International Congress on Mathematics Education Travel Grant Proposal (ICME-11)

向教师、大学数学教育工作者、数学家和研究生提供旅费赠款，以参加将于2008年7月6日至7月13日在墨西哥蒙特雷举行的第11届国际数学教育大会（ICME-11）。 这些活动是在国际数学联盟的一个委员会-国际数学教学委员会（ICMI）的主持下举行的。 大会的目的是介绍世界各国数学教育研究和各级数学教学实践的现状和趋势。 这些赠款将为该国的数学教育机构提供机会，以了解其他国家发生的问题和方法。 美国在数学教育方面面临的许多问题是其他国家共同面临的问题。 其他人则在努力解决教师准备、开发新的更有效的教学材料、人们如何学习数学以及培养尖子生和接触所有人之间的紧张关系等问题。教师的机会，教师教育工作者和教育研究人员参加这次大会，了解其他国家面临的问题和他们处理这些问题的方式，冲击 全体会议、工作组和非正式对话将是学习和交流想法的重要场所。 这对美国来说是一次特别重要的会议，因为它是在墨西哥举行的。 除了能够与来自世界各地的领先研究人员和从业者互动和学习之外，本次大会还将允许与我们的邻居进行更多的互动。该奖项的支持来自正式和非正式环境学习研究部（DRL），国际科学与工程办公室（OISE），研究生教育部（DGE），和本科教育部

Travel grants are provided to teachers, university-level mathematics educators, mathematicians, and graduate students to participate in the 11th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-11) to be held in Monterrey, Mexico from July 6 to July 13, 2008. These events are held under the auspices of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), a commission of the International Mathematics Union. The intent of the congresses is to present the current status and trends in mathematics education research and in the practice of mathematics teaching at all levels among the countries of the world. These grants will provide opportunities for the mathematics education establishment in this country to keep abreast of issues and approaches that occur in other countries. Many of the problems the US faces in mathematics education are problems shared by other countries. Others are struggling with issues of teacher preparation, the development of new and more effective instructional materials, how people learn mathematics, and the tension between nurturing the top students and access to all.The opportunities for teachers, teacher educators and education researchers to participate in this congress and learn about issues faced by other countries and ways they are dealing with these issues have the potential for very broad impact. The plenary sessions, working groups, and informal conversations will be important venues for learning and exchanging ideas. This is an especially important congress for the US since it is being held in Mexico. In additional to being able to interact with and learn from leading researchers and practitioners from around the world, this congress will allow for more interactions with one of our next door neighbors.Support for this award comes from the Division for Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), the Division of Graduate Education (DGE), and the Division of Undergraduate Education.