TITLE OF CONTRIBUTION, NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS:
(USE IDEAS HEADING 1 STYLE)
Initial proposal should be blind. Please leave space for Name(s) of the author(s)
Leave space for author institution(s) beneath each name
Abstract. Leave ONE empty line below author institution(s). The word “Abstract”
is not needed at the beginning. Use italics, double-spaced and indent 1.27 cm and
block the abstract. Word limit for abstract is 100 words.
Keywords: Choose 2-5 keywords. Separate each word with semicolon (e.g., STEM;
assessment; elementary)
MAIN SECTION HEADING STYLE (USE IDEAS HEADING 2)
This is a template for the Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation Conference 2016.
It follows the specified format for the proceedings. Use the IDEAS styles in Word to format your
document. For instance, for normal sections, used font 12pt, Times New Roman with the right line
spacing, and doubled spaced paragraph with justified alignment and 6pt space after each paragraph:
This is the Normal IDEAS style.
Please remove all the information that can identify author(s) when submitting the blind version.
Leave space for author(s) and author institution(s) in this blind version and remove any reference
that might identify the author(s), such as citations, name of institution, name of project or of team.
2016. In M. Takeuchi, A. P. Preciado Babb, & J. Lock (Eds.). Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for
Innovation, pp. XXX-XXX. Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of the Education, University of Calgary.
Last names of the authors in the order as on the paper
PAGE SET-UP AND FORMATTING
Document style is letter size with margins at 2.5 cm top, bottom, left and right.
The total length of a paper should be 6 to 10 pages including references, tables and figures.
Additional space for appendices may be considered in some cases.
This is the style subheading, if you need it (IDEAS Heading 3)
Three heading styles should suffice to structure your paper. (IDEAS Heading 1, IDEAS Heading
2 and IDEAS Heading 3). Headings should not exceed one line. Please do not number sections or
sub-sections.
Tables, figures, quotes, transcripts and bullet lists
Tables and figures can be labelled as below, using the IDEAS FigTable style for caption.
Conference Year
Number of good tables
Number of bad tables
2002
22
18
2003
45
36
Total
67
54
Table 1: Titles of tables, figures, diagrams. (use the style IDEAS FigTitle)
Shorter quote are normally included within the text, inside quotation marks. For longer quotations
(40 words or greater), use the following style (indent five spaces from the left for the block quote).
Indented quotations (more than two lines) are in the style IDEAS Quote. If you wish, you can
also use this style for other text that you want to display without using a table.
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Last names of authors in the order as on the paper
Other formats are also provided in this template, as shown below.

IDEAS Bullet
123 IDEAS Numbered transcript
IDEAS Transcript
References (IDEAS Heading 3 style)
Use APA (6th Ed) style for references and in-text citations (Inserting DOI is recommended
according to the APA style 6th Ed). The list of references should be presented as follows. Please
use the IDEAS Reference (12 pts hanging indent).
Ball, D. L. (1990). Prospective elementary and secondary teachers’ understanding of division.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 21(2), 132-144. doi: 10.2307/749140
McDonough, A., & Clarke, D. (2002). Describing the practice of effective teachers of mathematics
in the early years. In N. A. Pateman, B. J. Doherty, & J. Zilliox (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3,
pp. 261-268). Honolulu, USA: Psychology of Mathematics Education.
Preciado Babb, A. P., Metz, M., & Marcotte, C. (2014). Awareness as an enactivist framework for
the mathematical learning of teachers, mentors and institutions. ZDM – International Journal
of Mathematic Education. doi :10.1007/s11858-014-0657-0
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Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
How to use Styles
For Mac:
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Apply-change-create-or-delete-a-style-1a2cead9-897f48a7-9122-7849d3b5030a
For Windows:
https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/Style-basics-in-Word-d38d6e47-f6fc-48eb-a6071eb120dec563
If you have problems with this template, please contact Miwa.Takeuchi@ucalgary.ca
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