Empowering the Future Generation through Mathematics Education

This book arose out of the Fifth International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (CoSMEd 5) held in Penang in November 2013. It is not the proceedings of the conference which are available elsewhere. The Conference host was the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation-Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO-RECSAM). Established by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) in May 1967, RECSAM is committed to nurturing and enhancing the quality of science and mathematics education in the SEAMEO Member Countries of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Viet Nam. The countries of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Spain are associate members and collaborate with RECSAM. Thus, RECSAM serves a wide range of countries and this book aims to represent the rich and powerful mathematics research and scholarship that is conducted in these countries.