Vol. 5 Num. 2 (1985) David Hawkins The edge of platonism2 Diana Kroll Evidence from The Mathematics Teacher (1908-1920) on women and mathematics7 Hans-Georg Steiner Theory of mathematics education (TME): an introduction11 John W. Berry Learning mathematics in a second language: some cross-cultural issues18 Thomas Cooney , Fred Goffree , Max Stephens , Marilyn Nickson The professional life of teachers24 Dave Kirshner Communication: Linguistic and mathematical competence31 E. B. C. Thornton Communication: Four operations? Or ten?33 Jan van den Brink Communication: Staging arithmetic: a suggestion for the start of mathematics instruction35 Joel Hillel On logo squares, triangles and houses38 Celia Hoyles , Judith Armstrong , Rosalinde Scott-Hodgetts , Linsay Taylor Snapshots of a mathematics teacher: some preliminary data from the Mathematics Teaching Project46