NCTM 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition

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

Modeling Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Trigonometric Functions

Thursday, April 16, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Connecting the Dots in Your Classroom
Daniel J. Brahier
154 (BCEC)

Geometry and . . . (Units to Captivate Our Captive Students)
Andrew Freda
259 A (BCEC)

Improving Student Success by Spiraling Activity-Based Learning
Bruce D. McLaurin and Alexander M. Overwijk
Grand Ballroom D (Westin)

Technology Used in the Flipped and Traditional Classroom
Beverly Heigre and Elizabeth Milanovich
159 (BCEC)

What? You Mean MY Ancestors Helped Invent Math?
Gary Rubinstein
252 B (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Algebra Nation: Students Learning Algebra in and beyond the Classroom
Don Pemberton
Ballroom West (BCEC)

Assessing PBL: Relating Student Work to the Practice Standards
Carmel Schettino
258 A (BCEC)

Removing the Fear of Fractions from Your Students
Joseph C. Mason
157 A (BCEC)

Flipping with a Twist: Promoting Inquiry while Flipping the Classroom
Jonathan M. Osters
255 (BCEC)

Keeping Students Engaged: Math in Art, Technology, and History
David M. Peabody
209 (BCEC)

Quantitative Financial Literacy: A College/Career Readiness Advanced Algebra Option
Richard J. Sgroi and Robert K. Gerver
153 C (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

135

Adaptation: Creating Open Problems from Closed Curricula
Geoff Krall
253 B (BCEC)

137

Kinesthetic Strategies for Mastering the Unit Circle
Suzy Koontz
Faneuil (Westin)

138

Making Mistakes in Math Class: Building a Culture of Learning
Donna Ivanisevic and Hannah Schuchhardt
154 (BCEC)

139

Million Dollar Mathematics of Game Shows
Bowen Kerins
210 B (BCEC)

140

Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships: Building PBL Culture in Your Classroom
Enrique Galindo and Jean Lee
107 A (BCEC)

141

The Standards for Mathematical Practice of CCSSM in Assessment
Robin K. O'Callaghan and Daniel Klag
161 (BCEC)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

190

Algebra Intervention and Common Core: What’s the Intersection
Mardi A. Gale
260 (BCEC)

191

Bringing Student Understanding to the Surface with Open-Ended Tasks
Kyle Schultz, PhD, Mallory Weingartner and Daniel Cassagne
154 (BCEC)

194

Powerful, Playful Learning
Susannah Gordon-Messer, Louisa Rosenheck and Carole Urbano
255 (BCEC)

195

Student-to-Student Mentoring in a Rich Problem-Solving Environment
Lois Burke and Arlene Smith
157 A (BCEC)

196

Contexts for Complex Numbers
Michael Pershan and Max Ray
205 B (BCEC)

198

GeoGebra + Complex Number Arithmetic: Implementing CCSSM
David R. Erickson and Armando M. Martinez-Cruz
160 A (BCEC)

199

The Surprise of Equivalent Problems
Margaret E. Coffey
203 (BCEC)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

228

Moving Principles into Actions: Leading Change in Mathematics Programs (9–12)
W. Gary Martin, Daniel J. Brahier and Joanne Wells
Commonwealth C (Westin)

246

Mapping the Standards for Mathematical Practices to Algebra I Content
Zuzka Blasi and Courtney E. Arthur
161 (BCEC)

247

Putting the REAL in Real-World Math Problems
Beau J. Bailey and Scott Baldridge
259 A (BCEC)

248

Mathematical Modeling in the Social and Biological Sciences
Daniel J. Teague
210 B (BCEC)

249

Standards-Based Grading: Right for You?
Ben Hyman and Jill Tani
159 (BCEC)

250

Tired of Plain Old Tests and Bell Ringers? Introducing Alternative Assessments
Niccole Taylor
Douglass (Westin)

251

The Role of Logic in Teaching Proof
Susanna S. Epp
253 B (BCEC)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

304

Finding the Write Answer: Deepening Mathematics Learning through Writing
Polina Sabinin and Rebecca Steinitz
154 (BCEC)

305

Mathematical Modeling in Abu Dhabi: Architecture, Design, and Mathematics
Ron Lancaster
254 A/B (BCEC)

306

Even the Weird Kids Have Parents
Anthony Griffith and Peter Doucette
209 (BCEC)

307

Using Binomial and Geometric Distributions to Make Real-World Decisions
Kenneth R. Chelst and Angela Principato
107 A (BCEC)

713

Common Core: Where to Focus to Promote College Math Success
Shlomo Libeskind
203 (BCEC)

Friday, April 17, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

310

Using Students� Thinking to Drive Mathematical Discussions and Optimize Learning
Erin R. Moss and Tyrone Washington
259 A (BCEC)

329

Building Student Understanding of the Mathematical Practices through IN-formative Assessment
Matt McLeod, Al Cuoco and Eden Badertscher
252 B (BCEC)

331

Assessing Your Assessments: The Next Phase of CCSSM Implementation
Adrienne Wooten and Mona Toncheff
Commonwealth C (Westin)

332

Modeling the Cycloid: From Geometry to Calculus
Maria L. Hernandez and Taylor Gibson
103 (BCEC)

333

Taxi Cab Geometry Solves Real Problems
Glen W. Richgels and Amber R. Severson
153 C (BCEC)

334

Using Student Choice and Self-Assessment to Increase Success for All
Carolyn Briles and Connie S. Schrock
161 (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

384

Principles to Actions: Using Good Tasks
Fred Dillon and Matthew Blue Taylor
254 A/B (BCEC)

385

Games of Chance: Exploring CCSSM Probability Standards in Motivating Contexts
Jonathan D. Watkins
209 (BCEC)

386

CANCELLED
CANCELLED: Make Trigonometry Make Sense through Connections to Algebra and Geometry
Loring Coes
252 B (BCEC)

387

Dynamic Computer Algebra Systems (CAS): Making Calculus Connections
Thomas P. Dick and Wade Ellis
108 (BCEC)

388

Explorations and Problem Solving with Heron's Formula and Alternative Proofs
James Wilson
260 (BCEC)

389

The General Case: Differentiating through Abstraction
Amy Bigelow
160 A (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

418

Engaging Innovative Tasks for Assessing CCSSM
Luis Saldivia and Michelle Worthington
259 A (BCEC)

435

Teaching High School Math through Real-World Topics
Karim K. Ani
154 (BCEC)

436

Teaching Transformational Geometry with Technology
Daniel R. Ilaria
211 (BCEC)

437

Connecting Integrated High School Math to CCSS 5–8 Content
Mary Elizabeth R. Matthews
106 (BCEC)

439

Mathematics Reading and Discourse Strategies for ELLs That Work
Angela Thompson
Faneuil (Westin)

440

The Mandelbrot Set Viewed through Precalculus
Daniel S. Anderson
103 (BCEC)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

487

Flipping Out-liers! Achievement for ELLs and Students with Special Needs
Eric R. Schoonard
107 A (BCEC)

488

Cryptography Using Linear Functions and Their Inverses
Kara L. Leaman and Ann M. Schlemper
Commonwealth C (Westin)

489

Essential Tools for My Flipped Math Classroom
Daniel D. Muscarella
252 B (BCEC)

490

Teaching Logarithms for Understanding
Michael Manganello and David R. Miller
161 (BCEC)

493

What's My Distribution?
John J. Diehl
104 C (BCEC)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

518

Moving to Action: Effective Teaching Practices in the Secondary Grades
Melissa D. Boston and Stephen W. Miller
209 (BCEC)

521

Improving Math with Your PLC: The Power of Formative Assessments
Juan Cordova and Angela B. Peery
103 (BCEC)

543

Teaching High School Algebra: What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide
Jane Porath and Matthew Larson
Grand Ballroom B (Westin)

544

Establishing a Culture of Perseverance
Hannah Schuchhardt and Donna Ivanisevic
159 (BCEC)

545

Locating Outliers and Influential Points Using Regression Analysis and Technology
James Graziose
154 (BCEC)

546

Reasoning Revision Revolution
Patrick Callahan and Jessica Murk
106 (BCEC)

547

What Every High School Teacher Needs to Know about Statistics
Roxy Peck
253 B (BCEC)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

578

CCSS Mathematical Practices: Getting Students to Use Them Realistically
Kwame Anthony Scott
211 (BCEC)

598

Student-Driven Learning: Project and Problem-Based Geometry and Algebra I
Kathleen M. Argall
108 (BCEC)

599

Crime Scenes in the Classroom
Janeen Bonner
259 A (BCEC)

600

QR Code Scavenger Hunt
Brian McBain, Jennifer McBain and Heather Curl
Commonwealth C (Westin)

601

Using Geometer’s Sketchpad to Dissect the Geometry of Washington, D.C.
Theresa J. Simmons
157 A (BCEC)

602

What Do My Students Know? How Do They Know It?
Barbara J. Dougherty and Jeannette Olson
253 B (BCEC)

603

LinReg Exposed!
John Hanna
203 (BCEC)

Saturday, April 18, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

619

Encryption for Those Who Don't Know Shift
Martin Funk and Kyle Ogrodnik
157 A (BCEC)

621

Replacing Confusions with Coherence in Teaching Geometric Transformations
Zalman Usiskin
207 (BCEC)

623

Transformational Geometry with Technology: Implications of Common Core
Janet B. Andreasen, Erhan Selcuk Haciomeroglu and Edward M. Knote
160 A (BCEC)

624

Experience-First Mathematics: Implementing Problem-Based Learning Effectively
Christopher J. Robinson, Andre Verner and Ryan Mahoney
153 C (BCEC)

625

Fridays, My Days 4 Great Math Tasks
Richard T. Seitz
104 C (BCEC)

626

Scored Math Discussions: Assessing Discourse in the High School Classroom
William Stafford
107 A (BCEC)

627

Fitting Functions to Tables
Al Cuoco and Sarah E. Sword
209 (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

665

Numbers! Count on Them to Link Algebra and Geometry Content
Margaret J. Kenney
161 (BCEC)

666

The Algebra Artist: Drawing with Desmos
Darin E. Beigie
159 (BCEC)

668

Conceptualizing the Trigonometric Functions Using Technology
Joshua Hertel
252 B (BCEC)

669

Webinars as a Pathway to Understanding CCSSM
Sean D. Nank
154 (BCEC)

670

Anybody Know What Time It Is? Class Challenge!
Charles E. Emenaker, Gene Kramer and Poranee Julian
103 (BCEC)

671

Strategy in Sports: Conditional Probability and Expected Value
Josh Tabor
106 (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

709

Integrating Authentic Economics Applications into a High School Mathematics Curriculum
Adam Lavallee
108 (BCEC)

711

What Do My Algebra Students Really Know?
Judith M. Kysh
157 A (BCEC)

712

Problems Worth Solving
Solomon Garfunkel
254 A/B (BCEC)

714

Modeling Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Trigonometric Functions
Blake Whitley, Jennifer Nickell and Ashley Whitehead
259 A (BCEC)