The Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM) (Society for Didactics of Mathematics) is a

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pursuing the goal to foster

mathematics education In contemporary education, mathematics education—known in Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics—is the practice of teaching, learning, and carrying out Scholarly method, scholarly research into the transfer of mathematical know ...

, particularly in

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-speaking countries. It seeks cooperation with the respective institutions in other countries.

Main interests

The society primarily concerns itself with: * the teaching and learning of

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* researching and implementing mathematics in

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* identifying students' and teachers' beliefs about mathematics and improving the attitude towards it

Annual meeting

The society holds an annual meeting in Germany — the Tagung für Didaktik der Mathematik.

Journal publications

Mitteilungen der GDM

The members' journal ''Mitteilungen der GDM'' (Proceedings of the GDM) is published twice a year. The editor is Andreas Vohns, Klagenfurt, on behalf of the executive board.

Journal für Mathematik-Didaktik

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''Journal für Mathematik-Didaktik''
(''Journal for Didactics of Mathematics'') is the official organ of the GDM. Published quarterly, it contains original articles from all areas of mathematics education research and development. All articles are peer-reviewed by three anonymous referees. Decisions about the publication and modifications are made by the editorial board. Submissions are open to related sciences (

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

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) and neighbour sciences (didactics of science or languages). All articles, however, are related to the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Conference proceedings

The GDM is responsible for the annual meeting of the society, the Tagung für Didaktik der Mathematik. The presentations of the conference are published in the series ''Beiträge zum Mathematikunterricht''. The German proceedings were published until 2007 at Verlag Franzbecker and can be ordered online. Starting 2008, they are published by WTM-Verlag,

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and are available online. Starting with the 2005 proceedings an electronic version can be foun
here

External links

Homepage of the GDM

Wiki of the GDM (German)

Back issues of ''Mitteilungen der GDM''
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