The 43rd meeting of Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG) was held at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (May 31-June 4, 2019). This meeting marked only the third time CMESG/GCEDM (Groupe Canadien d'Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques) had been held in Nova Scotia (1996, 2003), and the first time it had been…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…

The bridging theme of the AMTEC'93 conference provided the stimulation to look beyond traditional boundaries: across international borders; across levels of disciplines and school systems; across social differences and across individual differences. These bridges can help make learning more effective, as can attention to related contemporary…

The closing address to the 1987 Forum on Deafness of the Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf and the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf considers the future of deaf education and emphasizes the importance of change, lifelong learning, rehabilitation, and the persistence of language learning problems. (DB)

Eleven abstracts of research projects related to individuals with learning disabilities are compiled in this booklet. The research projects were presented in poster sessions at the March 1992 International Conference of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Titles and authors of poster sessions include: "Perceptual and Verbal Skills of…

Presented are transcriptions of a research panel presentation held at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1979. The members of the panel are all involved in working directly with children in a clinical setting for pupils with learning disabilities in mathematics and with graduate…

As part of the "National 'What Works' Evaluation for Adult ESL Students," a meeting of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy experts and stakeholders was convened (May 10, 1996) to examine what theory and practice have to say about how ESL students acquire literacy skills, prevalent instructional approaches and methods, assessment issues to…

This document presents the proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of this conference is "Navigating Currents and Charting Directions." The theme reminds us that, although we are constantly pushed to account for the quality and impact of our research, we…

Presented are papers by keynote speakers and workshop session leaders from a 1977 conference on Creativity and the Gifted/Talented Child. Following a copy of the conference program are entries with the following titles and authors: "Creative Potential and Educational Experience--A Rationale for Creative Education Programs" (S. Parnes);…

This document contains the third volume of the proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Inclusion and Diversity". A total of 65 research reports are presented here: (1) A Teacher's Model of Students Algebraic Thinking…

Iron deficiency anemia impairs cognitive performance, physical capacity, and thermoregulation. Recent evidence suggests that these functional impairments are also evident in subclinical nonanemic iron deficiency. Very little is known about the relevance of the latter to the health of blacks, who have been shown to have the highest prevalence of…

The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…

This publication contains some of the papers and summaries of papers presented at the tenth conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association. Heading this collection are two invited papers by Peter J. Fensham and Colin Power which reflect the problems that confront science education researchers and which contemplate the future…

This report presents the proceedings of a consortium at which leading developmental neuroscientists from across the United States and Canada met at Johns Hopkins University to explore the relationship between children's health and learning and to propose policy changes. Early brain development and its relationship to intelligence, learning, and…

This 10-day institute provided its 26 participants with: (1) presentations on the need for and methods of providing library services for the deaf and hearing impaired, covering such topics as the cataloging and acquisition of deaf material, and Braille Institute and Library of Congress resources for the physically handicapped; (2) field trips to a…