National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


21
 
Algebra Wasn't Always about Symbol Manipulation
Ruth E. Miller
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

119 A (Convention Center)

22
And We Have Liftoff: NASA's Exploring Space through Algebra 1
Paulette Granger and Monica Trevathan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

204 B (Convention Center)

24
Geometry Projects: Escher, Sierpinski, and Snowflakes in Your Classroom
Paul Kelley
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

120 C (Convention Center)

25
Mathematics of Game Shows Plus
Bowen Kerins and David Hammett
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

28
Advanced Quantitative Reasoning: Tasks, Tools, and Talk
Gregory D. Foley and Blake Regan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

103 A (Convention Center)

29
 
Reasoning in a Calculator's Presence on the SAT
Robin K. O'Callaghan and Andrew D. Schwartz
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 11 (Marriott Downtown)

32
Investigating Technology's Effect on Students' Solutions
Sirin Coskun
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice

109 A/B (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


84
Building Digital Materials to Enhance Learning in Algebra
Jennifer J. Kosiak, Heather Mathison and Bob Hoar
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

113 A (Convention Center)

85
Overcoming Fundamental Algebra Difficulties
Carole P. Sokolowski, Susan S. Gray and Barbara J. Loud
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Salon C (Marriott Downtown)

86
 
Connecting Teachers and Students through Skype
Paul V. Buckley and Doug Tyson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

120 C (Convention Center)

87
 
Fishing for Great Mathematical Explorations? Then "CAS"t a Bigger Net
Donald T. Porzio
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

108 A (Convention Center)

88
V Is for Vector
Amanda A. Simmons
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

109 A/B (Convention Center)

89
 
Exciting Activities with TI-Nspire™ for the Algebra 2
Brendan G. Kelly
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

201 B (Convention Center)

92
When Socrates Visited a Calculus Class
James E. Carpenter and William Gratzer
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

121 B (Convention Center)

93
3-D Modeling with Google™ SketchUp™
Mark A. Augustyn and Kathryn G. Shafer
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Salon H (Marriott Downtown)

94
Sinuosity, the Crookedest Street in the World, Rivers, and =sinx
Ron Lancaster
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

202 A/B (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


148
 
Making Podcasts to Assess Students' Learning
Heather Mathison, Jenni McCool and Jon F. Hasenbank
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

203 A/B (Convention Center)

150
Incorporating TI–Nspire™ CAS into an Inclusion Classroom
Anna V. Panova
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 8 (Marriott Downtown)

151
Tell Me a Story
Dane R. Camp
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

202 A/B (Convention Center)

152
The ACT Program and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Ken Mullen
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 5 (Marriott Downtown)

153
 
The Intersection of Math, Music, and Technology
Michael Thayer
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

125 (Convention Center)

155
Reasoning and Sense Making with Technology
Karen Hollebrands
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

204 B (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


182
A Conjecture Lab on a Sheet of Paper
Philip R. Mallinson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

115 C (Convention Center)

183
The Ethics of Using Advanced Technologies in a CCSSM Environment
Zalman Usiskin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Ballroom B (Convention Center)

184
 
Ten Terrific Applets for Teaching Statistical Inference
Daren Starnes
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

107 A/B (Convention Center)

185
 
Using Videos to Capture Data in Precalculus and Calculus
Maria L. Hernandez
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

121 B (Convention Center)

186
An Overview of CCSSM-oriented Core Math Tools
Christian Hirsch and Brin Keller
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

187
Proof in Geometry Textbooks: Not All Opportunities Are Created Equal
Nicholas J. Gilbertson and Samuel Otten
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Salon D (Marriott Downtown)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


240
Learn to Love Polynomials through Colorful Visualizations of Polynomiography
Bahman Kalantari and Bob Mann
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Salon C (Marriott Downtown)

241
Mathema-Tech: Great Ways to Use Technology in the Mathematics Classroom
James J. O'Keefe
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

204 B (Convention Center)

242
How Effective Is Your Homework?
James R. Wysocki
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Terrace Ballroom 4 (Convention Center)

244
Reasoning and Sense Making: Classroom Activities from Mathematics Teacher
Sarah E. Kasten and Jill Newton
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

202 A/B (Convention Center)

245
Tag! Using Technology to Address Understanding in Algebra and Geometry
Trena L. Wilkerson and Rachelle D. Meyer
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

117 (Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


300
 
Algebra Tasks That Support Math Discussion in Student Groups
Judith M. Kysh
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

113 A (Convention Center)

301
 
Flip-Flop Teaching with Screencasts
S. Leigh Nataro
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

115 C (Convention Center)

303
 
Simulations as a Tool for Reasoning about Probability and Statistics
Hollylynne Stohl Lee, Tina Starling and Marggie Gonzalez
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

109 A/B (Convention Center)

306
Algebra for All, 1901–2012
Don S. Balka
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

119 A (Convention Center)

307
 
Eureka! Ten Teachable Moments from the History of Mathematics
Gary M. Rubinstein
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

201 B (Convention Center)

309
Asking Better Questions Using Graphing Technology
Daniel R. Ilaria
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

120 C (Convention Center)

Friday, April 27, 2012

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


333
 
Making Math out of March Madness
Jennifer Axley
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Salon C (Marriott Downtown)

334
 
Targeted Connections: Making the Drop—Parachutes and Mathematical Modeling
Cheryl Malm and Patricia Lucido
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

337
 
Making and Supporting Statistical Inferences with Core Math Tools
Patrick Hopfensperger
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

201 B (Convention Center)

338
Trees Bloom Decisions When Cultivated with Probability and Expected Value
Thomas G. Edwards and S. Asli Ozgun-Koca
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

204 B (Convention Center)

339
 
Using Fathom to Develop Linear Regression and Residual Plots
Timothy Pope
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

115 C (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


394
 
Data Games: Learn Math and Achieve Victory through Data Analysis
William Finzer
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

126 B (Convention Center)

395
Advanced Placement Mathematics: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
Dan Kennedy
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

113 A (Convention Center)

396
 
Construction Site Geometry: A Lesson in Cooperative Learning
Sara J. Garrison and Brad Hunt
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 5 (Marriott Downtown)

397
 
Visualizing Systems of Equations with GeoGebra
Ana Escuder and James Duke Chinn
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

107 A/B (Convention Center)

398
Function Composition without Confusion: A Geometric Approach with Sketchpad® 5
Scott Steketee
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Salon H (Marriott Downtown)

399
 
Here's the Derivative's Graph: Tell Me about the Function
Lin McMullin
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

119 A (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


456
Crop Circle Algebra: Students Teaching Farmers?
Larry Ottman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

123 (Convention Center)

457
 
Equity and Algebra for At-Risk Students
Susan L. Hillman and Becca Buchalter
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

107 A/B (Convention Center)

460
How to Make a Profit in Mathematics
Bob Mann
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

108 A (Convention Center)

461
Mathematical Modeling and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Ron Preston, Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi and Michael Bosse
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

202 A/B (Convention Center)

462
 
Not "Just" a Fixed-Point Theorem
Joshu Fisher
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 2 (Marriott Downtown)

464
Strategies for Increasing Students’ Reasoning Capabilities and Mathematical Independence
Erin R. Moss and Sarah Marie DeLeeuw
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

117 (Convention Center)

465
Teaching Geometry to Implement the NCTM Focal Points and CCSS
Shlomo Libeskind
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

121 B (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


488
 
Pythagoras in China, or the Gou Gu Procedure
Iolanda Guevara Casanova and Carmen Burgués Flamarich
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

203 A/B (Convention Center)

490
Technology as a Tool for Orchestrating Mathematical Discourse
Jessica Cohen, Gail Burrill and Thomas P. Dick
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

201 B (Convention Center)

492
 
Lines of Best FIt: Fact and Fiction
Dave Bock
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

115 C (Convention Center)

493
Move to Improve: Using GSP Animations in the Geometry Classroom
Ruthmae Sears and Dung Tran
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 11 (Marriott Downtown)

494
 
Project-Based Learning: Balanced Assessment, Building Understanding
Jon F. Hasenbank, Jenni McCool and John Schmidt
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

107 A/B (Convention Center)

491.1
 
What Algebra Is Left to Learn in the CAS Classroom?
Loring Coes
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Terrace Ballroom 2/3 (Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


549
 
Mathematical Curves in the Real World: Fun(ctional) Learning
Scott D. Oliver
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

122 A (Convention Center)

550
Building a RtI Partnership: Lessons Learned along a Journey
Barbara Dougherty and Anne Foegen
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

103 A (Convention Center)

551
 
Mathematical Concepts to Make Sense of Algebra
Paul A. Foerster
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Ballroom B (Convention Center)

552
Quantitative Financial Literacy: An Advanced Algebra Course for All Students
Richard J. Sgroi
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

125 (Convention Center)

553
Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra and Common Core Standards
Karen J. Graham, Al Cuoco and Gwen Zimmerman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

108 A (Convention Center)

554
 
Special Triangles from the Golden Triangle and Ailles' Rectangle
Margot N. Calcut and Jack S. Calcut
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Salon D (Marriott Downtown)

555
 
Teaching Geometry Proofs to a Digital Generation
Irina Lyublinskaya
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

120 C (Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


607
Modeling, Core Math Tools, and the CCSSM Mathematical Practices
Fred Dillon
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

126 B (Convention Center)

611
 
FRAPPYs: Free-Response AP Problems, Yay!
Jason M. Molesky
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

201 B (Convention Center)

612
 
Teaching Sampling Distributions in the Statistics Classroom
Douglas J. Tyson and Michael A. V. Costello
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

125 (Convention Center)

613
Using a Web Page to Enhance and Support Mathematics Instruction
Shawn Hanrahan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

121 B (Convention Center)

614
The Mathematics behind Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)
Chuck E. Emenaker and Gene F. Kramer
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

615
Bringing Algebra, Functions, and Mathematical Practices to Life through Technology
Rose Mary Zbiek
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

202 A/B (Convention Center)

616
Thinking Flexibly with Representations
Joe Garofalo
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

103 A (Convention Center)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


633
 
Connect the Dots: Graph Theory in High School
John-Paul Pretti
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

109 A/B (Convention Center)

634
Transformations in Geometry: From Simulation to Analysis
Paul A. Kennedy and Maurice Burke
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

122 A (Convention Center)

636
 
Essential Understandings in Grades 9–12 Statistics: Preparing for the CCSS
Robert Gould, Stephen J. Miller and Roxy Peck
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

637
 
Exciting Math for Your Fourth-Year Course: Social Decision Making
Eric W. Hart
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

113 A (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


665
Free Tools: Financial Education, Math, and Problem Solving
Valerie Klein
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

113 A (Convention Center)

667
Residual Understandings: Making Statistical and Mathematical Connections with Technology
Susan A. Peters and Rose Mary Zbiek
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

119 A (Convention Center)

668
What's Literacy Got to Do with It? Math Literacy Coaching
Barbara C. Mazzolini and Blair Covino
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

121 B (Convention Center)

669
Reengaging Girls in Challenging Mathematics: Technology Integration and Instructional Shifts
Melissa Hosten
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice

117 (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


698
Mathematical Superlatives: Modeling Optimization with the TI-Nspire™
John Y. Dusenberry
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

120 C (Convention Center)

699
Students' Dream Functions: Exploring Additive and Multiplicative Functions
Clifton Wingard
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

109 A/B (Convention Center)

700
Using Core Math Tools to Implement the CCSSM Geometry Standards
W. Gary Martin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

107 A/B (Convention Center)

701
 
Using Technology in Students' Mathematical Modeling Projects
Philip Todd
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

103 A (Convention Center)