More than 500 scholars and educators will be at Michigan State University this week for the 37th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American chapter.
MSU College of Education faculty members Tonya Bartell and Kristen Bieda were selected to serve as co-chairs of the conference, which runs from Nov. 5-8 at the Kellogg Center. It’s one of the largest conferences ever held at Kellogg.
This year's theme, "Critical Responses to Enduring Challenges in Mathematics Education," encourages discussion on the field's toughest issues, including the needs of marginalized populations in school math and the impact of teacher evaluation and high-stakes assessment in teaching.
Bartell and Bieda have arranged sessions and speakers addressing each of the issues.
“It’s been thirty years since the conference has been in East Lansing – since 1986,” said Bieda, associate professor of mathematics education.
“We are super excited to have it back in East Lansing," added Bartell, who's also an associate professor of mathematics education. “We are honored to contribute to PME-NA by hosting this conference and look forward to seeing everyone.”
MSU co-sponsors include the CREATE for STEM Institute, the Department of Teacher Education, the Program in Mathematics Education and Connected Mathematics.
For more information and to register, visit https://pmena2015.org/.