About ICTMA

The Community, through its membership, research, and other activities, is recognised as 'The International Study Group for Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA)' by its affiliation to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction

Learn more about the history of ICTMA here: ICTMA, the first century


Announcements


Dr. Gloria Ann Stillman (Australia) has been selected for the Henry Pollak Award will be receiving the ICTMA Career Research Medal at ICTMA-21 in September 2023.

  • Follow this link for details of ICTMA AWARDS and Awardees

Invitations to submit a chapter to the ICTMA book series have gone out to ICTMA-21 presenters. Regular papers are due November 29, 2023.



ICTMA Conferences

The ICTMA group has held biennial meetings since 1983. This conference series provides a forum for discussing all aspects of teaching applications and modelling in all areas and at all levels of mathematics education - from primary to secondary schools, at colleges and universities.

ICTMA-1

1983

University of Exeter

England

ICTMA-2

1985

University of Exeter

England

ICTMA-3

1987

University of Kassel

Germany

ICTMA-4

1989

University of Roskilde

Denmark

ICTMA-5

1991

Freudenthal Institute

Netherlands

ICTMA-6

1993

University of Delaware

USA

ICTMA-7

1995

University of Ulster

Northern Ireland

ICTMA-8

1997

University of Queensland

Australia

ICTMA-9

1999

University of Lisbon

Portugal

ICTMA-10

2001

Tsinghua University

China

ICTMA-11

2003

Marquette University

USA

ICTMA-12

2005

City University of London

United Kingdom

ICTMA-13

2007

Indiana University

USA

Kathmandu University

Nepal




ICTMA-14

2009

University of Hamburg

Germany

ICTMA-15

2011

Austrlian Catholic University

Australia




ICTMA-16

2013

Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Brazil

ICTMA-17

2015

University of Nottingham

United Kingdom

ICTMA-18

2017

University of Stellenbosch

South Africa

ICTMA-19

2019

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

ICTMA-20

2022

University of Würzburg

Germany

ICTMA-21

2023

Yokohama National University

Japan

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Publications

ICTMA's main activity is conducting and disseminating high-quality research on the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling and applications across grade levels, topics and disciplines, and throughout the world. The publications are listed below. Links to the products are provided where possible.

Berry JS, Burghes DN, Huntley ID, James DJG and Moscardini AO, editors, 1984,Teaching and Applying Mathematical Modelling, Ellis Horwood, Chichester. (Abstracts here)

Berry JS, Burghes DN, Huntley ID, James DJG and Moscardini AO, editors, 1986, Mathematical Modelling Methodology, Models and Micros, Ellis Horwood, Chichester.

Berry JS, Burghes DN, Huntley ID, James DJG and Moscardini AO, editors, 1987, Mathematical Modelling Courses, Ellis Horwood, Chichester.

Blum W, Berry JS, Biehler R, Huntley ID, Kaiser-Messmer G and Profke L, editors, 1989, Applications and Modelling in Learning and Teaching Mathematics, Ellis Horwood, Chichester

Niss M, Blum W and Huntley ID, editors, 1991, Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications, Ellis Horwood, Chichester.

De Lange J, Keitel C, Huntley ID and Niss M, editors, 1993, Innovation in Maths Education by Modelling and Applications, Ellis Horwood, Chichester.

Sloyer C, Blum W and Huntley ID, 1995, editors, Advances and Perspectives in the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications,Water Street Mathematics, Yorklyn, Delaware. (PDF Book Here )

Houston SK, Blum W, Huntley ID and Neill NT, editors, 1997, Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling, Albion Publishing Ltd, Chichester.

Galbraith P, Blum W, Booker G and Huntley ID, editors, 1998, Mathematical Modelling, Teaching and Assessment in a Technology-Rich World,Horwood Publishing Ltd., Chichester. (Abstracts here)

Matos JF, Blum W, Houston SK and Carreiara SP, editors, 2001, Modelling and Mathematics Education: ICTMA 9: - Applications in Science and Technology, Horwood Publishing, Chichester. (Elsevier catalogue entry)

Ye Q, Blum W, Houston SK and Jiang Q, editors, 2003, Mathematical Modelling in Education and Culture: ICTMA 10, Horwood Publishing, Chichester, 330 pp. [ISBN: 1-904275-05-2] (Elsevier catalogue entry)

Lamon S, Parker W and Houston K, editors, 2003, Mathematical Modelling: A Way of Life: ICTMA 11, Horwood Publishing, Chichester, 267 pp. [ISBN: 1-904275-03-6] (Elsevier catalogue entry)

Haines C, Galbraith P, Blum W and Khan S,editors, 2007, Mathematical Modelling: Education, Engineering and Economics (ICTMA 12), Chichester: Horwood Publishing. 492 pp. [ISBN: 978-1-904275-20-6](Elsevier catalogue entry, Contents and abstracts here, Book review here)

Lesh, R, Galbraith, PL, Haines, CR, and Hurford, A, editors, 2010, Modeling Students' Mathematical Modeling Competencies: ICTMA13, Springer, New York, Xiv, 651 pp. [ISBN 978-1-4419-0560-4] (Springer catalogue entry)

Kaiser, G, Blum, W, Borromeo Ferri, R, and Stillman, G, editors, 2011, Trends in Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling, Springer, New York, xiii, 720 pp. [ISBN 978-94-007-0909-6] (Springer catalogue entry)

Stillman, G. A., Kaiser, G, Blum, W., and Brown, J. P., editors, 2013, Teaching Mathematical Modelling: Connecting to Research and Practice, Springer, Dordrecht. xvi, 627 pp. [ISBN 978-94-007-6539-9](Springer catalogue entry)

Stillman, G. A., Blum, W., and Biembengut, M. S., editors, 2015, Mathematical Modelling in Education Research and Practice: Cultural, Social and Cognitive Influences, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-319-18272-8] (Springer catalogue entry)

Stillman, G. A., Blum, W., and Kaiser, G., editors, 2017, Mathematical Modelling and Applications: Crossing and Researching Boundaries in Mathematics Education, Springer, Cham. [978-3-319-62967-4] (Springer catalogue entry)

Stillman, G. A., Kaiser, G., and Lampen, C. E., editors, 2020, Mathematical Modelling Education and Sense-making, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-030-37673-4] (Springer catalogue entry)

Leung, F. K. S., Stillman, G. A., Kaiser, G., and Wong, K. L., editors, 2021, Mathematical Modelling Education in East and West, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-030-66996-6] (Springer catalogue entry)

Blum, W., Galbraith, P., Henn, H.-W., & Niss, M. (Eds.) (2007).Applications and modelling in mathematics education. The 14th ICMI study. New York: Springer. Xiv, 521 pp. [ISBN: 978-0-387-29820-7] (Springer catalogue entry)

Greefrath, G. and Vorhölter, K., editors, 2016, Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling: Approaches and Developments from German Speaking Countries, Springer, Cham. <[ISBN: 978-3-030-14933-8] (Springer catalogue entry)

Stillman, G. A. and Brown, J. P., editors, 2019, Lines of Inquiry in Mathematical Modelling Research in Education, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-030-14933-8] (Springer catalogue entry)

Wess, R., Klock, H., Siller, H-S., Greefrath, G., editors, 2022, Measuring Professional Competence for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-030-78073-9] (Springer catalogue entry)

Greefrath, G., Carreira, S., and Stillman, G. A., editors, 2023, Advancing and Consolidating Research on Applications and Modelling in Mathematics Education: Approaches from ICME 14, Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-030-78073-9] (Springer catalogue entry)

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