Society for Didactics of Mathematics

Society for Didactics of Mathematics eV (GDM)
purpose	Promotion of science and research in the field of mathematics didactics
Chair:	* Andreas Eichler (1st chairman) Katja Lengnink (2nd Chair) Torsten Fritzlar (Treasurer) Daniela Götze (Secretary)
Establishment date:	March 1975 (Saarbrücken)
Seat :	Berlin
Website:	didaktik-der-mathematik.de

The Society for Didactics of Mathematics (GDM) is a scientific association with the aim of promoting the didactics of mathematics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and to work together with corresponding institutions in other countries. It was founded in Saarbrücken in 1975 during the annual conference for didactics of mathematics. GDM Switzerland was founded in Zurich in 2014 and has since been an independent association under Swiss law with its own association statutes.

The GDM publishes an international scientific journal, the “Journal für Mathematik-Didaktik” (JMD), which appears twice a year, but is also available as an online edition. It also organizes an annual conference, which is an important conference for mathematics didactics in Germany.

The GDM is managed by a board of directors and an advisory board. There are numerous working groups within the GDM in which non-members can also participate.

Board

• 1975–1979: Heinz Griesel , Hans-Günther Bigalke
• 1979–1983: Hans Schupp (mathematician)
• 1983–1987: Heinrich Winter (mathematician) , Ursula Viet
• 1987–1991: Gerhard Becker (mathematician) ,
• 1991–1995: Heinrich Bürger (mathematician) , Lisa Hefendehl-Hebeker
• 1995–2001: Werner Blum , Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg
• 2001–2005: Kristina Reiss ,
• 2005–2007: Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg ,
• 2007-2013: Hans-Georg Weigand ,
• 2013–2017: Rudolf vom Hofe , Silke Ruwisch
• since 2017: Andreas Eichler (mathematician) , Katja Lengnink

Honorary members

• Arnold Kirsch
• Heinz Griesel
• Ursula Viet
• Werner Walsch
• Heinrich Winter

Web links

• Official website
• For the establishment and development of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics (GDM)
• Founding Protocol
• Madipedia.DE reference work for mathematics didactics, with further links to working groups, journals, people, research work
• Homepage of GDM Switzerland
• Didactics Commission of the Austrian Mathematical Society (ÖMG)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics from March 7th to 11th, 2016