The first issue of the Bulletin of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction appeared in October 1972. ICMI President James Lighthill then presented the decision of Executive Committee of ICMI of establishing this means of communication as a response, following ICME-2 held that year in Exeter, to the "strongly felt demand for wide international discussion of all aspects of mathematical education". The ICMI Bulletin was thus seen as a means of "increasing the spread of information concerning activities of ICMI and other matters of interest to mathematical educators".
The ICMI Bulletin was at times published somewhat erratically, but it has appeared on a regular basis starting with issue No. 13 (February 1983) and more precisely twice a year (June and December) since issue No. 16 (June 1984). The rôle of the ICMI Bulletin is complementary to that of the official organ of ICMI, L’Enseignement mathématique. While it does contain some formal information about ICMI (vg annual or quadrennial reports), its main purpose is to provide information related to various aspects of the life of ICMI (announcements of activities, information about affiliated Study Groups, etc.) as well as to general mathematics education issues as seen from an international perspective. Hence past issues of the Bulletin can be seen as a useful source of information on the history of ICMI itself and on aspects of the evolution of international trends in mathematics education. It was thus felt appropriate to make available in a single place the contents of past issues of the ICMI Bulletin.
I thus take the circumstance of the completion of the term of the outgoing Secretary of ICMI, Mogens Niss, to give the table of contents of the sixteen issues published under his editorship, Nos. 30-45. In a forthcoming issue of the Bulletin, I will list the contents of issues Nos. 1-29.
Readers interested in papers appearing in previous issues of the Bulletin should contact me (see my address on page 1 of this Bulletin). It should be noted that starting with issue No. 39 (December 1995), the ICMI Bulletin is available on the ICMI website at the address
http://elib.zib.de/IMU/ICMI/bulletin/
Bernard R. Hodgson
Bulletin No. 30 – June 1991
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
Remarks by the Editor 3
ICMI and its Relatives (Mogens Niss)
National Representatives 11
PME 18
IOWME 18
ISGHPM 19
National Subcommission of Belgium 20
ICMI Study: Gender and Mathematics Education 22
An ICMI Study on: Gender and Mathematics Education — Research Background 23
(Gila Hanna and Gilah Leder)
ICME-8, 1996: Sevilla, Spain 30
ICME-9, 2000: First Call for Bids 30
Conferences 31
Publications 33
Mathematics Competitions: A Stimulus for Popularising Mathematics 34
Bulletin No. 31 – December 1991
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
ICMI-7 Next Summer in Québec (Jeremy Kilpatrick) 3
ICME-8, 1996: Sevilla, Spain 9
ICME-9, 2000: Call for Bids 9
National Representatives 10
The General Assembly of ICMI 17
PME 18
IOWME 18
ISGHPM 19
National Subcommissions 20
National Subcommission of New Zealand 20
Mathematics Education Database : MATHDI 22
IACME Executive Committee 23
SEFI Mathematics Working Group 23
Forthcoming ICMI Study: Gender and Mathematics Education 24
The Freudenthal Institute 25
Conferences 26
Editor’s Remarks 30
Table of Contents 31
Bulletin No. 32 – June 1992
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
Gender and Mathematics Education: Key Issues and Questions — Discussion Document 3
for an ICMI Study
The General Assembly of ICMI (Miguel de Guzmán and Mogens Niss)
Report on ICMI Activities 1988-92 (Mogens Niss)
14ICMI Accounts 1991 (Mogens Niss)
17HPM Activities 1988-92 (Florence D. Fasanelli)
19IOWME Activities 1988-92 (Gila Hanna)
22PME Activities 1988-92 (Kathleen Hart)
24Committee for Mathematics Education of the European Mathematical Society 26
(Willibald Dörfler)
TIMSS – The Third International Mathematics and Science Study 29
The Mathematical Olympiad in Argentina – An Instrument for a Better Education for All 30
(Juan Carlos Dalmasso and Patricia Fauring)
Short News 33
National Representatives 34
Bulletin No. 33 – December 1992
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
The ICME-7 Opening Address by the President of ICMI 3
(Miguel de Guzmán)
On ICME-7 (Miguel de Guzmán and Mogens Niss)
Minutes of the General Assembly of ICMI (Miguel de Guzmán and Mogens Niss)
9Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Mathematics 15
What is Research in Mathematics Education, and What Are Its Results? — Discussion 17
Document for an ICMI Study
ICMI Study on Gender and Mathematics Education: Supplementary Information 24
IOWME 25
HPM 25
PME 26
ICME-8: The International Programme Committee 27
A Glimpse of SEACME (Lee Peng Yee)
27Conferences 30
How to Join ICMI? (Mogens Niss)
32ICMI-Chile 32
The Second IEA Mathematics Study (SIMS) 33
Published: The ICMI Study on Assessment in Mathematics Education and Its Effects 33
Bulletin No. 34 – June 1993
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
ICMI Activities in 1992 (Mogens Niss)
ICMI Accounts 1992 (Mogens Niss)
5The Influence of Computers and Informatics on Mathematics and its Teaching: 10
A new edition
The cooperation between ICMI and UNESCO (Edward C. Jacobsen)
11A Brief Report on the Work done by M. Martínez and M. de Guzmán at the 13
Universidad Centroamericana (Miguel de Guzmán and Mariano Martínez)
Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education — Impressions from the PDME2 16
Conference (Stieg Mellin-Olsen)
The International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) (Mogens Niss)
18Future Conferences 19
Short News 23
National Representatives 25
Table of Contents 32
Bulletin No. 35 – December 1993
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
Project 2000+ Declaration — International Forum on Scientific and Technological 3
Literacy for All (UNESCO)
The Training of Researchers in Mathematics Education — Results from an International 7
Study (M.C. Batanero, J.D. Godino, H.-G. Steiner, E. Wenzelburger)
Elfriede Wenzelburger Guttenberger, 1947-1993 (Eduardo Luna)
How to Disseminate ICMI’s Bulletin? (María Victoria Ponza)
17IASE Electronic Archive 18
WMY 2000 Newsletter 18
Report on SEACME 6 (Susanti Linuwih)
19ICMI Studies on Assessment 21
Future Conferences 22
National Representatives 27
Table of Contents 34
Bulletin No. 36 – June 1994
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
ICMI Activities in 1993 (Mogens Niss)
ICMI Accounts 1993 (Mogens Niss)
6ICMI Studies (Mogens Niss)
9New Study Group Affiliated to ICMI: WFNMC (Mogens Niss)
10News From the French Sub-Commission of ICMI (Colette Laborde)
11A New National Sub-Commission: ICMI-Denmark (Mogens Niss)
12A Zero-Based Mathematics Curriculum (Anthony Ralston)
14Adults Learning Math — A New Field of Research 19
(Helga Jungwirth, Jürgen Maaß, Wolfgang Schlöglmann)
In Memoriam — Nicolas Herscovics (1935-1994) (Jacques C. Bergeron)
21Contributions to the ICMI Solidarity Fund (Mogens Niss)
23ICME-9, 2000: Call for Bids 23
Future Conferences 24
The ICMI Bulletin on E-Mail 29
National Representatives 30
Table of Contents 37
Bulletin No. 37 – December 1994
Executive Committee 1991-1994 1
Next ICMI Executive Committee, 1995-1998 (Mogens Niss) 3
ICMI Study: Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century — Discussion 6
Document
Mathematics for Work (Susan L. Forman and Lynn Arthur Steen) 17
The Methodology of Mathematics (Ronald Brown and Timothy Porter) 23
Obituary: Peter Joseph O’Halloran (1931-1994) (Peter Taylor) 38
New President of the WFNMC 40
ICMI-7 Proceedings and Selected Lectures 41
Report on II CIBEM, July 1994 (Eduardo Luna) 41
Future Conferences 43
Constructivist Viewpoints for School Teaching and Learning in Mathematics and Science 50
The ICMI Bulletin on E-Mail 50
Table of Contents 51
Bulletin No. 38 – June 1995
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
A Word of Thanks to the Members of the Former Executive Committee 3
(Miguel de Guzmán)
ICMI Activities in 1994 (Mogens Niss) 5
ICMI Accounts 1994 (Mogens Niss) 8
ICME-8, Sevilla, Spain, 14-21 July 1996 — 1st Announcement 12
International Mathematical Olympiads — Some Reflections (John Hersee) 17
Societies for Research in Mathematics Education 22
Obituary: Stieg Mellin-Olsen, 1939-1995 (Marit Johnsen Høines) 23
In Memoriam Shimshon A. Amitsur, 1921-1994 (Anna Sfard) 26
Future Conferences 29
The ICMI Bulletin on E-Mail 38
National Representatives 39
Bulletin No. 39 – December 1995
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
ICME-8 Second Announcement 3
ICME-9 in 2000 in Japan 3
The IREM Network: Mission, Work, Functioning (Régine Douady and Michel Henry)
MERGA Donation to the ICMI Solidarity Fund (Mogens Niss)
12ICMI Related Conference Proceedings (Mogens Niss)
12The British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics 13
IX Inter-American Conference on Mathematics Education — IX IACME 15
(Fidel Oteiza and Patricio Montero)
Inter-American Committee on Mathematics Education (1995-1999) 16
Report on Pre-University Statistics Education in Hungary 18
(T. Nemetz, O. Vansco, G. Wintsche)
Future Conferences 21
The ICMI Bulletin on E-Mail 23
National Representatives 24
Bulletin No. 40 – June 1996
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
The General Assembly of ICMI to Convene at ICME-8 3
(Miguel de Guzmán and Mogens Niss)
ICMI on the World Wide Web 4
Report on ICMI Activities 1992-96 (Mogens Niss) 5
ICMI Accounts 1995 (Mogens Niss) 10
HPM Activities 1992-1996 (John Fauvel) 14
PME Activities 1992-1996 (Stephen Lerman) 18
WFNMC Activities 1992-1996 (R.G. Dunkley) 21
Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM) (Werner Blum) 23
A new ICMI Study Has Appeared 24
The Spanish Society for Research in Mathematics Education (SEIEM) (Luis Rico) 26
A Short Report on ATCM-1 (Lee Peng Yee) 27
Future Conferences 29
The ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail 36
National Representatives 37
Bulletin No. 41 – December 1996
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
Minutes of the General Assembly of ICMI, July 1996 (Mogens Niss)
IOWME Report 1992-96 (Christine Keitel)
10Next ICMI Study: The Role of the History of Mathematics in the Teaching and 14
Learning of Mathematics
Thailand Co-Opted Member of ICMI 15
New Korean Sub-Commission of ICMI 16
ICMI-EARCOME 1 17
Report on SEACME 7 (Nguyen Dinh Tri)
18The Japan Society of Mathematical Education (JSME) (Yoshishige Sugiyama)
19News from the PME 21
Obituary: Bent Christiansen, 1921-1996 (Geoffrey Howson and Mogens Niss)
21Future Conferences 25
ICMI and the ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail 32
National Representatives 33
Bulletin No. 42 – June 1997
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
Report on ICMI activities in 1996 (Mogens Niss) 3
ICMI Accounts 1996 (Mogens Niss) 6
ICMI Study on The Role of the History of Mathematics in the 9
Teaching and Learning of Mathematics — Discussion Document
The International Programme Committee for ICME-9 17
ICMI Study on University Mathematics 18
ICMI WMY 2000 Committee 18
French Donation for ICMI’s Solidarity Fund 19
Mathematics Education in Germany 19
A Tribute to David Wheeler 20
(Bernard R. Hodgson, A.J. Dawson, Dick Tahta, Marty Hoffman, William Higginson,
Joel Hillel, Claude Gaulin, Eric Muller, David Pimm)
Announcement concerning ‘For the Learning of Mathematics’ 28
Future Conferences 29
ICMI and the ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail 37
National Representatives 38
Bulletin No. 43 – December 1997
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
ICMI Study on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level — 3
Discussion Document
ICMI as an Organisation (Mogens Niss) 14
New Member States of ICMI (Mogens Niss) 18
Recent and Forthcoming ICMI Studies (Mogens Niss) 18
PME Officers 19
New Research Journal 19
Newsletter of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Mathematical Education 20
Future conferences 21
ICMI and the ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail: OBS! Changes 27
National Representatives 28
Bulletin No. 44 – June 1998
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
Report on ICMI Activities in 1997 (Mogens Niss) 3
ICMI Accounts 1997 (Mogens Niss) 6
The Swedish Committee for Mathematical Education — ICMI-Sweden (Gerd Brandell) 10
New ICMI Studies (Mogens Niss) 13
‘Math War’ Developments in the United States (California) 16
(Jerry P. Becker and Bill Jacob)
International Mathematics Project Competition, Izmi, Kocaeli (Turkey) (Tibor Nemetz) 26
Future Conferences 29
Various News 35
ICMI and the ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail : OBS! Changes 36
National Representatives 37
Bulletin No. 45 – December 1998
Table of Contents –
Executive Committee 1995-1998 1
Editorial (Mogens Niss) 3
New Executive Committee of ICMI (Mogens Niss) 4
Donation from Korea to ICMI 4
Farewell Message from the Outgoing President and Secretary 5
(Miguel de Guzmán and Mogens Niss)
Math War Developments in California — Another Perspective (Henry L. Alder) 9
Response to Henry Alder (Jerry P. Becker and Bill Jacob) 14
Italian Research in Innovation: Towards a New Paradigm? (Maria G. Bartolini Bussi) 17
Sir James Lightill, 1924-1998 (Geoffrey Howson) 27
Efraim Fischbein, 1920-1998 (Dina Tirosh and Tommy Dreyfus) 27
New PME Officers 29
Access to Literature in Mathematics Education — An Introduction to MATHDI 30
(Gerhard König)
Future Conferences 36
ICMI and the ICMI Bulletin on the World Wide Web and on E-Mail : 40
National Representatives 41