PME29 Melbourne 10-15 July 2005
Learners and Learning Environments
Early Bird Procedure for Research Reports

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A few years ago the International Committee decided to implement a mechanism to encourage and support inexperienced researchers by offering them the possibility of an Early Bird Procedure for submitting a Research Report. Inexperienced researchers who do not have access to appropriate local support and would like to receive guidance from experienced PME researchers can submit their paper to a co-ordinator who is appointed by the International Committee. The coordinator will assign the paper to an appropriate mentor and make sure that the communication between the inexperienced researcher and the mentor flows satisfactorily. Please note that this procedure is meant to provide feedback to written reports. It is not meant as support for conducting research. The papers submitted should be accompanied by a statement in which the authors declare that they are researchers with little previous experience in writing research reports (or journal articles) and have limited access to experienced advice. The mentors will correspond with the authors and will guide them in strengthening their papers. In order to ensure a process which will be beneficial to authors, proposals should be submitted to the co-ordinator at least six months before the deadline for submission of a Research Report (January of the year of the intended conference). The timeframe will allow for the search for an appropriate mentor, and will enable the process to be meaningful. In any case, this mentoring will not guarantee acceptance, as the papers will still undergo the regular PME reviewing procedures. People who wish to have a mentor to submit a Research Report for the PME30 Conference in 2006 should contact the co-ordinator before 15 July, 2005 .

The Early Bird co-ordinator for PME30 Conference is: Norma Presmeg .

Contact information:

Dr. Norma Presmeg
Illinois State University
Mathematics Department
2811 Polo Road
Bloomington, IL 61704-8158
USA

E-mail: npresmeg@ilstu.edu

Fax: +1 309 438 5866

Maintained by: Dr Helen Chick.
Email: h.chick@unimelb.edu.au
Last modified:  January 6, 2005

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