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These proceedings contain papers from the 1994 annual meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group. Papers are divided into the following sections: (1) invited lectures; (2) working groups; (3) topic groups; (4) ad hoc groups; and (5) reports on ICMI (International Committee on Mathematical Instruction) studies. Papers include: (1) "Understanding = Doing + Seeing" (Anna Sfard); (2) "A Collegiate Mathematical Experience for Non-Science Majors" (Keith Devlin); (3) "Theories and Theorizing in Mathematics Education" (Thomas Kieren and Olive Chapman); (4) "Popularizing Mathematics" (Bernard Hodgson and Eric Muller); (5) "Preservice Teachers as Purposeful Learners: Issues of Enculturation" (George Gadanidis and Anita Losasso); (6) "Les didacticiens et les didacticiennes des mathematiques au Canada: Un portrait de famille" (Roberta Mura); (7) "A Look at Current Software Designed To Provide Different Representations of Functions" (Pat Lytle); (8) "Math in the Mall, the SFU (Simon Fraser University) Experience" (Malgorzata Dubiel); (9)"'Booking,' a Non-Traditional Approach to the Teaching of Mathematics in the Transition Years" (Gary Flewelling); (10) "Student-Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics: What They Are and How They Are Formed" (R. Geoffrey Roulet); (11) "'Can We Follow What We Preach?' Teaching According to Constructivist Principles" (Uri Leron); (12) "Enacting a Chaos Theory Curriculum" (Judy Barnes); (13) "Mathematical Modelling" (Don Kapoor); (14) "Asian, American, and Albertan Mathematics Comparisons" (Sol Sigurdson); (15) "Conference on Gender and Mathematics Education" (Gila Hanna); and (16) "What Is Research in Mathematics Education and What Are Its Results?" (Anna Sierpinska). Appendices contain lists of participants and previous proceedings. (JRH)

These proceedings contain papers presented at the 1993 annual meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group. Papers are presented in four sections: (1) invited lectures; (2) working groups; (3) topic groups; and (4) ad hoc groups. Papers include: (1) "What is a Square Root? A Study of Geometrical Representation in Different Mathematical Traditions" (George Gheverghese Joseph); (2) "Forging a Revised Theory of Intellectual Development: Piaget, Vygotsky and Beyond" (Jere Confrey); (3) "Research in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in Mathematics" (Joel Hillel & Anna Sierpinska); (4) "New Ideas in Assessment" (David Robitaille, Cynthia Nicol, and Heather Kelleher); (5) "Computers in the Classroom: Mathematical and Social Implications" (Geoffrey Roulet and Lars Jansson); (6) "Gender and Mathematics" (Lesley Lee); (7) "Training Pre-Service Teachers for Creating Mathematical Communities in the Classroom" (LaDonna MacRae and Thomas Schroeder); (8) "Connected Knowledge in Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers" (Eric Wood); (9) "Narrative Inquiry in Mathematics Teacher Development" (Olive Chapman); (10) "Competences Spatiales Geometriques chez de Jeunes Quebecois du Nord (Inuit) et du Sud" (Richard Pallascio and Richard Allaire); (11) "Projet d'Auto-apprentissage Informatise" (Bernard Vanbrugghe); (12) "Teaching and Learning University Level Mathematics: Perspectives of a Mathematics Educator" (Mary L. Crowley); (13) "Windows and Mirrors: Metaphors for Computer Screens" (David Pimm); and (14) "Pre-Formal, Formal, and Formulaic Proving" (David Reid). Appendices contain lists of participants and previous proceedings. (JRH)