NCTM 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition

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

Geometry: It's Not Just Squares and Triangles Anymore!

Thursday, April 16, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Building the Base and Attaching the Altitude: Measuring Triangles
Jeffrey E. Barrett, Craig J. Cullen and Pamela S. Beck
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
104 C (BCEC)

Geometry and . . . (Units to Captivate Our Captive Students)
Andrew Freda
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
259 A (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Stop! Help! I Thought You Knew How to Make Shapes
Brenda Dorman and Laura Gray
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
205 C (BCEC)

Using Manipulatives and Investigations in Geometry
Karen Wootton and Christine Mikles
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
256 (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

100

Just a Piece of Paper: Linking Geometry, Measurement, and Fractions
Janice B. Koop
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
Commonwealth A-B (Westin)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

165

Architecture in Geometry
Robin M. Mankel
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
157 B/C (BCEC)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

176

Implementing Math Standards through Art Opportunities
Vicki C. Milstein, Joan D Martin and Min-Jen Taylor
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
104 C (BCEC)

198

GeoGebra + Complex Number Arithmetic: Implementing CCSSM
David R. Erickson and Armando M. Martinez-Cruz
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
160 A (BCEC)

201

What Knowledge Do Secondary Geometry Teachers Need to Be Effective?
Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Susan A. Peters and Robert N. Ronau
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, Preservice and Inservice
252 B (BCEC)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

280

Historical Geometric Constructions: Using Ruler, Compass, and the Mira
James Fulmer and Lianfang Lu
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice
157 B/C (BCEC)

Friday, April 17, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

330

High-Yield Geometry Routines
Juliana Utley
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
254 A/B (BCEC)

333

Taxi Cab Geometry Solves Real Problems
Glen W. Richgels and Amber R. Severson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
153 C (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

357

A Better Approach to Teaching Radian Measure
Jennifer L. Silverman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
258 B (BCEC)

360

Travel with M.C. Escher to Spain, Italy, Morocco, and Turkey
Carol D. Desoe
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
256 (BCEC)

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Experimenting with Transformations in the Plane
Christine D. Thomas
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
205 A (BCEC)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

377

Volume Measurement: Connecting 3-D Space and Number
Pamela S. Beck, Cheryl L. Eames and Jeffrey E. Barrett
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
159 (BCEC)

386

CANCELLED: Make Trigonometry Make Sense through Connections to Algebra and Geometry
Loring Coes
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
252 B (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

393

CANCELLED: Pentominoes: Exploring Transformational Geometry in Kindergarten
Beverly Caswell, Sarah Naqvi and Zack Hawes
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5
205 A (BCEC)

396

Don’t Be a Snob! Use Inclusive Geometry!
Marrie S. Lasater and Catherine Jones Kuhns
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
Commonwealth A-B (Westin)

404

Bring History to Life in Your Math Class
Kathleen Quesnel
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
258 B (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

433

Proportionality, Slope, and Similar Figures from a CCSSM Perspective
Nanette M. Seago
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, Preservice and Inservice
255 (BCEC)

436

Teaching Transformational Geometry with Technology
Daniel R. Ilaria
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
211 (BCEC)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

460

Seeing the Golden Ratio in a Five-Pointed Star
Shana Frank
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
253 C (BCEC)

461

Transformational Geometry Applied through the Use of SketchUp
Carl W. Lee and Craig Schroeder
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
107 B/C (BCEC)

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

495

Exploring Geometry and Measurement through Children's Literature
Kay A. Wohlhuter
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
Commonwealth A-B (Westin)

507

Investigating the Pythagorean Theorem and Its Proofs
Robyn W. Carlin
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
210 A (BCEC)

512

CANCELLED: Hooked on Conics Worked for Me
Lauren Jeneva Moseley, Jeremy Robert Newton and Jonathan Matthew Clark
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
107 B/C (BCEC)

515

Reasoning Abstractly and Quantitatively with Conic Sections
Bethany Noblitt
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
253 C (BCEC)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

555

CCSS Mathematical Practices: Promoting Geometric Thinking with Manipulatives
Beverly J. Ferrucci
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
205 A (BCEC)

563

Equivalent Figures: Deriving Area Formulas by Composition and Decomposition
Emily R. Keebler
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
Grand Ballroom C (Westin)

567

Common Core Based Investigations in Geometry
Fred Decovsky
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
253 C (BCEC)

572

Prove It! . . . With Rigid Motion Transformations
John Ashurst and Lindsay A. Gold
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
258 C (BCEC)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

601

Using Geometer’s Sketchpad to Dissect the Geometry of Washington, D.C.
Theresa J. Simmons
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
157 A (BCEC)

Saturday, April 18, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

621

Replacing Confusions with Coherence in Teaching Geometric Transformations
Zalman Usiskin
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
207 (BCEC)

623

Transformational Geometry with Technology: Implications of Common Core
Janet B. Andreasen, Erhan Selcuk Haciomeroglu and Edward M. Knote
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
160 A (BCEC)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

640

Using and Creating Mathematical Stories to Foster Geometrical Development
Angel Rowe Abney and Doris Santarone
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
205 C (BCEC)

643

Engineering a Number Line—A Unit for All Ages
Brent Ferguson
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
162 A/B (BCEC)

651

Martin Gardner and the Mathematical Practices
Michael Serra
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, Preservice and Inservice
210 C (BCEC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

675

Using Mech-a-Blocks to Explore Shapes, Patterns, and Transformations
Cherubim Cannon, Travis Sloane and Lesia Wilder
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
162 A/B (BCEC)

685

CANCELLED: Build Understanding with Geofix Pieces and Engaging Tasks
Laurie Boswell
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
205 A (BCEC)

687

STREAMing with Common Controversial Core
Judith A. Deeley
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
204 A/B (BCEC)

688

The Case of the Mischievous Solids: Engaging in the Mathematical Practices
Patricia D. Hunsader
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
252 A (BCEC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

710

The Transformers Are Coming!
Clifton Wingard
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
252 B (BCEC)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

720

Geometry: It's Not Just Squares and Triangles Anymore!
Thomas Fox
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
204 A/B (BCEC)