Provided are the papers presented at a conference which served as an international forum on diagnostic and prescriptive mathematics education. They are: (1) "The Evolution of the Research Council for Diagnostic and Prescriptive Mathematics" by Robert Underhill; (2) "The Interaction of Knowledge and Cognitive Processes in Diagnosis and Prescription--Implications from Artificial Intelligence Research" by Tom Cooper and Rod Nason; (3) "Mastering Subtraction Facts: Implications from American and Australian Research" by Carol Thornton, Margaret Toohey, and Graham Jones; (4) "Interviews with Math Anxious Adults" by Carole Bauer; (5) "Teacher Training for Diagnosis and Prescription in Mathematics Education" by Kathryn Crawford; (6) "Project in the Mathematical Education of Re-entry Adult Learners" by Leone Burton; (7) "Aid for Problem Solving Diagnosis and Prescription in Action at Year 12" by Tom Cooper and Lyn English; (8) "A Systematic Approach to Developing Instructional Materials Focusing on Mathematical Word Problems" by E. Ray Phillips and A. Edward Uprichard; (9) "Qualitative Mathematics--The First Priority" by Douglas Crawford; (10) "Difference, Dividing, and Multiplication Strategies in Two Kinds of Fraction Problems" by George Bright and John Harvey; and (11) "Research on Learning and Instruction: Variables and Methods" by A. Edward Uprichard. (JN)