Abstract
Mathematics Education is becoming a well-documented field with many books, journals and international conferences focusing on a variety of aspects relating to theory, research and practice. That documentation also reflects the fact that the field has expanded enormously in the last twenty years. At the 8th International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME) in Seville, Spain, for example, there were 26 specialist Working Groups and 26 specialist Topic Groups, as well as a host of other group activities.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Grouws, D.A. (1992) Handbook of research on mathematics teaching and learning, New York: Macmillan
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bishop, A.J. (1996). Introduction. In: Bishop, A.J., Clements, K., Keitel, C., Kilpatrick, J., Laborde, C. (eds) International Handbook of Mathematics Education. Kluwer International Handbooks of Education, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1465-0_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1465-0_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-7155-0
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-1465-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive