National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2014 Regional Conference and Exposition: Houston, Texas

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

Completing the Square

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Matrix Operations in Oil and Gas Applications
Sandra Nite
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
310 BE (George R. Brown Convention Center)

Rethinking the Trigonometric Functions through Technology
Chris Bolognese
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Grand Ballroom A (George R. Brown Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Using Good Tasks
Fred Dillon
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
352 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

Prove It: Introducing Formal Logic Improves Geometry Students' Proof Technique
William Rose
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education
332 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

When Will We Ever Use This?
Scott D. Oliver
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
350 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

1:1 iPad Initiative in Mathematics
David A. Surdovel
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
352 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Let's Be Reasonable
Jennifer Castle and Helen King
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
332 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

Moneyball in the Classroom: Using Baseball to Teach Statistics
Josh Tabor
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
362 BCEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

119

Thinking outside the Plane
Kristine K. Dahlquist
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
360 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

121

Math Machines and Algebraic Thinking
Robert A. Chaney and Frederick J. Thomas
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education
342 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

145

Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications: Real World, Real Math
Richard J. Sgroi
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
362 BCEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

146

Avoiding Immediate Disengagement
Jennifer Law and Adam Hile
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
332 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

Friday, November 21, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

156

Making Sense of Regression: From Common Core to AP Statistics
Michael Legacy
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
332 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

158

Equity Connections with High School Probability/Statistics Content
Lawrence M. Lesser
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education
Grand Ballroom A (George R. Brown Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

180

24 Activities for All Math Classes
Gregory S. Fisher
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
352 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

181

Explore Quantitative and Categorical Paired Data in Context with CCSSM
John J. Diehl
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
360 ABC (George R. Brown Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

205

Vocabulary Strategies for the Math Classroom
Kim Scarbrough
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
310 BE (George R. Brown Convention Center)

206

Who Needs Homework?
Tony Alteparmakian
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
362 BCEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:00 PM

228

Using Robots to Teach Math
David A. Surdovel
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
340 (George R. Brown Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

241

A Potpourri of Conic Section Construction Techniques
Daniel Scher and Scott Steketee
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
350 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

242

Ruling Out Chance
Roxy Peck
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
360 DEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

263

The Harmonic Mean: Overlooked, Undervalued, Yet Way Cool!
Steve Yurek
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
342 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

264

Questioning in the High School Mathematics Classroom
Cindi Beenken Carroll
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Grand Ballroom A (George R. Brown Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

289

Investigations, Practice, Assessment: Making Tasks Count
Gail Burrill
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
332 AD (George R. Brown Convention Center)

290

Completing the Square
Julie Horn
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
362 BCEF (George R. Brown Convention Center)