In this article we illustrate how the piloting process has influenced two widely different studies within the educational sciences. These studies differ in design but have as a common denominator that they used piloting methods in their preparatory process. They are also similar in the intention of the main researchers of conducting research with…

Teaching is a profession in which teachers are accustomed to being in the spotlight. In this paper we meet ''Tina''--a newly employed teacher at a Norwegian public junior high school--who is engaged on an hourly basis to teach Arts and Crafts, including a seventh-grade class which has been called ''challenging'' by other members of the staff.…

This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…