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

36.5

Prepare Your Students for Algebra Success
ExWkshp Pearson
Grade Band Audience:
151A (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Tapping the Potential of Struggling Learners of Mathematics: Instructional Strategies
Craig Schroeder, Christa Jackson and Margaret Mohr-Schroeder
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
258 C (BCEC)

Functions as Dances: Experience Variation and Relative Rate of Change
Daniel Scher and Scott Steketee
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
157 B/C (BCEC)

Thought-Provoking, Invigorating Games/Puzzles to Implement Common Core–Based Explorations
Gail Kaplan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
253 C (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Algebra Nation: Students Learning Algebra in and beyond the Classroom
Don Pemberton
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
Ballroom West (BCEC)

Quantitative Financial Literacy: A College/Career Readiness Advanced Algebra Option
Richard J. Sgroi and Robert K. Gerver
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
153 C (BCEC)

88.6

Is it Too Good to be True?
ExWkshp Pearson
Grade Band Audience:
151A (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

102

Middle Years Math Games for Linear Equations and Mixed Operations
Stephanie Garcia
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
109 A/B (BCEC)

105

A-E-I-O-U (Algebraic Enriching Instructional Opportunities for U)
Fred Thompson and Gregory S. Fisher
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
257 A/B (BCEC)

106

Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data
Kimberly Dawn Tarnowieckyi and Ray Kurtz
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
253 C (BCEC)

107

Learning Difficult Concepts in Algebra through iPad Apps
Steve Rhine and Rachel Harrington
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
252 A (BCEC)

111

Using Algebra Tiles from Polynomials to Factoring
Sherri D. Billings
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
258 C (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

128

Early Algebra: It’s FUNdamental
David Feikes, Martin Briggs and Mike Maesch
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
259 A (BCEC)

134

Generalizing: The Core of Algebraic Thinking
Barbara M. Kinach
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, Preservice and Inservice
207 (BCEC)

136

Intellectually Engaging Problems: The Heart of a Good Lesson
Blake E. Peterson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
205 B (BCEC)

137

Kinesthetic Strategies for Mastering the Unit Circle
Suzy Koontz
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Faneuil (Westin)

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

209

Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Building Bridges to Higher Mathematics
Monica Neagoy
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5
Grand Ballroom C (Westin)

215

Promoting Algebraic Thinking through the Lens of Number
Carolyn L. White and Susan Troutman
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
102 A/B (BCEC)

220

Developing Algebraic Reasoning with Visual Patterns
Audrey N. Bullock
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, Preservice and Inservice
205 C (BCEC)

221

28 (A Perfect Number) Activities for Student Engagement and Discourse
Gregory S. Fisher and Fred Thompson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
253 C (BCEC)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

237

Early Algebra Problems Worth Solving and Why
Maria Blanton
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5
255 (BCEC)

245

Geometric Transformations and Algebraic Functions: Two Sides of a Coin
Scott Steketee and Daniel Scher
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
Ballroom West (BCEC)

246

Mapping the Standards for Mathematical Practices to Algebra I Content
Zuzka Blasi and Courtney E. Arthur
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
161 (BCEC)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

273

Tasks That Build the Essential Understandings in Middle Grades Algebra
Zandra de Araujo, Barbara J. Dougherty and Fay Zenigami
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, Preservice and Inservice
206 A/B (BCEC)

278

Quadratic Functions Everywhere: Engaging Investigations to Develop Conceptual Understanding
Karajean Hyde, Kris Houston and Janna Canzone
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
258 C (BCEC)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

305

Mathematical Modeling in Abu Dhabi: Architecture, Design, and Mathematics
Ron Lancaster
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
254 A/B (BCEC)

Friday, April 17, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

314

Developing and Assessing Children’s Algebraic Thinking Using Patterns
Ernest Pratt
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
154 (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

348

Base-Ten Blocks to Beginning Algebra: Unifying Computational Algorithms
Marvin E. Harrell, Nancy L. Smith and Tiffany Hill
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
107 B/C (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

367

Six Interesting Triangles: Pascal, Chinese, Harmonic, Euler, Prime, and Golden
Lianfang Lu and James Fulmer
Grade Band Audience: General Interest/All Audiences
253 B (BCEC)

381

Solving Equations: It's Not Just a Balancing Act
Erika Silva and Stefanie M. Hassan
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
106 (BCEC)

389

The General Case: Differentiating through Abstraction
Amy Bigelow
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
160 A (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

403

Yikes! My Students' Fraction Knowledge Looks Like Swiss Cheese!
Amy Salgo and Marissa McClish
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
210 C (BCEC)

412

Quadratic Functions in Multiple Representations
Patrick M. Kimani
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
257 A/B (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

434

Linear Relationships Project
Beth Chestnutt and Nancy Monks
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
108 (BCEC)

437

Connecting Integrated High School Math to CCSS 5–8 Content
Mary Elizabeth R. Matthews
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Higher Education
106 (BCEC)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

448

Too Young for Algebra
Joohi Lee and Karen Allmond
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
257 A/B (BCEC)

459

Exploring Exponential Growth through Epidemics!
Sarah B. Bush, Karen Karp and Fred Dillon
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
210 C (BCEC)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

488

Cryptography Using Linear Functions and Their Inverses
Kara L. Leaman and Ann M. Schlemper
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Commonwealth C (Westin)

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

506

Connecting Proportional Reasoning and Algebraic Thinking
Gloria Beswick
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
257 A/B (BCEC)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

543

Teaching High School Algebra: What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide
Jane Porath and Matthew Larson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
Grand Ballroom B (Westin)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

558

Repeating Patterns, Algebraic Reasoning, and the Standards for Mathematical Practice
Nirmala Nutakki
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, Preservice and Inservice
258 B (BCEC)

559

Algebra Project and Young People's Project: The Flagway Game
Robert P. Moses
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
157 B/C (BCEC)

568

Algebra 1 Common Core: This Is How We Do It!
Michelle D. Jackson and Karen Rivers
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
204 A/B (BCEC)

Saturday, April 18, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

622

The Shift from Arithmetic to Algebra: It Begins with Variables!
Diana L. Moss and Teruni Lamberg
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
106 (BCEC)

627

Fitting Functions to Tables
Al Cuoco and Sarah E. Sword
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
209 (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

633

Early Misconceptions in OA . . . Now What?
David Janssen and Bethany Farmer
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5
156 C (BCEC)

646

Wicked Cool Algebra Tools: Making Sense of Patterns and Functions
David C. Webb
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
253 A (BCEC)

649

How to Connect Geometric Properties of Conics and Their Equations
Arthur T. Mabbott
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
102 A/B (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

666

The Algebra Artist: Drawing with Desmos
Darin E. Beigie
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
159 (BCEC)

667

What Makes Algebra Difficult for Some Students to Learn?
Rachel Harrington and Steve Rhine
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
157 A (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

691

Algebra II & Trigonometry: Wrap Your Brain and Hands around It!
Gary Kubina and Beverly Kubina
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
257 A/B (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

714

Modeling Noise-Cancelling Headphones with Trigonometric Functions
Blake Whitley, Jennifer Nickell and Ashley Whitehead
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
259 A (BCEC)