Vol. 37 Num. 1 (2017) David Reid Editorial2 Alf Coles , Nathalie Sinclair Re-thinking place value: from metaphor to metonym ABSTRACT 3 Daniel L. Reinholz , Denny Gillingham Communication: Forms of formative assessment: eliciting and using student thinking9 From the archives Communication: From the archives12 France Caron Communication: Challenges and opportunities for publishing in mathematics education: the personal viewpoint of a francophone researcher13 Osnat Fellus , Florence Glanfield Communication: Reflections on the FLM pre-conference15 Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng Communication: Visible and invisible diversity in academic publishing19 Jean-François Maheux Communication: Défis and opportunities of la diversité (linguistic) in publication20 Luke Tunstall , Matthew Ferkany The role of mathematics education in promoting flourishing ABSTRACT 25 Igor' Kontorovich , Rina Zazkis Mathematical conventions: revisiting arbitrary and necessary ABSTRACT 29 Yasmine Abtahi The 'more knowledgeable other': a necessity in the zone of proximal development? ABSTRACT 35 - Contributor affiliations and contact information40