th
4 National Conference on
Graphing Calculators
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Maatthheem
maattiiccaall SScciieenncceess
Conference Secretariat.
School of Mathematical Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang.
Tel : 04-6533284
Fax : 04-6570910
Email : hajar@cs.usm.my or
dean_mat@usm.my
Website: http://math.usm.my/NCGC2011
Areas of Focus. Pedagogical Strategies, Assessment,
Curriculum, and Professional Development for Teachers.
Call for Papers. Papers may be submitted via regular mail or
as an attached MS Word file on an e-mail message to
ksuraya@cs.usm.my or mtahir@cs.usm.my. Please include a
title page containing title of the paper, focus area, author’s
name and institutional affiliation, mailing & e-mail addresses,
and phone number. All accepted papers will be published in
the Conference Proceedings after being peer-reviewed by
the Editorial Panel. The deadline for submission of papers is
March 1, 2011. The Editorial Panel will announce its decision
before March 21, 2011.
Call for Workshop Proposals. Participants are invited to
submit a proposal for a 1½-hour-workshop on topics related
to Algebra, Calculus, Statistics or others. The workshop must
involve the use of TI graphing calculators only. The proposal
should include the title of the workshop, a statement of the
goals of the workshop, facilitator’s name(s), affiliation (if
any), e-mail address and the maximum number of attendees.
All proposals will be reviewed by a panel and accepted
proposals will be notified through e-mail. Submission of
workshop proposals can be made to mathamh@cs.usm.my
or dean_mat@usm.my. The submission deadline is
December 20, 2010.
Language. The conference language is Bahasa Malaysia or
English.
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June 21 – 23, 2011
Hotel Equatorial, Penang, Malaysia
“REALIZING INNOVATIVE
TEACHING-LEARNING-ASSESSMENT
THROUGH GRAPHING TECHNOLOGY””
Introduction. Since 1997 the School of Mathematical
Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, has made continuous
efforts to promote the use of graphing calculators (CAS and
non-CAS) amongst students and educators in Malaysian
universities and secondary schools by organizing
conferences and workshops and offering courses that
incorporate the technology. With the purpose of discussing
new advances and examining various issues in pedagogy,
assessment, and curriculum impacted by the use of graphing
calculators, the School of Mathematical Sciences is
organizing the 4
th.
National Conference on Graphing
Calculators (NCGC 2011), to be held from June 21 – 23, 2011
at Hotel Equatorial, Penang. The scientific program will
comprise of plenary addresses, regular lectures, paper
presentations, as well as workshops.
Objective. To provide a forum for educators in Malaysia to
exchange ideas, to communicate and discuss issues on the
use of graphing calculators in the teaching and learning of
mathematics and science at all levels.
Registration Fee. The fee is RM600 (Early Bird, on or before
April 20, 2011) or RM650 (Late Registration, after April 20,
2011) for local participants and USD300 (Early Bird, on or
before April 20, 2011) or USD350 (Late Registration, after
April 20, 2011) for international participants. The fee
includes relevant conference materials, conference
proceedings, daily lunch and tea breaks.
Accommodation. Participants are expected to make their
own accommodation arrangements. Hotels in close vicinity
of the conference venue are:
 Hotel Equatorial Penang
o Tel: +60 4 632 7000
 Vistana Hotel Penang
o Tel: + 604 - 646 8000
 B-Suite Sdn. Bhd.
o Tel: + 604 - 646 7777
 The Krystal Suite
o Tel : +604 - 613 3333
 Hotel Seri Malaysia
o Tel: +604 - 6429452
 THE 4th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GRAPHING CALCULATORS (NCGC 2011)
21-23 June 2011 ♦ Hotel Equatorial, Penang, Malaysia

REGISTRATION FORM
(please use our special registration form for teachers if you are teachers under full (inclusive of accommodation and dinners) support by the
Ministry of Education Malaysia/State Education Department/School or Colleges)

Personal Particulars:
Refund policy: The conference maintains a no-refund policy on the registration fee. In the
Title: Prof Assoc. Prof. Dr Mr Ms
event that a participant who has paid up is unable to attend the conference, a substitute is
Name: ______________________________ allowed. However, the conference secretariat must be informed of the substitution by
May 14, 2011.
Gender: ____________________________
Affiliation: ____________________________________________ Please keep a copy of this form for your record. Send the completed form and payment to:
Mailing Address: ______________________________________
SECRETARIAT NCGC 2011
Arrival Date: _____________________ Departure Date: _________________________ School of Mathematical Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Phone No: _________________ Fax: __________________ 11800 USM
Email: _____________________ H/phone: _______________________ Penang,
Malaysia.

CONFERENCE FEES:

Local Participant
International Participant
RM 600 (Early Bird, before or on April 20, 2011) Date: __________________________ Signature: ____________________________
RM 650 (After April 20, 2011)
E-mail: dean_mat@usm.my Fax: +604-6570910
USD 300 (Early Bird, before or on April 20, 2011)
USD 350 (After April 20, 2011)

Fee will cover conference materials, conference proceedings, tea breaks and daily lunch.

*I hereby enclose a Government Local Order/Crossed Cheque/ Money Order/ Bank Draft
No:….……………............................... for RM/USD ...……….................. made payable to
“Bendahari Universiti Sains Malaysia”.

 Please state full name of the participant(s) on the back side of the bank draft, money order
or cheque.