Navigating Transitions along Continuums. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (34th, Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 1-4, 2012)

These Proceedings are a written record of the research presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 2012) held in Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 1-4, 2012. The theme of the conference, "Navigating Transitions along Continuums," focuses on an important set of opportunities for research to be useful in improving mathematics teaching and learning. Plenary speakers consider transitions across four continuum groupings: (1) student learning of mathematics (Jere Confrey); (2) professional learning, ranging from preservice mathematics teachers through teacher leaders (Deborah Ball and Suzanne Wilson); (3) school mathematics articulation, from topic to topic within grade levels as well as across grade bands (Amanda Jansen, Janie Schielack, Cathy Seeley, and Jack Smith); and (4) innovation to support mathematics learning, from the smallest of scale to the largest (Jo Boaler). The Proceedings include papers from 2 plenary talks, 69 research reports, 124 brief research reports, 111 posters, and 10 working groups. The plenary and working group papers are the first and last chapters, respectively. Papers from the research reports, brief research reports, and posters are organized into chapters by topics. Each paper is indexed by authors and keywords. Underlined author indicates presenting author. Chapters include the following: (1) Plenary papers; (2) Curriculum and Related Factors; (3) Mathematical Processes; (4) Student Learning and Related Factors; (5) Teacher Education and Knowledge-Inservice; (6) Teacher Education and Knowledge--Preservice; (7) Teaching and Classroom Practice; (8) Teaching and Learning of Specific Content; (9) Technology; (10) Theory and Research Mehods; and (11) Working Groups. Individual papers include references. [Individual plenary and research papers are available in ERIC.]