Latest News: 2025 MCG Conference Procceedings are now out, thanks to Elisabet Mellroth, Scott A. Chamberlin, Yvonne Liljekvist, Linda Mattsson, Attila Szabo & Mirela Vinerean-Bernhoff, co-editors, as well as all contributors. Congratulations with the great accomplishment! Here is the link to proceedings https://kau.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1953266/FULLTEXT02.pdf
MCG Elections: Here are the results of the 2024 MCG elections :
President-elect: Elisabet Mellroth - Sweden Term begins immediately. Elisabet will become MCG President at the 2025 conference.
IC Members: Term beginning at the 2025 conference and continuing until the 2029 conference.
Ayman Aljarrah - Canada
Mirela Vinerean Bernhoff - Sweden
Scott Chamberlin - USA
Judi Mills - Ireland
Santhanam Sundaram Ramachandran - India
Yeap Ban Har - Singapore
15th MCG conference - Calgary, Canada - September 14 - 27, 2027 (tentative dates) - Approved
Congratulations to all elected!
Dear colleagues and friends from all over the world,
Our Team the officers of MCG works hard to make many interesting things happend.
Our next, 14th MCG conference begins on June 16 - 18 2025 in Karlstad, Sweden, For more information : Go to the conference site igMCG14.
There will be a GMM during the confernce. This will be also a beginning of new IC's members term lead by Elisabet Mellroth who becomes the MCG president.
We continue production of new issues of our newsletter thanks to a great editorial work by Scott Chamberlin and Chris Weiss and other board members and contributors. It provides interesting examples of how to stimulate creativity and talents in our students. The 2025 Spring issue now published. The next one will be out in September, 2025. Contact Scott [at] uwyo.edu if you are interested in writing an article.
For everyone not yet a member, please, consider joining the Group and taking part in our activities.
Viktor Freiman Elisabet Mellroth Scott Chamberlin Ralf Benölken
President President-elect Secretary Treasurer
Future Events
We are happy to invite you all to the 14th MCG conference in June 2025 in Sweden. The conference is a merged conference, and you will meet both friends and colleagues from the MCG group as well as friends and colleagues from the European Council of High Ability community. Welcome to the bright summer nights in Sweden. Registration and submission is open at Combined ECHA and igMCG conference, 16 – 18 June 2025. | Karlstad University (kau.se)
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (MCG) is an exciting topic that was overlooked in school education and in the educational research for a long time.
The International Group for MCG brings together mathematics educators, mathematicians, researchers, and others who are inspired to nurture and support the development of mathematical creativity in all and the realization of mathematical promise and mathematical giftedness.
MISSION
The purpose of the group is to bring together mathematics educators, mathematicians, researchers, and others who are interested in nurturing and supporting the development of mathematical creativity and the realization of mathematical promise and mathematical giftedness, promoting the improvement of teaching and learning mathematics, and widening students’ abilities to apply mathematical knowledge in innovative and creative ways. The work of the Group will concentrate on distinct but interrelated domains such as:
mathematical creativity for all students, from all backgrounds, and of all ages,
mathematical creativity, aptitude, and achievement,
mathematical giftedness, talent and promise,
mathematical creativity for individuals or teams, inside or outside the classroom,
mathematics competitions.
JOIN THE GROUP
CLICK HERE to submit Membership Application Form
AFFILIATIONS
MCG (International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness) is affiliated with ICMI (the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction)
see details at: http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/icmi/affiliate-organizations/study-groups/