Submissions and the review process

All submissions should be within the theme of the conference and communicated in English.

Submissions can only take place through the conference website before the stipulated deadline for each format (see below). All submissions fulfilling the format requirements will be reviewed and receive feedback before the deadlines given below.

 You are allowed to submit up to one proposal of each type, with the exception that you can only submit either a Regular Paper or a Short Communication, but not both. You are allowed to be presenting author of either a Regular Paper (including those bundled within a Symposia) or a Short Communication. Further, you can be presenting author of a Poster Presentation and Working Group in addition. Note, that it is not allowed to change the presenting author after the review process.

All contributions go through a review process. If you submit a Regular Paper or a Symposia-paper, the review process is double blinded with at least two reviewers and you will be asked to act as reviewers for other papers. You may be asked to review up to two papers. Guidelines for contributions and for the review process can be found on the conference website. Working Group proposals, Short Communications and Posters are reviewed by the program committee. 

All submissions, which are accepted for presentation at the Norma24 conference, will be made available through the Norma24 web page before the conference. Regular Papers and Symposia, accepted for presentation at the Norma24 conference, need to go through a second peer-review process in order to be considered for publication in the proceedings of the Norma24 conference. The conference proceedings will be published in the SMDF series (http://matematikdidaktik.org/index.php/madifs-skriftserie). Regular Papers and Symposia published in the conference proceedings will count as a scientific publication in the academic credit systems. The deadline for the second peer review will be announced during the conference. Authors will be given the opportunity to improve their papers before this second review. Information about this opportunity will be provided during the conference.

Submission of Regular Papers

Submit through the conference website no later than 1st of December 2023. Following the review process, by the 29th of February, 2024  you will be sent a decision about whether your paper has been accepted. In rare cases, acceptance may be conditional on specific minor revisions to your paper, in which case you should return the revised paper to the conference committee by 1st of April, 2024. After the conference, you are given the opportunity subject to an additional review process to publish your paper in the conference proceedings. The review process for Regular Papers and Symposia Papers to be publish in the conference proceedings will be as described in the following flow chart:

Submissions for Regular Papers must be in accordance with the following format criteria:

  • Use the CERME11 template, which is to be found at the bottom of this page
  • Restrict your paper to a maximum of 8 pages, including references, figures and appendices
  • Indicate up to five key-words for the paper
  • Give references in the APA 7 style

Submission of Symposia proposals

Submit through the conference website no later than December 1st, 2023. Please follow the guidance given below. Following the review process, by February 29th, 2024 you will be sent a decision about whether your proposal has been accepted. In rare cases acceptance may be conditional on specific minor revisions, in which case you should return the revised proposal and or revised versions on the symposium papers to the PC by the 1st of April 2024. After the Norma24 conference, the Symposia and their related papers can be published in the conference proceedings subject to the review process described above.

The format of a proposal for a Symposium must be as follows: The purpose of Symposia is to provide opportunity for researchers to discuss any topics of shared interest related of course to the conference theme. A Symposium can be built, for example, around a shared theoretical framework, a shared research topic or a shared research method.

  • The Symposia submission consists of a Symposia session summary and three to six symposia papers.
  • The Symposia session summary of no more than 1 page addresses the following session submission elements: Symposia title, objectives of the session, overview of the presentation, scholarly or scientific significance, structure of the session.

The format and the review process (see the above flow chart) of Symposia papers are the same as for Regular Papers:

  • Use the CERME template that can be found at the bottom of this page.
  • Each Symposia paper of no more than 8 pages (including references, figures and appendices) can be used to address the elements of a research or scholarly paper/presentation. Symposia papers may be significantly shorter than 8 pages when appropriate. For example, commentary papers can be quite short. You may bring multiple copies of a longer version for distribution at the Conference.
  • Indicate up to five key-words for the paper
  • Give references in the APA 7 style
  • Even if a Symposium is not accepted for the conference, the organizers may accept individual Symposia papers to be presented as a Regular Paper.

Submission of a proposal for a Working Group

Submit through the conference website no later than December 15th, 2023. The topics for the Working Groups should be relevant for the conference theme. The Working Groups will be allotted 90 minutes in parallel sessions. These sessions should be genuinely interactive dealing with one or more research questions the organiser(s) of the Working Group wish to discuss and work on with other participants in the conference, possibly to initiate future collaboration. Following the review process, by February 29, 2024 you will be sent a decision about whether your proposal has been accepted. 

The format of Working Group proposals must be as follows.

  • Restrict your proposal to a maximum of 2 pages. The proposal must include a title, a description of the topic for the Working Group and the research question(s) the organizer(s) wish to discuss and a detailed description of organization of the work in the group.
  • Use the CERME template that you can find at the bottom of this page
  • Give references in the APA 7 style.

After the conference, the organizers of working groups will prepare a 5 page report on the work in the group to be published the conference proceedings. The report should be sent to conference chair by June, 30 2024. The report will be reviewed by the program committee.

Submission of Short Communication

Submit through the conference website no later than December 15th, 2023. Short Communications will not be accepted after this date. This format is meant to present ongoing or tentative research. Short Communications will be presented in parallel sessions (20 minutes: 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). Following the review process, by February 29, 2024 you will be sent a decision about whether your proposal has been accepted. Note, that Short Communication cannot be published in the conference proceedings.

The format of Short Communications must be as follows:

  • Write a 1page abstract about your ongoing or tentative research.  This text must include a title, a short description of the study, the research question(s) and other issues the author intends to present and discuss at the conference.
  • Use the CERME template that you can find at the bottom mof this page
  • Give references in the APA 7 style.

Submission of a Poster Presentation

Submit through the conference website no later than December 15th, 2023. This format is meant to present ongoing or tentative research. Posters Presentations will be displayed in one of the conference main rooms during the day of the poster presentation. Poster presenters will receive detailed instructions early May 2024. Following the review process, by February 29, 2024 you will be sent a decision about whether your proposal has been accepted. Note, that Poster Presentation will not be published in the conference proceedings.

The format of Poster Presentation must be as follows.

  • Write a 1-page abstract about your ongoing or tentative research.  This text must include a title, a short description of the study, the research question(s) and other issues the author intends to present and discuss at the conference.
  • Use the CERME template that you can find on the Norma24 webpage
  • Give references in the APA 7 style

Timeline for submissions and the review process