PME is a subgroup of ICMI, the International Commission on Mathematics Instruction. The International Committee, which consists of 16 members and the President, is responsible for administering the affairs of the Group. Every year, four of the sixteen committee places are refilled. Immediate re-election is not possible. Membership Membership is open to those involved in active research consistent with the aims of PME, and those professionally interested in the results of such research.
Membership is on an annual basis.
Currently, PME has about 850 members from some 50 countries all over the world. The main activity of PME is its yearly conference of four or five days, during which members have the opportunity to communicate personally with each other about their special and general interests. There are plenary lectures, a plenary panel, research paper presentations, working groups, poster sessions as well as other activities. Every year the conference is held in a different country. In 2001, the 25th anniversary of PME, the conference will be held in the Netherlands.