2009 Program

2009 Abstracts

2009 Sharing Sessions

2009 Schedule
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Precalculus:

Putting the InTrigue Back in Trig
Teaching for Financial Literacy in Pre-Calculus
Preparing Precalculus Students for Physics
Use a SMART Board™ To Teach Precalculus Topics

Calculus:

Relating Related Rates to Students (new)
Addressing Students Misconceptions about Calculus
See the Derivative Come Alive

Algebra & Geometry:

Term Tiles and Tokens for Algebra I and II
Geometry Projects using Geometer’s Sketchpad
A Six-Pack of Ideas for your Geometry Class
Teaching Algebra to Future Calculus Students
The “Art” of Transforming Functions

Discrete Mathematics:

Understanding Pascal and Fibonacci with Cuisenaire Rods
Pascal’s Triangle and Tetrahedron
An Hour with the Tower (of Hanoi): Using Multiple Approaches

Probability & Statistics:

Big Ideas in Probability and Statistics
Collect All Four
Nothing compares to mu. . . (stats with pennies)
The Monty Hall Paradox

Applications:

Network Design and Special Right Triangles
Using Web-Based Activities to Teach Earth Algebra

Assessment and Policy:

What Is Alternative Assessment? It Is Not Just Assigning Projects!
Equity and the SAT Mathematics Test
The New New Jersey Mathematics Standards
Algebra II for All?

General:

Mix it Up: Posing Questions that Draw on Multiple Topics
Talking the Talk: Helping students learn the language of college-level mathematics
Writing to Learn Precalculus: Sharing Ideas
Just Let Me Survive Today.

Mathematics and Technology:

Back to the Future: Teaching and Learning Math with Web 2.0 Tools
Introduction to Basic Graphing on the TI-Nspire
Discovering interesting Mathematics using TI_Nspire CAS
Visual Mathematics

Steven Leinwand, American Institutes for Research (AIR)

When all is said and done, it’s not the textbooks or the curriculum or the technology or the tests – it’s the instruction. Despite all the attention to other factors, the primary determinant of learning is the quality of the daily interaction between teachers and students and among students. This session will look at a set of easy-to-adopt, powerful instructional strategies that research and common sense tell us make significant differences in student achievement.

Steve Leinwand is a Principal Research Analyst at AIR and has over 25 years of leadership positions in mathematics education. His recent work at AIR has included "What the United States Can Learn from Singapore's World-Class Mathematics System (and what Singapore can learn from the United States)." Before joining AIR in 2002, Leinwand spent 22 years as Mathematics Consultant with the Connecticut Department of Education where he was responsible for the development and oversight of statewide activities in K-12 mathematics education. Steve has served on the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, as president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, and on the NCTM Board of Directors. He has written numerous articles and several textbooks; his book, Sensible Mathematics: A Guide for School Leaders was published by Heinemann in 2000.

Informal discussions of the following topics:

• A - What to Keep and What to Leave Out of Algebra & Geometry
• B - What to Keep and What to Leave Out of Calculus & Precalculus
• C - Veterans Share with Newer Teachers How to Survive
• D - Alternative Assessment in Algebra & Geometry
• E - Alternative Assessment in Calculus & Precalculus
• F - What Are the Characteristics of a Good Precalculus Exam?
• G - Strategies for Undoing Common Student Mistakes
• H - Preparing High School Students for College Math

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