2021 Strands & Keywords
PME-NA 2021 List of Strands
For this year’s conference, we have created new strands and reframed others. Most notably, we reconfigured the mathematics content strands from being organized by content area (e.g. Geometry, Algebra, Number Concepts) to being organized by grade band (Elementary/Middle Years, comprising early childhood, elementary, and middle-grades mathematics topics; and Later Years, comprising secondary and post-secondary topics.)
| Strand | Description |
| Curriculum, Assessment, and Related Topics | This strand is for proposals that focus on curriculum analysis, development, implementation, assessment and evaluation, or on technology as curricular or assessment tools. |
| Equity and Justice | This strand is for proposals that focus on marginalization, systems of oppression, or other similar issues related to mathematics education at any level or in any context. |
| Professional Development/In-Service Teacher Education | This strand is for proposals that focus on in-service (practicing) teacher learning and professional development. |
| Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching | This strand is for proposals that focus on teachers’ (or teacher educators’) mathematics knowledge in relation to teaching. |
| Mathematical Processes | This strand is for proposals that focus on topics related to the Process Standards such as, but not limited to: problem solving, reasoning and proof, modeling, etc. |
| Mathematical Content Early/Middle Years (Grades preK-8) | This strand is for proposals that focus on mathematical content for students in the early and middle levels. This encompasses the previous years’ strand of Number Concepts, Algebra, Geometry, etc., for content situated in the early childhood, elementary, and middle school grade bands. |
| Mathematical Content Later Years (Grades 9-12+) | This strand is for proposals that focus on mathematical content for students in high school and undergraduate levels. This encompasses the previous years’ strand of Number Concepts, Algebra, Geometry, etc., for content situated in the secondary and post-secondary grade bands. |
| Policy, Leadership, and Miscellaneous Topics | This strand is for proposals that focus on policy matters; teacher leaders, coaches, or teacher educators as the subjects of research; or for topics that do not fit well within another strand. |
| Pre-Service Teacher Education | This strand is for proposals that focus on the development of prospective teachers and their knowledge, beliefs, and/or attitudes. |
| Student Learning and Related Factors | This strand is for proposals that focus on students’ experiences and the influence of various factors (e.g., beliefs, diversity) on mathematical learning. |
| Teaching and Classroom Practice | This strand is for proposals that focus on analyzing the nature of classroom instruction and activity (e.g., discourse, culturally relevant pedagogy). |
| Technology | This strand is for proposals that focus on the use and development of technology for, and in, teaching and learning. |
| Theory and Research Methods | This strand is for proposals that focus on the development of theory and/or research methods. |
PME-NA 2021 List of Keywords
Advanced Mathematical Thinking
Affect, Emotion, Beliefs, and Attitudes
Algebra and Algebraic Thinking
Assessment
Calculus
Classroom Discourse
Cognition
Communication
Computing and Coding
Computational Thinking
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Curriculum
Data Analysis and Statistics
Design Experiments
Online and Distance Education
Doctoral Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary School Education
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
Ethnomathematics
First nations and Indigenous cultures
Gender
Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
High School Education
Informal Education
Instructional Activities and Practices
Instructional Leadership
Instructional Vision
Learning Theory
Learning Trajectories and Progressions
LGBTQIA+
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
Measurement
Metacognition
Middle School Education
Modeling
Number Concepts and Operations
Policy
Precalculus
Probability
Problem Solving
Rational Numbers
Reasoning and Proof
Mathematical Representations
Research Methods
Social Justice
Special Education
Standards
Integrated STEM / STEAM
Students with Disabilities
Systemic Change
Teacher Beliefs
Professional Development
Preservice Teacher Education
Teacher Educators
Teacher Knowledge
Technology
Undergraduate Education
Teacher Noticing
Rational Numbers & Proportional Reasoning
Problem-Based Learning
Sustainability