ERME Column

Abstract

Since 2006, Prof. Dr. Susanne Prediger has been a full professor for mathematics education research at IEEM, the Institute for Development and Research in Mathematics Education at TU Dortmund University. Since 2017, she has been President of ERME (European Society for Research in Mathematics Education). Her fields of expertise concern design research, conceptual understanding in mathematics, language diversity and mathematics teacher education research. From 1975 until 2013, Prof. em. Dr. Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg was a full professor for mathematics education research at the Institute for Cognitive Mathematics (IKM) at the University of Osnabrueck. From 2001 until 2005, he was Vice-President of ERME (European Society for Research in Mathematics Education). His fields of expertise concern a cognitive approach to research in mathematics education, especially the role of pupils’ and teachers’ metacognitive and discursive activities as an indicator of instructional quality in the learning and teaching mathematics. Jason Cooper is a researcher at the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Science Teaching. His research concerns various aspects of mathematics teacher knowledge, including roles of advanced mathematical knowledge in teaching and contributions of research mathematicians to the professional development of teachers. He has been a member of the ERME Board since 2015.