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

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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)

27
What Is a Solution?
Rebecca K. Walker
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

125 (Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


45
Connecting Spatial, Algebraic, and Data Reasoning for Common Core Standards
James R. Matthews and Jenny K. Tsankova
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

201 A (Convention Center)

50
Using Hands-On Equations® and Gestures to Teach Basic Algebra
Joyce Hardaway and Kathryn Dillard
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

120 A/B (Convention Center)

56
Fun Practice with the TI-84 Plus™
James A. Early and Neelia J. Jackson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

201 C (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


79
Let's Mix Drinks: Ratio in Japanese and Singapore Textbooks
William Jackson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

Franklin Hall 8 (Marriott Downtown)

81
Strategies for Helping Prealgebra Students Develop Symbol Sense
Ann Lawrence
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

115 C (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)

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)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


96.4
"Cracking the Code of Algebra" or"Cracking One's Head on Algebra"
ExWksp: Borenson and Associates
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

118 B (Convention Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


110
My Math Teacher Writes in Secret Code! I Don’t Understand!
Janie L. Zimmer and Robert O. Jesberg
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

105 A/B (Convention Center)

112
Building Math: Integrating Algebra and Engineering in the Classroom
Peter Y. Wong
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

124 (Convention Center)

115
Using Origami to Explore Proportional Reasoning
Cindia D. Stewart and Harry Holloway
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

118 A (Convention Center)

120
Exploring Finite Differences through Multiple Representations of Functions
Anne Papakonstantinou and Richard Parr
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

201 A (Convention Center)

122
Illuminating the Standards for Mathematical Practice: Light It Up
Linda K. Griffith
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Salon I/J (Marriott Downtown)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


129
From Grade 5 to High School: An Algebraic Investigation
Al Cuoco and Alicia Chiasson
Grade Band Audience: General Interest/All Audiences

Salon C (Marriott Downtown)

134
Introducing Equality and Relating It to the Equal Sign
Henry Borenson
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, PreK to 2

115 C (Convention Center)

147
Essential Elements for Intervention: Not Business as Usual
Mardi A. Gale
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Salon D (Marriott Downtown)

11:30 AM-12:30 PM


158.1
Prealgebra Upgrade: Interactive Lessons Using Songs, Video, and Games
ExWksp: Learning Upgrade LLC
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

115 B (Convention Center)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM


189.4
Algebra Upgrade: Interactive Lessons Using Songs, Video, and Games
ExWksp: Learning Upgrade LLC
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

115 B (Convention Center)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM


193
Stop! Help! I Thought You Understood the Properties of Operations
Laura L. Gray and Brenda Dorman
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2

Franklin Hall 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

195
Packing a Powerful Punch with Patterns: Foundations of Algebraic Thinking
Carollee Norris
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5

204 A (Convention Center)

214
Conics: Connecting Paper Folding to TI-NSpire™ Handheld Tools
Arthur T. Mabbott
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 3/4 (Marriott Downtown)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


232
Grow Beasts: Growing Understanding through Active Engagement and Inquiry
Mark R. Roddy
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

Franklin Hall 11 (Marriott Downtown)

233
Promoting Algebraic Thinking with Quality Questioning
DesLey V. Plaisance
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

115 C (Convention Center)

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)

2:30 PM-3:30 PM


250.3
Financial Algebra: A 3rd/4th Year Math Course
ExWksp: Cengage Learning
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

113 B (Convention Center)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


251
Developing Algebra, Number Sense, and Geometry through NCTM’s Free E-Examples
Sarah Marie DeLeeuw
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2

Salon E (Marriott Downtown)

268
Open Your Eyes! Seeing Linear Equations Differently
Tamara Pearson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

121 C (Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


298
Analyzing Middle School Students' Algebra-Related Misconceptions and Errors
Sarah B. Bush
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 6 to 8

103 A (Convention Center)

302
Robots, Speed Circles, and Proportions: Empowering Mathematics with Technology
Ricky C. Carter
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Terrace Ballroom 1 (Convention Center)

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

119 A (Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


312.2
Prepare your students for success in Algebra
ExWksp: Pearson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

103 B (Convention Center)

Friday, April 27, 2012

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM


326
Enhancing Students’ Writing and Interpretation Skills in Numerical Expressions
Makoto Yoshida
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

117 (Convention Center)

330
What Do Skiing and Algebra Have in Common? Slope
Ann Marie Spinelli and Kathy Gavin
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

203 A/B (Convention Center)

332
Digging Deep into Polynomials with Virtual Algebra Tiles: Action Research
Angela M. Greene
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Salon H (Marriott Downtown)

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)

343
How Can We Improve Students’ Success with Algebra?
Debi DePaul, Anne Swant and Courtney Nelson
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice

Franklin Hall 5 (Marriott Downtown)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


354
Building Common Core Mathematical Practices through Early Algebra
Maria Blanton, Angela Murphy Gardiner and Timothy Marum
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8

Ballroom A (Convention Center)

362
Fractal Functions: Connecting Geometry, Measurement, and Algebra
Teri L. Willard
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

122 B (Convention Center)

366
Tools? Toys? Technology? Engaging Students in Algebra
Sara Delano Moore
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Franklin Hall 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

368
Algebra 2 &Trigonometry: Wrap your brain and hands around it!
Gary D. Kubina
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Salon K/L (Marriott Downtown)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


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)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


405
Integrate Technology, Mathematics, and Other Disciplines
Maria Diamantis and Adam Goldberg
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2

108 B (Convention Center)

420
Nspire™ Connections between Proportional Reasoning and Algebraic Thinking
Gloria R Beswick and Rhonda Niemi
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

119 B (Convention Center)

421
The Power of Proportional Reasoning
Lu Ann Weynand and Genni Steele
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

120 A/B (Convention Center)

426
I Walk The Line: Modeling Linear Motion with Motion Detectors
Neelia J. Jackson and James A. Early
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

121 C (Convention Center)

428
A Differentiated, "Cool Problem" Approach to Recursion Prealgebra through Precalculus
Raymond Siegrist and Tom Beatini
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

204 A (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


443
Cultivating Algebraic Thinking and Reasoning in the Early Grades
Monica M. Neagoy
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, PreK to 2

113 A (Convention Center)

453
How Does Your Pattern Grow? Fostering Students’ Algebraic Reasoning
Johnna Bolyard, Sarah Selmer and Andrea Miller
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

115 C (Convention Center)

459
Starting with Graphs
Franny Van Dyke
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

201 B (Convention Center)

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

108 A (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


483
A Novel Way to Use a Novel
Jacqueline Burns
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

202 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)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM


500
Algebra: The Missing Variable in Elementary School Mathematics
Kimberly J. Bender, Victoria Bohidar and Kathryn Munson
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, PreK to 2

119 B (Convention Center)

515
An Origami-Algebra Connection
Joseph R. Georgeson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

115 A (Convention Center)

527
Using Games and Technology to Connect Tables, Graphs, and Equations
Judy Lynne Brown
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12

126 A (Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


535
Building Algebraic Thinking into Number and Operations
Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2

202 A/B (Convention Center)

547
Solving Equations Using Nonconventional Methods
Shephali Chokshi-Fox and Victoria L. Miles
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 6 to 8

203 A/B (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)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM


567
Developing Core Content and Practices with NCTM’s Free E-Examples
David Barnes
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5

Salon A/B (Marriott Downtown)

571
Native American Beadwork: Mathematical Connections Integrating Technology and Culture
Jim Barta and Tod Shockey
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 3 to 5

120 A/B (Convention Center)

575
Multisensory Algebra: Using Manipulatives and the Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence
Marilyn L. Zecher
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

124 (Convention Center)

581
Integrating Manipulatives and Technology: TI-Nspire™ for Middle School Teachers
Delbra Robinson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

Ballroom A (Convention Center)

583
The Depth of the Real-Number System and Number Line
Jean J. McGehee
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 9/10 (Marriott Downtown)

587
Fun with Functions: Helping Students Make Sense of Transformations
Elizabeth M. Gasque and Judith Hicks
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12

Franklin Hall 6/7 (Marriott Downtown)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


604
From Coordinates to Functions with a Story
Cindy Neuschwander
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

114 (Convention Center)

608
Providing English Language Learners Access to Cogntively Demanding Mathematics Tasks
Susie W. Hakansson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

113 A (Convention Center)

609
Using Magic to Encourage Learning in Algebra
John W. Gregory
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

107 A/B (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)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM


635
Connecting Vocabulary and Conceptual Understanding in College Algebra
Susan Gay and Ingrid Peterson
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12

120 C (Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


647
Making Sense of Variables, Expressions, and Equations
Suzanne H. Chapin
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

111 A/B (Convention Center)

649
Coordinate Plane Transformations: Have You Got the Right Image?
Margaret A. Bambrick and Ruth Casey
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8

124 (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


662
Fostering Algebraic Thinking by Making Variables Vary with Geometer's Sketchpad®
Charlie Hennessy
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8

107 A/B (Convention Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


674
Algebraic Reasoning = Successful Problem Solving
Carolyn L. White and Susan Troutman
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5

115 A (Convention Center)

677
Reaching All Students with Mathematics: Experience Success in Action
William J. Glee and Howard J. Baker
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, Preservice and Inservice

121 A (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


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

109 A/B (Convention Center)