RME6 Conference
September 20-22, 2018
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Online Proceedings

Conference program with abstracts

Plenary Sessions

Speakers	Title	Handouts & ​Related Readings	Paper and/or Presentation
Frank Eade & ​David C. Webb	Moving from disowning to owning Realistic Mathematics Education		Presentation
Paul Drijvers	The (he)art of Realistic Mathematics Education
Betina Zolkower &  ​Silvia Gabriela Pérez	Developing teachers’ practices through the use of Lesson Study and Realistic Mathematics Education​	GPDM website
Dietmar Kuchemann	Reviewing the research into algebraic thinking and proportional reasoning		Presentation
Maarten Dolk​	Developing Principles of Realistic Mathematics Education based on experience working with teachers from around the world
David C. Webb & ​Frank Eade	Where to from here?		Presentation

​Parallel Sessions

Speakers	Title	Handouts & ​Related Readings	​Paper and/or Presentation
Mieke Abels & Frank Eade	Looking at two examples of MiC books: Models You Can Count On and Some of the Parts	Activity Sheets FractionsDME	Abels_Models Eade_SomeParts
Cinzia Bonotto & Marzia Baroni	Engaging  primary school students  in meaningful  mathematical  activities
Rogier Bos	A smooth slope to slide is a smooth slide to slope
Jeffrey B. Bush & Nancy Kress	Classroom Activities for Digital Interactive Simulations to Support Realistic Mathematics Education	Equality Explorer Function Builder Proportion Playground	Paper
Gillian Dasent	Utilising the principles of RME to design and teach meaningful mathematics lessons in the government primary schools of The Cayman Islands	Place Value Multiplication Food Fair	Presentation
Rina Durandt	Preparing student teachers for realistic mathematics situations through a workable mathematical modeling approach
Kathleen Gibson-Dee​	Realistic  Mathematics  Education  and  Social  Awareness:  The  Privilege  Project	Presentation	Paper
Kees Hoogland	Using reality in mathematics education: exploring new opportunities
Shinya Itoh	Collaborative design of realistic mathematics lessons for lower secondary school students in Japan
Maggie Landers	RME and Maths Recovery- A Symbiotic Relationship		Presentation (PPT) Presentation (PDF)
Susan Miller	Math simulations in the classroom:  ​Changes in teacher practice	Expression Exchange​​​
Mary Nelson	Formative Oral Assessments:  Engaging Students in Articulating their Thinking
Minoru Ohtani	Designing discourse with ICT environment that affects reification of function  ​
Silvia Gabriela Pérez & ​Betina Zolkower	Surrounding the Earth with Millions of Playmobil: A Guided Experience of Mathematizing and Didactizing
Kevin J. Reins	Assisting Inservice Mathematics Teachers in Utilizing RME and STEM Design Principles When Collaboratively ​Co-Imagining a Lesson	RMESTEM WHERE Framework MEA Design RME Design ​Lesson Imaging	Presentation
Lauren Siegel	Making Math Makes Sense: How to create math learning experiences with hands-on models to enhance field trip excursions and classroom inquiry   ​
William R. Speer	Productive Struggle – Mining the Power that Lurks within ​“I Don’t Know”		Paper
Blidi Stemn	Building Third Grade Students’ Understanding of Division Using RME Framework
Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen & Michiel Veldhuis	New developments in Realistic Mathematics Education: Research-based designed primary school mathematics education to promote higher-order thinking		Presentation
Marc van Zanten & ​Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen	What is in the books? Textbook analysis to reveal ​learning opportunities		Presentation
Irma Vazquez & Jacqueline Sack	Closing the numeracy gap with Malati Fractions	Fraction Activities	Presentation
Bernd Wollring & Andrea Peter-Koop	Will the storage rack fit through the door?” – How are pre-service teachers’ solutions of a “realistic task” influenced by context? A qualitative study on solution concepts		Presentation

Poster Sessions

Speakers	Title	Poster
Mieke Abels	Developing a digital mathematics environment in interaction with design research
Christoph Ableitinger, Astrid Anger & Christian Dorner	AmadEUs – analysis of didactic elements used in teaching situations ​in the subject of mathematics	Poster
Camella Buddo, Avalloy McCarthy-Curvin & Delmar Sherriffe	Developing and Applying Mathematical Understandings and Skills by Primary Students
Kathleen Gibson-Dee	Assessing Mathematics Learning Realistically.  The impact of students’ hopes, expectations, anxiety and learning on their success in a college math course	Poster
Karina Hensberry & George J. Roy	Teacher Perceptions and the Impact on their Practice of a Four-pronged  ​Professional Development Model	Poster
Jacqueline Sack & ​Judith Quander	Developing Pre-Service High School Teachers’ 3D Visualization Skills using Intuitively Accessible Models
Takehiro Tsubokawa	Mathematics education and utilization of technology in Japan
Sandra Vernon-Jackson	Thinking Algebraically in Context. Examples for Teacher Educators​
Sandra Vernon-Jackson & ​Karina Hensberry	Problem Solving in Context: Examples from Teacher Education
Wanqiu Yang	Comparative research of mathematics classroom assessment in the US and China ​	Poster Part 1 Poster Part 2

Paper, Presentation and Poster links in APA format (alphabetical)

Bush, J. B., Webb, D. C., Kress, N. E., Yang, W., & Perkins, K. K. (2018, September). Classroom Activities for Digital Interactive Simulations to Support Realistic Mathematics Education. Paper presented at the Sixth International Realistic Mathematics Education (RME6) Conference. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
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Gibson-Dee, K. (2018, September). Realistic Mathematics Education and Social Awareness: The Privilege Project. Paper presented at the Sixth International Realistic Mathematics Education (RME6) Conference. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Hensberry, K. K. R. & Roy, G. (2018, September 20-22). Teacher Perceptions and the Impact on their Practice of a Four-pronged Professional
Development Model. Presented at the Sixth International Realistic Mathematics Education (RME6) Conference in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Speer, W. R. (2018, September). Productive Struggle – Mining the Power that Lurks within “I Don’t Know.” Paper presented at the Sixth International Realistic Mathematics Education (RME6) Conference. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
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