NCTM 2015 Regional Conference & Exposition: Nashville, Tennessee

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

Why Rich Tasks Are Better Than Poor Tasks

Thursday, November 19, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Making Math "Real" for Our Youngest Students
Karlyn R. Adler
Grade Band Audience:
104 B (Music City Center)

Response to Intervention in Mathematics: Helping Struggling Learners to Be Successful!
Gina Gresham
Grade Band Audience:
101 C (Music City Center)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Cancelled: Investigating Models of Exponential and Power Data Using Logarithms.
Sheila J Horstman
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
101 D (Music City Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Accurate? Effective? Efficient? Evaluating the Big Messy Math Problem
Nick Harris and Bethany Neel
Grade Band Audience:
103 (Music City Center)

Get Your Model On: Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary Classroom
Graham J Fletcher and Michael J. Wiernicki
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom F (Omni Nashville)

You Better Work! How to Be a Super Model-ing Teacher
Brian Shay
Grade Band Audience:
104 A (Music City Center)

10 Minutes of Code
ExWkshp Texas Instruments
Grade Band Audience: General Interest
106 C (Music City Center)

Developing Fractions Sense: The Power of Fraction Blocks
ExWkshp Borenson and Associates
Grade Band Audience: 3-5
106 A (Music City Center)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Solve It! Problem-Solving Tasks for the Middle Grades
JoAnn Cady, Geri A. Landry and Rebecca Layton
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom AB (Omni Nashville)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Bridging the Gap between Elementary and Middle School Mathematics
Ben M. McCarty
Grade Band Audience:
101 E (Music City Center)

Effects of Context on Student Strategies for Solving Proportion Problems
Jami Garner, JoAnn Cady and Keilah Kane
Grade Band Audience:
104 A (Music City Center)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Motivating and Modeling Student Life in Math
David C. Curlette
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom AB (Omni Nashville)

12:30 PM-1:00 PM

BLT Sandwiches and BLT Math (Bringing Life to Math)
Caroline Maher-Boulis and Lauren Jeneva Moseley
Grade Band Audience:
102 (Music City Center)

The Sky's the Limit! How High Can You Throw?
Angela R. Hollier
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom CD (Omni Nashville)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM

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Model with Mathematics Using Problem-Solving Tasks
Andrew Stadel
Grade Band Audience:
105 (Music City Center)

3:15 PM-4:30 PM

133

3 Act Math: A How-To
Dane Ehlert
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 9 to 12
Legends Ballroom EF (Omni Nashville)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

137

Students’ Conversations about Mathematics in Urban Classrooms
Gorjana Popovic, Susie Morrissey and Lamont Holifield
Grade Band Audience:
101 C (Music City Center)

Friday, November 20, 2015

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

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Math in Practice
Jennifer S. Towles
Grade Band Audience:
104 A (Music City Center)

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Interactive Mathematics Program: A Curriculum for Implementing the Eight Mathematics Teaching Practices from NCTM’s Principles to Actions
ExWkshp It's About Time
Grade Band Audience: 8-10
106 C (Music City Center)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

158

Engaging Students in Critical Thinking through Rich Tasks
Brian Marks and Leslie Lewis
Grade Band Audience:
101 D (Music City Center)

163

Selecting and Using Tasks to Develop MP.4: Model with Mathematics
Ashli J. Black
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom HJ (Omni Nashville)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

171

Performance Assessments—Authentic, Meaningful, and FUN!
Brett Doudican
Grade Band Audience:
101 C (Music City Center)

172

Ratchet Up the Rigor: Tasks for Algebra I and II
Carol McCance and Stacey Bradley
Grade Band Audience:
101 AB (Music City Center)

180

Make Learning Math Meaningful for All Students
ExWkshp It's About Time
Grade Band Audience: 8-10
106 C (Music City Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

REPEAT: Motivating Our Students with Real-World Problem-Based Lessons
Robert B. Kaplinsky
Grade Band Audience:
101 AB (Music City Center)

192

Adapting Problems to Meet the Rigor of CCSSM
Emily Freeland and Chris Weber
Grade Band Audience:
104 B (Music City Center)

204

CCSS Math Practices? Trust CPM's 25 Years of Writing Experience
ExWkshp CPM Educational Program
Grade Band Audience: General Interest
106 B (Music City Center)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

214

Open-Ended Problems: A Springboard for Quality Questioning
Cinthia Rodriguez
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, Research
105 (Music City Center)

12:30 PM-1:00 PM

222

Solving Word Problems: From Research to the Classroom
Jad F. Salameh
Grade Band Audience:
101 D (Music City Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

232

Posing Problems That Promote Perseverance
Thomas Evitts
Grade Band Audience:
Legends Ballroom D (Omni Nashville)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM

241

A Princess, a Wizard, and a Dragon Walk into School . . .
Shelley S. Dickson
Grade Band Audience:
Legends Ballroom AB (Omni Nashville)

247

Real Problem-Solving Adventures!
Trena Wilkerson, Rachelle Rogers and Keith Kerschen
Grade Band Audience:
101 D (Music City Center)

249

Unpacking the "Model with Mathematics" Standard for Mathematical Practice
Wesley A. Baxter, D. Christopher Stephens and Sarah K. Bleiler
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom G (Omni Nashville)

251

Modeling Fractions with Pattern Blocks
Jennifer M. Partin and Kayla Rymer
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
Legends Ballroom EF (Omni Nashville)

3:15 PM-4:30 PM

269

Show, Tell, Prove
Malinda Apanay and Autumn Vavoso
Grade Band Audience:
Broadway Ballroom HJ (Omni Nashville)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

274

Building Confident Problem Solvers
John Staley and Nicole M. Beck
Grade Band Audience:
101 E (Music City Center)

277

Fumbling toward Inquiry: Starting Strong in Problem-Based Learning
Geoff M. Krall
Grade Band Audience:
104 A (Music City Center)

279

Why Rich Tasks Are Better Than Poor Tasks
Dave I. Kennedy
Grade Band Audience:
103 (Music City Center)