| Strand | Description | Related Keyword(s) |
| Theory and Research Methods | This strand is for proposals that focus on the development of theory and/or research methods. | -Research Methods -Design Experiments -Learning Trajectories (or Progressions) |
| Mathematical Processes | This strand is for proposals that focus on topics such as, but not limited to, problem solving, reasoning and proof, modeling, etc. | -Problem Solving -Reasoning and Proof -Advanced Mathematical Thinking -Modeling |
| Inservice Teacher Education/ Professional Development | This strand is for proposals that focus on inservice teacher learning and professional development. | -Teacher Beliefs -Affect, Emotion, Beliefs, and Attitudes -Equity and Diversity -Assessment and Evaluation -Teacher Knowledge |
| Preservice Teacher Education | This strand is for proposals that focus on the development of prospective teachers and their knowledge. | -Assessment and Evaluation -Instructional activities and practices -Equity and Diversity -Affect, Emotion, Beliefs, and Attitudes -Teacher Knowledge |
| Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching | This strand is for proposals that focus on teachers’ subject matter knowledge in relation to teaching. | -Teacher Knowledge -Number Concepts and Operations -Geometry and Geometrical and Spatial Thinking -Rational Numbers -Algebra and Algebraic Thinking |
| Teaching and Classroom Practice | This strand is for proposals that focus on analyzing the nature of classroom instruction (e.g., discourse, culturally relevant pedagogy) and factors that influence it (e.g., teacher identity). | -Classroom Discourse -Culturally Relevant Pedagogy -Instructional Activities and Practices -Teacher Affect, Beliefs, Identity |
| Student Learning and Related Factors | This strand is for proposals that focus on the influence of nonmathematical factors (e.g., beliefs, diversity) on mathematical learning. | -Metacognition -Informal Education -Equity and Diversity -Gender -Affect, Emotion, Beliefs, and Attitudes |
| Curriculum and Related Factors | This strand is for proposals that focus on curriculum analysis, development, implementation, assessment and evaluation. | -Curriculum -Curriculum Analysis -Curriculum Enactment -Standards (Broadly Defined) -Assessment and Evaluation |
| Technology | This strand is for proposals that focus on the use and development of technology for teaching and learning. | -Technology |
| Geometry and Measurement | This strand is for proposals that focus on the teaching and learning of geometry and measurement and spatial reasoning. | -Geometry and Geometrical and Spatial Thinking -Measurement |
| Early Algebra, Algebra, and Number Concepts | This strand is for proposals that focus on the teaching and learning of early algebra, algebra, and number concepts. | -Algebra and Algebraic Thinking -Number Concepts and Operations -Rational Numbers |
| Statistics and Probability | This strand is for proposals that focus on the teaching and learning of data analysis, statistics, and probability. | -Probability -Data Analysis and Statistics |