NCTM 2015 Regional Conference & Exposition: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

What Is Working: Examples of Best Practice Internationally

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

What Ignites Us?
Robert Q. Berry, Diane J. Briars, Gail Burrill, Annie Fetter, Linda M. Gojak, John J. SanGiovanni and Max Ray-Riek
L100 (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Thursday, November 12, 2015

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7:15 AM-7:45 AM

Regional Conference Overview & Orientation
Paul Kelley
L100 FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Educators of Native American Students—Ideas for Teachers
Richard Sgarlotti and James Barta
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Orchestrating Productive Discussions in Math Class: Moving Beyond Showing and Telling
Margaret Smith
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Twin Cities Math Teachers’ Circle (MTC)
Melissa Loe
M100 IJ (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Observing the Eight Mathematics Teaching Practices
Robert Q. Berry
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

What We Talk about When We Talk about Thinking . . . Online
Max Ray-Riek
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Strategies and Tasks to Build Procedural Fluency from Conceptual Understanding
Diane J. Briars
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

The 24/7 Staff Room
David C. Wees
M100 AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Incredible Math Tasks! Supporting Productive Struggle in Learning Mathematics
Bill Barnes and Jenny Novak
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Math Trauma: A Reality and a Challenge for All Teachers
Kasi C. Allen
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

106

Online Resources for Math Teachers: Finding (and Re-Finding) Great Lessons
Christy Pettis
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

109

They Can Cross Multiply, but Can They Reason Proportionally?
Megan J. Breit-Goodwin
M101 C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

125

Are All Interventions Created Equal?
Laurie B. Speranzo
101 AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

131

What Evidence “Counts” as Student Understanding of a Concept?
Stephen W. Miller and Victoria L. Bill
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Friday, November 13, 2015

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7:15 AM-7:45 AM

133

Regional Conference Overview & Orientation FRI
Paul Kelley
L100 FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

135

Chains and Webs
Justin Lanier
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

140

Putting the Principles into Action
Linda M. Gojak
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

155

Unpacking Standards as a Math Test Development Specialist
Angela L Hochstetter and Eric H Jenson
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

156

Focus on What Matters Most: Effective Teaching!
Matthew Larson
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

176

Board Hot Topic: Productive Strategies for Engaging Students in Productive Struggle
Paul Kelley and Diane J. Briars
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

210

Experience the Math Practices with Games and Online Tools
Patrick Vennebush
101 AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

213

Native American–Based Mathematics Materials
Charles P. Funkhouser, Miles R. Pfahl and Harriet C. Edwards
101 E (Minneapolis Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

234

Our Musical, Mathematical Brains: Ideas to Turn STEM to STEAM
Deborah J. Char
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

236

So . . . You Have a Math Goal
Terry Johanson
101 H (Minneapolis Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

250

Learning Styles: Reaching Students Who Think in Different Ways
Rita H. Barger and Eddie L. Smith
L100 ABCJIH (Minneapolis Convention Center)

255

What Is Working: Examples of Best Practice Internationally
James Barta
101 CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)