributions to research in the Psychology of Mathematics Education are especially encouraged.
Two types of papers are suitable for Research Reports:
(1) Reports of empirical studiesReports of empirical studies should cover, as a minimum, the following:
- a statement regarding the focus of the submitted paper;
- the study’s theoretical framework;
- references to the related literature;
- a description of the research methods used; and
- a sample of the data and the results (additional data can be presented at the conference but some data ought to accompany the proposal).
(2) Theoretical and philosophical essaysThese should cover, as a minimum, the following:
- a statement regarding the focus of the submitted paper;
- a statement regarding the focus of the submitted paper;
- a statement about the paper’s theoretical or philosophical framework;
- references to related literature;
- a clearly articulated statement regarding the author’s position on the paper’s focus or theme; and
- implications for existing research in the respective area.
Submission procedure and restrictions
Research Report proposals papers are to be written in English, with an abstract in English may be up to 8 pages long and
MUST be in line with the formatting guidelines provided by the conference organisers. Any submission exceeding the 8 pages in length will be automatically rejected. Any submission in which the formatting guidelines have been ignored for the purposes of shortening the length of the submission to 8 pages will be automatically rejected.
The 2023 PME Regional Conference templates for research report proposals and guidelines for proposals are available at https://tsmed.or.th/PME_Regional_Conference. For the peer review process, authors must submit a second, blinded version of their proposal.
For details, please refer also to the submission checklist provided by IGPME at http://www.igpme.net/annual-conference/session-types/research-report/submission-checklist-rr/
Because of length restrictions, papers should be concise, but should nevertheless contain all information necessary to inform both reviewers and other researchers. Proposals merely stating that results will be presented at the conference cannot be accepted. Authors are requested to refer to related papers that have been presented at previous PME conferences. Please consider the following issues before you submit your proposal:
Proposals for Research Reports must be submitted via 2023 PME Regional Conference Website by the presenting author no later than 30 September 2023. Submissions to 2023 PME Regional Conference Website are only possible if the presenting author is registered in the 2023 PME Regional Conference Website system and has paid the nonrefundable conference deposit.
Two files must be submitted for each proposal:
- for publication, a word file that strictly follows the formatting guidelines
- for review, a “blinded version” as a PDF file in which it is not possible for a reviewer to infer the authors’ identities from the text, including the references.
Please note that no revisions are possible after submission. Each contribution is accepted or rejected in the form in which it was submitted. Every pre-registered person may submit up to one research report. The proposal should be submitted by the author who will deliver the presentation during the conference. Each conference participant may present at most one Oral Communication or one research report (please refer also to section 5.2.1 for Restrictions on number of contributions).
Reviewing procedure and criteria
The submitted proposals for the Research Reports are double-blind peer-reviewed by three PME members whose areas of expertise match the research categories chosen for the contribution. The International Programme Committee (IPC) decides on the acceptance of proposals. Details of the review process are available at the IGPME webpage http://www.igpme.org/annual-conference/further-information/reviewer-information-new/
Notification of the decision of the International Programme Committee will be available after the second meeting of the International Programme Committee in October. The proposal can be accepted or rejected, or the author is invited to resubmit the contribution in the form of an Oral Communication or Poster Presentation.
Publication and presentation
Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings only if the presenting author’s full conference registration fee has been paid in time. Details are published in the second announcement.
Each research report presentation will be allotted a total time of 40 minutes: 20 minutes for the oral presentation and 20 minutes for questions and comments.
A chairperson will be assigned to each Research Report session. He/she will introduce the presenters, make a comment regarding photographing, audio-and videotaping the session, monitor timing of session, and moderate the discussion. If you are presenting a Research Report, you will chair someone else’s Research Report session.
Virtual component
Research Report can take form of f2f or online formats. All presenters will need to submit a pre-recorded lecture of no more than 40 minutes. Recordings longer than 40 minutes will not be accepted. The presenters will be expected to participate online in the full Research Report session and to respond to Q & A and to discussion via chat and via an oral discussion.
An Oral Communication proposal should describe which past research the study is built on; give a concise overview of the new results attained, and what the main implications of these results are.
Contributions need not be limited to completed research. On-going studies may be submitted, provided that theoretical framework, preliminary results, and a discussion of these results appear in the text submitted. Proposals that are too similar to papers previously presented cannot be accepted. Proposals that represent new and significant contributions to research in the Psychology of Mathematics Education are especially encouraged.
Submission procedure and restrictions
Proposals for Oral Communications are to be written in English without an abstract. The document may be up to one page long and must be in line with the formatting guidelines provided by the conference organisers. Any submission exceeding the one-page length limit or where formatting guidelines have been ignored for the purposes of shortening the length of the submission to one page will be automatically rejected.
The 2023 PME Regional Conference template for Oral Communications Proposals and guidelines for proposals are available at https://tsmed.or.th/PME_Regional_Conference. For the peer review process, authors must submit a second, blinded version of their proposal. Papers that do not conform to the formatting guidelines, exceed the maximum number of pages or which are not accompanied by a properly blinded version may be rejected without further consideration or peer review. For details, please refer to the submission checklist provided by IGPME at http://www.igpme.org/annual-conference/session-types/oral-communication/.
The preparation of a proposal for an Oral Communication is a challenging enterprise since the length is limited to one page only. Any submission exceeding the one-page length limit or where formatting guidelines have been ignored for the purposes of shortening the length of the submission to one page will be automatically rejected. Note that no abstract is necessary for an Oral Communication paper.
Please consider the following issues before you submit your proposal:
Proposals for Oral Communication must be submitted via 2023 PME Regional Conference Website no later than 31 August 2023. Submissions to 2023 PME Regional Conference Website are only possible if the presenting author is registered in the 2023 PME Regional Conference Website system and has paid the non-refundable conference deposit.
Two files must be submitted for each proposal:
- for publication, the word file that strictly follows the formatting guidelines
- for review, a “blinded version” as a PDF file in which it is not possible for a reviewer to infer the authors’ identities from the text, including the references.
Please note that no revisions are possible after submission. Each contribution is accepted or rejected in the form in which it was submitted. Every pre-registered person may submit up to one Oral Communication (please refer also to section 5.2.1 for Restrictions on number of contributions).
The proposal should be submitted by the author who will deliver the presentation during the conference.
Reviewing procedure and criteria
Proposals for Oral Communications will be double-blind peer-reviewed by at least one member of the IPC (International Programme committee). Notification of the decision of the International Programme committee to accept or reject the Oral Communication proposal will be available after the second meeting of the International Programme Committee in October 2023. Details of the review process are available at the IGPME webpage: http://igpme.org/index.php/annual-conference/session-types/oral-communication
Advice for authors on how to prepare an Oral Communication paper can be found on the PME website www.igpme.org/index.php/annual-conference/further-information/preparing-oc-and-pp
Publication and presentation
Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings only if the full conference registration fee has been paid in time. Details are published in the second announcement.
Each Oral Communication presentation will be allotted a time of 10 minutes for presentation. The IPC will group three Oral Communications according to the distinctive themes in order to provide the opportunity for a common discussion period at the end of each OC session.
For OC sessions, the IC recommends one of two timing options. Some sessions may contain presentations that are closely related, while for other sessions, this may be less the case. Based on the chair’s reading of the OC summaries, and after consultation of the three presenters before the start of the session, s/he can select the appropriate option.
Option 1: Joint discussion at the end for presentations with related themes. After each presentation, there is the opportunity to clarify immediate questions for at most 5 minutes. 15 additional minutes of discussion are at the end of the session.
Option 2: Separate discussions for presentations with separate themes. The chairperson starts 10 minutes of questions and discussion directly after each 10-minute presentation.
A chairperson will be assigned to each Oral Communication session. They will introduce the presenters, make a comment regarding photographing, audio and videotaping the session, monitor timing of the session, and moderate the discussion according to one of the previously mentioned options.
Virtual component
Oral communications can take form of f2f or online formats. All presenters will need to submit a pre-recorded lecture of no more than 10 minutes. Recordings longer than 10 minutes will not be accepted. The presenters will be expected to participate online in the full Oral Communication session and to respond to Q & A and to discussion via chat and via an oral discussion.
Poster Presentations are intended for research that is best communicated in a visual form rather than an oral presentation. There is no formal oral presentation associated with Poster Presentations, although there is time allotted during which presenters will be available by their posters for discussion with conference participants.
Reports should describe the research context of the study presented, the study itself, and its implications, with a particular focus on the visual aspects of the presentation. Contributions need not be limited to completed research. Ongoing studies may be submitted, provided that theoretical framework, preliminary results, and a discussion of these results appear in the text submitted. Proposals which are too similar to papers previously presented cannot be accepted. Proposals that represent new and significant contributions to research in the Psychology of Mathematics Education are especially encouraged.
Submission procedure and restrictions
Proposals for Poster Presentations are to be written in English. The document may be up to one-page long and must be in line with the formatting guidelines provided by the conference organisers. The 2023 PME Regional Conference template for Poster Presentation Proposals and guidelines for proposals are available at https://tsmed.or.th/PME_Regional_Conference. For the peer review process, authors must submit a second, blinded version of their proposal. For details, please refer also to the Submission Checklist provided by IGPME at http://www.igpme.net/annual-conference/session-types/poster-presentation/.
Papers that do not conform to the formatting guidelines, exceed the maximum number of pages or which are not accompanied by a properly blinded version may be rejected without further consideration or peer review.
The preparation of a proposal for a Poster Presentation is a challenging enterprise since the space is limited to one page only. Note that no abstract is necessary for a Poster Presentation.
Advice on how to prepare a Poster paper can be found on the PME website at http://igpme.org/index.php/annual-conference/further-information/preparing-oc-and-pp
Please consider the following issues before you submit your proposal:
Proposals for Poster Presentations must be submitted via 2023 PME Regional Conference no later than 31 August 2023. Submissions to 2023 PME Regional Conference are only possible if the presenting author is registered in the 2023 PME Regional Conference system and has paid the nonrefundable conference deposit.
Two files must be submitted for each proposal:
- for publication, the word file that strictly follows the formatting guidelines
- for review, a “blinded version” as a PDF file in which it is not possible for a reviewer to infer the authors’ identities from the text, including the references.
Please note that no revisions are possible after submission. Each contribution is accepted or rejected in the form in which it was submitted.
Every pre-registered person may submit up to one Poster Presentation (please refer also to section 5.2.1 for restrictions on number of contributions). The proposal should be submitted by the author who will deliver the presentation during the conference.
Reviewing procedure and criteria
Proposals for Poster Presentations will be reviewed by at least one member of the International Programme Committee (IPC). Notification of the decision of the IPC to accept or reject the Poster Presentation proposal will be available after the second meeting of the International Programme Committee in October 2023.
Details of the review process are available at the IGPME webpage http://igpme.org/index.php/annual-conference/session-types/poster-presentation/
Publication and presentation
Accepted proposals will be included in the proceedings only if the full conference registration fee has been paid in time. Details are published in the second announcement. 50 minutes will be allocated to Poster Presentation sessions during the conference. Authors should be available at their poster in this session for discussion with conference participants. The authors should bring their posters printed in a format prescribed by the conference organisers in the second announcement.
Virtual component
Posters will be presented fully online (asynchronous format). Online poster presentations should include a recording of 5 minutes or less, which accompanies a one page pdf of a poster (not a presentation file!). The recording should walk the audience through the poster in a similar manner to that which a presenter would introduce their poster to a visitor standing next to them at a Poster session. Recordings of more than 5 minutes will not be accepted. Questions from audience will be posed through asynchronous Q&A function.
Group Activities
Two types of group activities are organized at the 2023 PME Regional Conference, in order to give attendees, the opportunity to exchange information and ideas related to the PME.
During these meetings, a presentation will be given of IGPME (the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education) as a scientific organization. The goals, culture, history, and organizational structure will be clarified, as well as the ways in which attendees can get involved in this organization. Additionally, the main activity of PME, i.e. its annual conference, will be presented, including the various aspects of the scientific and social program, the plans for future conferences, and the facilities and activities specifically organized for newcomers and early researchers.
The research discussion time slots have an ad hoc character. Several slots may be organized in parallel. Their goal is to provide time for discussion among the participants to discuss research topics that spontaneously came up during discussions of previous presentations at the conference, share research perspectives, methodologies, etcetera, and exchange research plans and search for possible collaboration.
