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Request for proposals for SIGMAA on RUME 2018

The 21st annual SIGMAA on RUME conference will be held in San Diego, CA, from Thursday, February 22nd, to Saturday, February 24th. We hope that you are excited to attend the conference and share your work with our community. In order to make this happen, we are requesting that you submit a proposal to the conference. Proposals for contributed, theoretical, and preliminary reports are due August 25th, 2017, and proposals for posters are due December 1st, 2017. We will use the Microsoft conference management system [CMT] to solicit proposals. The link below will take you to the conference management system:

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RUME2018

Click here for detailed submission guidelines

Encouraged focus of papers

We read the focus of our SIGMAA rather broadly, and encourage submissions about traditional RUME areas such as proof, calculus, and college algebra, but, also including areas such as graduate TA training, statistics, combinatorics, equity and social justice, and work related to teachers and teaching. Each proposal will be judged on its individual merits, with evaluation based on the quality of the work and its fit for the conference. As a result of our broad reading of RUME, we encourage submission of four different kinds of reports:

• Contributed Research Reports
• Preliminary Research Reports
• Theoretical Reports
• Poster Reports

Both Contributed Reports and Preliminary Reports must have data collected by the time of the proposal submission. There are three rounds of 'papers' submitted to Microsoft Conference Management System.

Before the conference

• Round 1, the blinded proposal: In the original submission, you are asked to submit a blinded version, without author information (although it’s best to include full citations for your published papers whenever possible—following the APA guidelines).
• Round 2, the unblinded proposal: If your proposal is accepted for the proceedings, we will then ask you to submit a new, unblinded version. For this submission, update your existing CMT proposal by replacing the original, blinded submission with the unblinded one. Please do not make a new proposal. Email Aaron if you need help doing this or you’ve accidentally made a new submission.
The unblinded proposals will all be included in the conference proceedings. We colloquially refer to them as “short papers.”

After the conference

• Round 3, the post-conference "long paper": Everyone who presents at the conference (including posters as well as contributed, preliminary, and theoretical reports) has the option of writing a 15-page paper for inclusion in the proceedings and consideration for the Best Paper award. The due date will be approximately 1 month after the conference, and announced at the conference.

Due Dates

All proposals must be submitted to the CMT by the dates listed below.

• For contributed, theoretical and preliminary reports, the proposals will be due Friday, August 25th, 2017. There will be approximately 10 days after the submission deadline when the CMT will be closed for submissions. We expect to notify you about the status of your proposal by the beginning of November.
• For poster reports, the 1-page proposals will be due on Friday, December 1st, 2017 (although you are welcome and encouraged to submit them earlier). We expect to notify you about the status of your proposal by the third week of December.

Types of submissions

Contributed Research Reports

The SIGMAA on RUME aims to foster a professional atmosphere for quality research in the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. We solicit proposals for contributed research reports presenting results from completed research studies on undergraduate mathematics education that address one or more of the following themes:

• results of current research
• contemporary theoretical perspectives and research paradigms
• innovative methodologies and analytical approaches as they pertain to the study of undergraduate mathematics education

Contributed reports can have a maximum of 7 pages , including title, authors, abstract, keywords, and the body of the paper (tables and figures count towards the 7-page limit). References do not count toward the page limit. However, any author information (that you add when un-blinding your paper) does count toward the page limit. Papers longer than 7 pages will be returned un-reviewed.

Preliminary Research Reports

The SIGMAA on RUME seeks to support the professional development of new researchers and new research ideas in the field of undergraduate mathematics education. To foster constructive discussions toward this goal, we encourage graduate students, new PhDs, undergraduate mathematics educators, and experienced researchers to present preliminary reports on ongoing research projects in early stages of analysis, although, they must have data collected at the time of proposal submission (proposals without data will be rejected). Significant discussion time will follow each presentation to allow for feedback and suggestions for future directions for the research. Proposals for preliminary reports are encouraged to include a list of questions that will be posed to the audience during the discussion portion of presentation to help further the research.

Preliminary reports can be a maximum of 5 pages , including title, abstract, keywords, and the body of the paper (tables and figures count towards the 5-page limit), and intended questions for the audience. References do not count toward the page limit. However, any author information (that you add when un-blinding your paper) does count toward the page limit. Papers longer than 5 pages will be returned un-reviewed.

Theoretical Reports

The SIGMAA on RUME seeks to support the development of new theoretical perspectives for research on undergraduate mathematics education. Proposals in this category must explicate the theoretical perspective in detail and explain why existing theories do not adequately account for the phenomenon in question.

Theoretical reports can be a maximum of 7 pages, including title, abstract, keywords, and the body of the paper (tables and figures count towards the 7-page limit). References do not count toward the page limit. However, any author information (that you add when un-blinding your paper) does count toward the page limit. Papers longer than 7 pages will be returned un-reviewed.

Posters

The SIGMAA on RUME seeks to create additional means for researchers to present their work and recognizes that some types of work are better presented in poster format than a talk. While not meant to be exclusive, we present two examples of types of Poster Reports. The first is methodological presentations which could be better illustrated on a poster, and for which the one-on-one interactions could be a better opportunity for other researchers to learn or adapt techniques than a standard conference presentation would provide. Another example is a poster that illustrates connections between a collection of studies by one researcher or research group.

Poster reports can be a maximum of 1 page, including title, abstract, keywords, and the body of the paper (tables and figures count towards the 1 page limit). References do not count toward the page limit. However, any author information (that you add when un-blinding your paper) does count toward the page limit. Papers longer than 1 page will be returned un-reviewed. An abstract is required for a poster submission, the abstract is included in the printed program.

Accessing the RUME 21 proposal submission system

1. Go to: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RUME2018
2. Log in. If you have not used CMT before, click “Create Account.” The CMT will send notifications about the conference to the email address you use.
3. Click “Create new submission” and select the type of paper you are submitting
4. Enter all the requested information in the submissions page:
• Title, 150-word (≤2000 character) abstract, Authors
• Check all of the “subject areas” boxes that are applicable to your paper. You can choose one primary area and multiple secondary areas, as well as enter your own area. These subject areas will be used to match your paper to the expertise of our reviewers, and do not need to match the keywords you used in your paper.
• Upload a PDF or Microsoft Word (.doc) version of your paper. This MUST be the blind version of your paper (No names or affiliations). Your RUME Proposal is not a completed submission unless you have included a PDF of your paper. A BLIND-proposal template is available.
• DO NOT INCLUDE ANY ATTACHMENTS. They will not be considered.
5. On the next page, enter any people for whom reviewing your paper would be a conflict of interest (e.g., advisors, friends, etc.).
6. The next page will display the information for your submission. You will not receive a separate email confirmation for your submission.

Please note that our review process is blind. Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to upload a non-blind, program-ready version of their paper if the proposal is accepted.

Editing Submissions

If you need to edit your submission, you can do so by following the steps below (if your paper is accepted, you will need to edit your submission in order to upload an un-blinded version of your paper):

1. Log into the conference management site using the email you used to submit your paper
2. Make sure the “Select Your Role” in the top navigation bar is set to “Author”
3. You should see a list of your submissions. Click “Edit Submission.”
4. At the bottom of the page, click the X next to the file name for your blinded paper
5. Upload a new, unblinded paper

Required Proposal Content

All proposals must address as many of the following considerations as possible:

• An explicit statement of the question(s) or issue(s) the research explores.
• Relation of this work to the research literature
• Theoretical perspective and/or conceptual framework
• Research methodology—including a statement about the demographics of the participants (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, etc.) in addition to the characteristics of the institution
• Results of the research
• Applications to/implications for teaching practice or further research
• A list of references should be given at the end of the proposal.