Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volumes 1 and 2 (18th, Panama City, Florida, October 12-15, 1996).

This proceedings contains 75 research reports, 8 discussion groups, 32 oral reports, and 28 poster presentation entries from the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. A one-page synopsis is included for discussion groups, oral reports, and poster presentations. Topic areas include advanced mathematical thinking, algebraic thinking, assessment, cognitive modalities, curriculum reform, discourse, epistemology, functions and graphs, geometric thinking, probability and statistics, problem solving, rational number concepts, social and cultural factors, teacher beliefs and attitudes, teacher conceptions, teacher development, teacher understanding of student understanding, technology, and visualization. (AIM)