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

Thursday, April 14, 2011

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


26
Bouncing Balls, Tuning Forks, and Dinner Tables Equals Well-Rounded Kids
Mohammed Aminyar and Audrey Federman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

201/202 (Convention Center)

29
All Algebra, All the Time: Using Netbooks in Algebra 1
Roger Day, Ashley Thurnau and Tami S. Martin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

123 (Convention Center)

30
Geometric Modeling and Spatial Reasoning for Capstone Mathematics
Gregory D. Foley
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

128 (Convention Center)

31
Get Girls Excited about Diverse Math-Based Careers
Ellen Robinson and Shyno Chacko Pandeya
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

500 Ballroom (Convention Center)

32
Go with the Flow: Describing Storm Water Runoff Using Derivatives
Brad Hunt and Sara Garrison
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VIII (JW Marriott)

33
Promoting Reasoning and Sense Making through 3-D Geometry Explorations
Sharon McCrone and James King
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

103/104 (Convention Center)

34
Transforming High School Mathematics Using Transformations
Richard Parr
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

101/102 (JW Marriott)

35
Differentiating for Gifted Students in the Secondary School Classroom
Craig Russell
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice

Marriott Ballroom 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


80
As Easy as Pi: A Whole-School Lolla-Pi-Looza!
Nivan Saada and George McDermott
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

140 (Convention Center)

82
Grab Their Attention with Paper-Folding Parabolas
Janice E. Mitchener
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

125 (Convention Center)

84
Geometric Numbers through Differentiated Instruction
James E. Carpenter
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VIII (JW Marriott)

85
Infinity in Focus with The Geometer's Sketchpad®
Daniel Scher
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Marriott Ballroom 6 (Marriott Downtown)

86
Make Some Movies, Understand Some Algebra
Loring Coes
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Wabash Ballroom 3 (Convention Center)

87
Mindmapping in Mathematics
Mary Elizabeth Fugate
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VI (JW Marriott)

90
CANCELLED
Eureka! Ten Teachable Moments from the History of Mathematics
Gary Rubinstein
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

White River Ballroom F (JW Marriott)

91
Instructional Perspectives on Combinations and Permutations
Todd D. Cadwallader Olsker and Scott Annin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice

Sagamore Ballroom 2 (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


143
My Answers Don't Match: Using the Graphing Calculator to Check
Allison W. McCulloch and Rachael H. Kenney
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Grand Ballroom I (JW Marriott)

144
Supporting Productive Struggling in the Mathematics Classroom
Susan May and Kathi Cook
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Marriott Ballroom 3/4 (Marriott Downtown)

145
Functions on the First Day of Algebra 1? Absolutely!
Renee L. Colquitt
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom X (JW Marriott)

146
Geometric Optimization
Sarah Sword
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Sagamore Ballroom 4 (Convention Center)

147
Historical Topics in Mathematics: Patterns on Pascal's Triangle
Jim Fulmer and Suzanne Mitchell
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

White River Ballroom G/H (JW Marriott)

149
Taking Advantage of Technology and Connections to Construct Multiple Proofs
Zhonghong Jiang
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

120 (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


171
Slope and Tangent: It's a Geometric Connection!
Cheryl J. Tucker and Roy B. Dean
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Grand Ballroom VIII (JW Marriott)

173
Using Screen-Capture Movies to Assess Quadrilateral Constructions in Sketchpad
Annie Fetter and Christina Foran
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Wabash Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

175
Close Encounters of the Third Dimension: Learning through Investigation
George McDermott
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

500 Ballroom (Convention Center)

176
A Interesting Problem with Master Locks and Simplex Locks
PingHsiu Lee and Khoon Tan
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

Marriott Ballroom 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

177
MINDSET: Mathematics INstruction Using Decision Science and Engineering Tools
Karen Norwood
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

109/110 (Convention Center)

178
3-D Modeling with Google™ SketchUp™
Mark A. Augustyn and Kathryn G. Shafer
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

201/202 (Convention Center)

179
Geometry Software Showdown: The Geometer’s Sketchpad® versus GeoGebra
Jeffrey S. Hall
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VI (JW Marriott)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


228
Geometry: Making the Connections
Fred Dillon and Alyssa Holsar
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

107/108 (Convention Center)

231
What's the Probability I Can Draw That?
Janet R. Tomlinson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Marriott Ballroom 6 (Marriott Downtown)

232
Schools as Teaching Tools: Real-World Architectural Design Problems
Jennifer Masengarb, Mary Wiltjer and Ken Indeck
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

White River Ballroom C/D (JW Marriott)

234
The Trigonometry of Endurance: Teaching Geometry through Shackleton's Voyage
Justin Dimmel and Brendan Kenny
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

120 (Convention Center)

235
Understanding AP Calculus Concepts Using Action-Consequence Documents
Wade Ellis and Thomas P. Dick
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

111/112 (Convention Center)

236
Exploring Areas of Triangles: Five Students, Five Different Perspectives
Farshid Safi and George J. Roy
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

140 (Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


285
And We Have Liftoff! Exploring Space through Algebra 1
Martha Grigsby and Monica Trevathan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

White River Ballroom G/H (JW Marriott)

286
How Lesson Study Transformed Our Mathematics Department
Carol Renee Caref
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Sagamore Ballroom 6 (Convention Center)

287
Transform Quadrilaterals with Formative Assessment
Colleen M. Eddy, Kevin Hughes and Casey Harl
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

125 (Convention Center)

288
AP Statistics: An Ideal High School Capstone Course
John F. Mahoney
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

123 (Convention Center)

289
Find the Area of the Convention Center Using Determinants
Ronald G. Armontrout
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom V (JW Marriott)

290
Fortifying the First Five: Five-Minute, Period-Opening Activities
Robert K. Gerver
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

141/142 (Convention Center)

291
Polyhedra You’ve Never Met, But Will Absolutely Want to Use!
Laurie Bass
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

103/104 (Convention Center)

Friday, April 15, 2011

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


320
Mathematics of Game Shows
Bowen Kerins and Kevin Waterman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

125 (Convention Center)

322
Proof or Consequences: Interactive Geometry Investigations Lead to Proof
Paul A. Kennedy and Maurice Burke
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Sagamore Ballroom 2 (Convention Center)

323
Calculus Animations with Geogebra
Kevin W. Hopkins
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

111/112 (Convention Center)

324
The Geometry of Perspective
David A. Thomas
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom X (JW Marriott)

325
Great High School Investigations Adapted from College Math Journals
Amanda Ketner, Alan Russell and Jan Mays
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Marriott Ballroom 3/4 (Marriott Downtown)

326
How to Train Your Draggin': Functional Thinking with Dynamic Sketches
Michael Todd Edwards and Jeffrey J. Wanko
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

123 (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


372
A Day in the Life of a Fractal
Neil D. Cooperman and Stephanie H. Cooperman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

White River Ballroom G/H (JW Marriott)

374
Geometry Concepts Applied to Physics Problem Solving in Mathematics Classrooms
Sherrie L. Wisdom
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

140 (Convention Center)

376
Professional Development that Answers YOUR Questions
Erin Moss and Janet White
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

109/110 (Convention Center)

377
Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning Proofs
Tad Watanabe
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom V (JW Marriott)

378
Transforming Geometric Proof with Reflections, Rotations, and Translations
Kristin A. Camenga
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom X (JW Marriott)

379
What We Learned from the First Three Years of Teaching
Rustin Reys and Adam Hoffman Bezinovich
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

143 (Convention Center)

381
Promoting Reasoning and Sense Making in High School Mathematics
W. Gary Martin, Laurie A. Boswell and Daniel Chazan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

Sagamore Ballroom 4 (Convention Center)

382
The Law of Cosines (without the Cosines)
Ellen Ford and Bill Rosenthal
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

207 (Convention Center)

383
Experiencing the Eüler Line and More!
James M. Rubillo
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Hall F (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


436
Transform Your Geometry Teaching with These Free, Online Resources
Steve Risberg and Annie Fetter
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

128 (Convention Center)

438
Bringing Algebra and Geometry Together through Linear Algebra
Kevin Waterman, Stephanie Ragucci and Bowen Kerins
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VIII (JW Marriott)

439
Sequences of Shapes and the Cantor Set
Martin Funk
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

107/108 (Convention Center)

440
Counting across the Curriculum
Clifton Wingard
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

201/202 (Convention Center)

441
Geometry and Technology: The Unit Circle and Geogebra
Zyad Bawatneh, Erhan Haciomeroglu and Deana L. Deichert
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

141/142 (Convention Center)

442
How Graphing Technology Changes Teachers' Questioning
Daniel Ilaria
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

Wabash Ballroom 3 (Convention Center)

443
“Show Your Work!” Why This Is Not Enough with Wolfram|Alpha
Sarah K. Bleiler
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

White River Ballroom C/D (JW Marriott)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


470
Using Your Graphing Calculator to Explore Translations, Rotations, and Reflections
Fred Decovsky
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Marriott Ballroom 6 (Marriott Downtown)

472
Bringing Mathematics to Life through Dance
Tod Shockey and Sandra Baldwin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom VI (JW Marriott)

473
Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra: It's about Good Problems!
Laurie A. Boswell and Paul Kelley
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

141/142 (Convention Center)

474
Sliding through Trig and Precalculus: Animations to See Patterns
Ruth Dover
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

White River Ballroom G/H (JW Marriott)

475
Ten Investment and Finance Problems
Paul Young
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

111/112 (Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


523
America’s Next Top Modelers: How to Excite Students about STEM
Micah S. Stohlmann and Tamara Moore
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

123 (Convention Center)

524
Engage, Empower, and Transform Low-Performing Math Students
Kymn Van Dyken and George Stone
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Marriott Ballroom 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

525
Making Informed Mental Math Decisions: Three Factors for Appropriate Use
James R. Olsen
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

140 (Convention Center)

527
Geometry on the SAT: Linking Content and Process
Robin K. O'Callaghan and Andrew D. Schwartz
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Sagamore Ballroom 6 (Convention Center)

528
Power Parametrics: Modeling Motion with the TI-NSpire™
John Y. Dusenberry
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

101/102 (JW Marriott)

529
Promoting Higher-Level Geometric Thinking through Constructions and Writing Assignments
Jennifer V. Nickell and Kevin E. Carlin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

White River Ballroom C/D (JW Marriott)

530
What I Learned (about the Math) from Teaching Math History
Ruth Miller
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

141/142 (Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


575
Crossing the Lines: Where Geometry and Literature Meet
Byung-In Seo and Susan Hillman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Grand Ballroom I (JW Marriott)

579
Using Open-Ended Questions to “Teach to the Test”
Rachael H. Kenney
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Grand Ballroom X (JW Marriott)

580
Different Types of Interactive Geometry Problems to Foster Mathematical Discussion
Anna E. Baccaglini-Frank
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Grand Ballroom V (JW Marriott)

581
Bloom Takes Calculus: Higher-Level Tasks for Your Calculus Courses
Gizem Karaali
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

143 (Convention Center)

582
Variability Is the Spice of Life
Robert Glasgow
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education

120 (Convention Center)

583
Accumulation and Functions Defined by Integrals
Lin McMullin
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

128 (Convention Center)

584
Reasoning and Sense Making: Making It Central
Lindsay Umbeck
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

109/110 (Convention Center)

Saturday, April 16, 2011

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


606
Learn How to Create Your Own Wii Interactive Whiteboard
Deana L. Deichert and Mercedes Sotillo
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

107/108 (Convention Center)

607
Thinking Deeply about Two Elementary Math Concepts: Area and Perimeter
Wayne Nirode
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

125 (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


635
Studying the Quadratic Function: A Historical and Technological Perspective
Thomas Edwards and S. Asli Ozgun-Koca
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

107/108 (Convention Center)

636
An Evaluation of a Hybrid Online Program for Algebra 1
Linda Cavalluzzo, JoAnn Mosier and Roland O'Daniel
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

109/110 (Convention Center)

638
CANCELLED
Algebra: Focus on Reasoning and Sense Making
Karen Graham, Al Cuoco and Gwen Zimmermann
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice

140 (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


666
Becoming a PRIME Teacher for Assessment!
Timothy Kanold
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Sagamore Ballroom 2 (Convention Center)

667
Technology as a Lever for Reasoning and Sense Making
Thomas P. Dick and Karen F. Hollebrands
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

500 Ballroom (Convention Center)

668
Math and Science @ Work from Launch to Landing
Natalee Lloyd and Monica Trevathan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

141/142 (Convention Center)

669
Communicating about Geometry in a Web 2.0 World
S. Leigh Nataro
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

107/108 (Convention Center)

671
Problem-Based Learning (PBL): A Transformed Perspective for Standards-Based Geometry
Sunshine Greene and Carmel Schettino
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

201/202 (Convention Center)