Speakers

Exhibitors

Program

Featured speakers include Lucy West as the Friday night Keynote Speaker and Jo Boaler, author of "What's Math Got to Do With It?" as one of the Sunday morning Keynote Speaker.

Other speakers include Phil Daro, Marcy Cook, Steve Leinwand and many others discussing topics such as Common Core Standards, Content Coaching, EL Strategies, and Differentiation.

The Friday Mini Conference speakers include Cathy Carroll from WestEd on Leadership and Coaching and Michael Serra for the 9-12 session.

Check back often as this page will be updated when new speakers are added.

Friday Mini Conference Sessions

Keynote Speakers

Ticketed/Workshop Sessions

PK-2 Sessions

3-5 Sessions

6-8 Sessions

8-12 Sessions

Gen Int, Leadership, Teacher Ed Sessions

Complete Program as of June 19, 2010
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Time	Title	Session#	Session Type	Grade Span	Description	Presenter
8:00 - 9:00	Mathematics Spoken Here!	101	PRS	6-8	Provide a rich mathematical environment focusing on communication, problem solving, and reasoning.  Utilize a math menu of starters and independent task time to ensure that the language of math is emphasized along with textbook problems.  Experience simple tools for student participation and constant teacher assessment. Practical ideas to put to immediate use in the classroom.	Cook, Marcy
8:00 - 9:00	Developing Fraction Sense in Secondary Students	102	INT	6-12	In the same way that there is number sense that goes beyond skill with the algorithms for whole numbers, there is much to know about fractions that is not included in instruction in the algorithms for fractions. We'll look at sequenced sets of exercises that help students to develop fraction sense. Designed especially as warm-up exercises for algebra students with weaknesses in fraction skills, these exercises are puzzles that promote reasoning and a deeper understanding of fractions.	Farrand, Scott
8:00 - 9:00	Singing, Dancing, and Playing Through K-3 Math	103	INT	PK-2	Participants will not only have fun at this session, but they will leave with practical, ready-to-use activities for Monday that will get the following math concepts into student long term memory: writing numbers, shapes, even and odd, doubles, place value, time, skip counting, and multiplication. We will relearn some of Ron Brown's great math songs as well as learn some great cooperative learning number games and how to teach extended number patterns as a basis for eventual times table mastery.	Eisenberg, Gary
8:00 - 9:00	Student Signaling Systems	104	INT	8-12	Here is a neat piece of classroom technology that galvanizes student interest and motivates their participation in class activities.  Student signaling systems involve the use of hand-held devices by students to respond to questions/topics posed by the teacher. Responses are tabulated and displayed in real time, giving instant feedback to students and allowing teachers to shape and guide the ensuing discussion.  Never fails to get students involved.	Loew, Robert
8:00 - 9:00	Equity or Rigor: Which comes first?	105	PRS	GI	This session discusses the interrelationship between equity and rigor. The definition of rigor one chooses determines which students appear to succeed and which do not. To achieve equity the definition of rigor in mathematics must be carefully considered. We will present definitions of rigor from a variety of sources, share examples of rigorous, classroom-based mathematical tasks, and discuss implications of these definitions and tasks for increasing equity in the mathematics classroom, K-12.	Bintz, William
8:00 - 9:00	Fun Ways to Learn Math Facts: Alternatives to “Drill & Kill”	107	INT	3-5	Foster delight by providing engaging, hands-on activities, games, magic tricks, puzzles, and problems that develop children's basic math skills while engaging them in higher-level thinking. No need for flashcards, worksheets, and other repetitious material likely to turn many young learners off mathematics.  Nancy Blachman, founder of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival (www.jrmathfestival.org) and the website MathDelights.org, teaches after-school Mathemagic classes and summer camps.	Blachman, Nancy
8:00 - 9:00	Instructional Strateiges to Increase Cognitive Complexity	108	PRS	8-12	We will be looking at the instructional strategy of integrating topics which helps students make connections between topics as well as looking at the instructional strategies to help students develop procedural flexibility and strategic thinking.	Lim, Brian
8:00 - 9:00	A Math Circle To Foster Equity in the ELL Math Classroom	109	INT	Tchr Ed	Math Circles can provide pedagogical as well as content knowledge to help insure equity in the classroom.Many of our middle school teachers are looking for new ways to develop lessons for EL learners. This session will provide ways to bridge the gap in middle school mathematics. CAMTE	Brown Brooks, Gloria
8:00 - 9:00	Don't Slow Me Down with that Calculator	110	PRS	3-8	Learn to master a multitude of little-known, super shortcut computational techniques along with their derivations involving addition, subtraction, fractions, squaring and multiplication that will leave your calculator-dependent friends in the dust. Aren't we tired of finishing 28th among world countries in student computation competition?	Petrak, Cliff
8:00 - 9:00	Picturing Proportions: Visual Tasks for Algebra and Geometry	115	Prs	6-12	Proportional thinking is at the heart of algebra, geometry, calculus and of everyday mathematics, too, yet many students are uncomfortable with their own proportional thinking skills. Here are some visual activities that can develop skill and confidence in this critical area of reasoning for middle and high school students.	Coes, Loring
8:00 - 9:00	5s Real-Life Math Investigations That Will Astound Students	116	PRS	6-12	Gifted children typically are not given the opportunity to see the wondrous side of mathematics because it is often taught as all scales and no music. Help students discover the danger of short-term loans. Hear the true story of how a math mistake led to a commercial jet running out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Learn the surprising answer to how much money a hybrid car will save its owner. These and other fascinating math investigations will allow a student to see the power of mathematics.	Zaccaro, Ed
8:00 - 9:00	Empower Diverse Learners to Access the Math Spectrum	117	INT	Tchr Ed	Questioning skills, relational thinking through talking and writing math, formative multi-level investigations and tasks, reengagement ideas based on student work, how the brain learns, and the real world of students will be shown to create equal opportunities for diverse learners to access material, to empower students in use of multiple strategies for greater achievement and to develop tools for higher levels of thinking and problem solving.	Elsner, Priscilla
8:00 - 9:00	Building Modular Origami = Building Spatial Reasoning	130	WkS	6-12	Extend your students' understanding of three-dimensional geometry through an examination of the underlying structure and interrelations of polyhedra, including surface and dihedral angles, axes and planes of symmetry, and the concept of duality, by creating a variety of captivating modular paper-folded models. No previous origami experience required.	Cagle, Peg
8:00 - 9:00	Making Mathematics Accessible for All Students: Focus on ELL	131	INT	6-8	This session will focus on the use of specific strategies to increase English learners' access to rigorous mathematics tasks, while developing their academic language proficiency.	Ramos, Jeanne
8:00 - 9:00	Empowering Students Outside the Box: Math Behind NUMB3RS	132	INT	8-12	This session uses clips from the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS and a walk-through of a sample of novel classroom activities based on the mathematics used in the show. Doing mathematics in realistic context serves to draw a higher interest level from a wider variety of students, and the topics themselves tend to be extensions of existing curriculum or even novel mathematics. This has been observed to spark traditionally non-inspired students to become more active math doers and appreciators.	Biehl, L Charles
8:00 - 9:00	Algebra Using Dynamic Illustrations on Excel Spreadsheets	133	PRS	8-C	Engage students with dynamic algebra illustrations at no charge. Students will appreciate instant dynamic algebra comparisons in motion. A short mouse motion will cause the graph to change shape and initiate student conversation and stimulate interest. You will receive spreadsheet tools for class use and for student use. You will also receive instructions to make your own lively illustrations. Learn to generate multiple problem sets for practice and quizzes. From fractions through Algebra2.	Mackenzie, Christopher
8:00 - 9:00	Fun and Powerful Geometry Activities for All	134	WkS	6-12	In this session several field-tested activities to teach geometry will be implemented. These activities are mathematically rich, standards-based, educationally flexible and super fun! Participants will experience the fun of discovering geometric properties and develop academic vocabulary. Templates of the materials used will be provided and teachers will be able to use them the next day in their own classroom.	Winicki-Landman, Greisy
8:00 - 9:00	Enhancing Collaborative Workgroups through Targeted PD	135	INT	Ldrshp	For more than 25 years, educators have struggled to build the capacity of teachers to deliver standards-based K-12 mathematics instruction that meets the needs of all students. During this interactive session, we will identify the key instructional and professional development strategies, including collaborative teacher-led groups, leading to increased student achievement in K-12 mathematics.	Pernin, Patricia
8:00 - 9:00	Mathematics And Poetry	136	WkS	6-12	Mathematics and Poetry are often seen as opposed to each other. However both seek the essence of experience, and compress our understandings into often-elegant forms. Writing poetry about mathematics increases understanding of mathematics, enriches poetic vocabulary, and integrates feeling into cognitive understandings. This workshop will present poems about mathematics and a bibliography. Teachers will experiment with writing games and exercises that are effective in the classroom.	Dorf, Carol
8:00 - 9:00	Making Sense of Number Sense	137	PRS	3-8	Number sense is dealing confidently and comfortably with number in a variety of contexts. This session will look at the importance of numeracy in daily living, and ideas for encouraging/increasing the various "parts" of good number sense--making sense of survey data, estimation, mental math, etc.	Connelly, Ralph
8:00 - 9:00	Hot Off the Press! Behind that Math Concept is a Great Story	138	INT	PK-5	Come join in a fun and practical session that has the best new children's literature from 2008-2010. Literature helps link math concepts to real-world applications, and helps relucant learners achieve. Experience the math and literature connection through activities that are motivating, simple, and relevant.	Carpenter, Carrie
8:00 - 9:00	Key Factors to Singapore World-Class Mathematics System	139	PRS	Tchr Ed	How and where to access to Singapore Curriculum/Resources so as to achieve excellence in students' performance. Unique identity derive from the Minisry of Education's CPA Approach. Sharing on the key factors to the continous success. Pointers to appreciating the beauty and power of a 5 Color-Coded Communicator which has helped countless number of students to learn basic to indepth mathematical concepts without fear or tear	Ho, Alice
8:00 - 9:00	Nspired Access - Getting started with TI-Nspire technology	140	INT	8-12	It doesn't take a technological genious to use the newest graphing handheld from Texas Instruments. Come learn a few basics so you can use this technology in your Algebra and Geometry classes.	Atkin, Kyle
8:00 - 9:00	Technology to Empower and Build Mathematical Capacity	141	WkS	3-8	Teachers hold the key to improving student learning and achievement and hence the equity in mathematics. They must know “mathematics for teaching” in order to make mathematics accessible to all. We will share strategies from school projects (American, Canadian, Australian) in which teachers “teach rather than tell”, in order to get students to “understand rather than to memorize” concepts of fractions, decimals, measurement, and algebraic thinking. Get a CD of ON and OFF computer material.	Neufeld, Rudy
8:00 - 9:00	Turning Problems into Puzzles Using Graphic Organizers	143	PRS	6-12	Two graphic organizers will be used in this session. The first is a mathematical cloze where students will be given a worked out problem with missing parts. This activity turns most math problems into puzzles. The second organizer will be a flow chart which forces students to think forward and backwards. It will be used with topics including long division, solving equations, and exponent laws. However, these organizers can be used to support most topics in mathematics.	Dagler, Clay
8:00 - 9:00	Math Contests Build Better Students (and Teachers) 9 Ways	144	PRS	3-8	Mathematics contests prepare both students and teachers exceptionally well for assessment tests. We'll discuss the reasons why and sample five rich problems. You'll leave with an additional 53 Math Olympiad problems to use with your students.	Kalman, Richard
8:00 - 9:00	Imagine: Wikipedia for Mathematics Assessment Questions	145	PRS	6-12	Imagine having FREE access to a RICH, growing bank of MULTIPLE CHOICE and OPEN ENDED questions for every mathematics course taught in secondary school! It takes time to create truly high quality questions of both types. Stop spinning your wheels in isolation. I'll cast the vision for assembling an organized, standards-based, peer-reviewed, and peer-improved pool of questions. Think “Wikipedia” for mathematics assessment! (No advanced tech skills required.)	Fenton, Michael
8:00 - 9:00	Improving Achievement Through the Power of Number Sense	146	INT	6-8	When considering success inside and outside of the mathematics classroom, number sense and estimation are skills which all of our students can benefit from. Strong number sense skills can be applied to standardized tests, every day life, and mathematical problem solving. This session will include research-based strategies and activities to promote fluency with number sense and estimation for middle grades students.	Latulippe, Christine
8:00 - 9:00	Engage Your Students with Real Data	147	PRS	8-12	Challenge your students with real data and technology.  This session will generate data that can be modeled with a step function. The data is collected with a TI-Nspire and a CBR2.. The participants will analyze the data, discover a function that models the data and explore the effects of several of the variables.	Carlson, Ron
8:00 - 9:00	Mathematics & the Arts:  Thinking and Reasoning Through Art	148	PRS	3-5	This session will focus on math/art activities that help assess mathematical thinking and reasoning as well as help students access the core curriculum. Participants will be introduced to a variety of art projects that deepen the mathematical concepts in an intermediate grade classroom. Participants will see student work as well as a variety of journal prompts that integrate literature, mathematics and the arts.	Goldenstein, Donna
8:00 - 9:00	It's All Connected: Similarity as a Geometric Building Block	150	WkS	8-12	Start with a rubber band activity that establishes a conceptual basis for understanding similarity. Next solve some rich, interesting problems using similarity. After developing the notion of expanding and reducing figures, use it to develop right triangle trigonometry. Then extend similarity for plane figures to include area comparisons, and conclude with surface area and volume comparisons for three-dimensional figures.	Arth, Karen
8:00 - 9:00	Using MSA Approach to Assess Diverse Student Math Thinking	151	INT	3-8	The session demonstrates how to use a research-based structured assessment of Model-Strategy-Application (MSA) approach to gauge students' mathematics thinking in culturally and linguistically diverse K-8 classes. You will learn how to analyze and identify students’ diverse thinking effectively using sample student MSA work and learn methods of developing students' conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and competence in problem solving using this visual, structured MSA assessment tool.	An, Shuhua
8:00 - 9:00	Losing Your Marbles: Function Fun for Everyone	153	PRS	3-8	This clever and engaging activity has made functions accessible for all students from 4th grade through high school algebra.  They can see, understand, and discuss concepts such as slope, y-intercept, domain, and range.  The slope-intercept formula flows logically from the visual demonstration.  Extensions allow the illustration of positive, negative, zero and fractional slopes, and line of best fit.  A comprehensive handout is available.	Fulton, Brad
9:30 - 10:30	Rock Your Math Class!	201	PRS	PK-2	Teach time, money, place value, fractions, number sense, shapes and much more with the power of classroom tested songs, games, activities, rhythm and rhyme. Ignite your teaching, energize your classroom, and accelerate achievement. Create equity in teaching mathematics with the power of music. Handouts! Prizes!	Brown, Ron
9:30 - 10:30	Math Curriculm Makeover	202	INT	GI	Our students like to solve problems they've already seen. They like seeing steps laid out in the text of a problem. They are impatient with new problems. Our curriculum is too helpful; it does too much for our students; it asks them for too little. We will define the tools and skills of the modern curriculum designer, someone who can convert any interesting thing into a challenge for her students. We'll emphasize the multimedia and modern technology essential to that role.	Meyer, Dan
9:30 - 10:30	Equity as it is Related to Appropiate Levels of Rigor	203	PRS	GI	Using Professional Learning Communities so that every teacher addresses gaps in mathematics achievement expectations for all student populations and every teacher works interdependently in a collaborative learning community to erase inequities in student learning.	Cummins, Jerry
9:30 - 10:30	Level the Algebra Playing Field By Teaching Fractions	204	PRS	6-12	Begining Algebra and Pre-Algegra students that do not understand fractions cannot compete equitably with those that do. Many students "learned" fractions as a process that emerged from the numbers of arithmetic, but never really grasped the concetual basis of the topic. In this session we will explore ways to teach the underlying concepts of fractions using familiar ALGEBRAIC PROPERTIES. Students' fear of RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS will be diminshed as they strengthen their algebra skills.	Manderscheid, Darrell
9:30 - 10:30	Algebra for All: Engage Students & Ensure Understanding	205	INT	6-12	As more take Algebra 1 earlier, teachers face new challenges helping these students find success. This session will share strategies for keeping students actively engaged in learning math, connecting algebra to prior mathematical knowledge, and developing understanding through implementation of a manipulative-based learning cycle from concrete to representational to abstract. Learn to mix technology, hands-on tools, and traditional algebra content and skills to find success for every child.	Moore, Sara
9:30 - 10:30	2 Birthday Parties in 1 Day? Problem Simulations on TI-Nspire	207	WkS	8-C	The results of the Birthday Problem are counter-intuitive; most people are surprised at how few people it takes to find matching birthdays.  We'll explore this with a TI-Nspired probability simulation that is accessible to middle and high school students.  Then, we'll extend the Birthday Problem to ask:  Are 4 digits enough? When your teacher posts only the last 4 digits of everybody's SS#, what's the chance that 2 will be the same?	Moskowitz, Stuart
9:30 - 10:30	Lessons Learned: What Works in Math Intervening?	208	INT	PK-5	This session will look at what was learned during a 6-month analysis of mathematics intervening in a large district. Variables that affect students’ achievement were selected: 1) things about the students; 2) things about the instructor; and, 3) things about the program. Rubrics were developed to keep data-gathering consistent. I will share common disconnects for students and problems of practice for instructors.  What can we do to affect practice in the future; secondarily, how will we know that we have addressed the problem?  How do we progress monitor our own practice? Observing protocols will be available along with rubrics to use with your own situations.	Lane, Deborah
9:30 - 10:30	Making Sense of Slope and the Linear Function	209	INT	6-12	Participants will experience games and classroom-ready activities that develop the concept of slope and the slope-intercept form of a linear function.	Kriegler, Shelley
9:30 - 10:30	At-Risk Students: Technology & Nontraditional Curriculum	210	INT	6-8	For the last couple of years I have taught an Algebra Readiness Class using a self-paced web-based program and nontraditional curriculum (like College Preparatory Mathematics or America's Choice Ramp-Up to Algebra).  The blending of skills building using the technology and the open-ended thinking curriculum of CPM and America's Choice has shown some improvement in the students' California Standards Test (CST) scores. Come talk about thinking outside the box to help our at-risk students.	Goodman-Orcutt, April
9:30 - 10:30	Grids, Games and Arrays	213	WkS	PK-2	In this K-2 workshop, the tens frame is used as a way for students to see a number of objects as composed of fives and extras. The arithmetic rack (rekenrek) is a visual and physical tool for thinking about number combinations and differences. We will explore some engaging games that build number sense using these kinds of grids and arrays.  The supplies required for the classroom are simple to make and/or readily available.	Carlyle, Ann
9:30 - 10:30	Algebra Connections:  All Students Can Learn Algebra	215	WkS	8-12	This session will demonstrate problem-based, student-centered lessons written for use with collaborative learning teams. Learn how to use structured student roles, multiple representations of ideas, and questioning strategies that draw out contributions from all students. Every student is smart--the task is to give them opportunities to show how. Based on the CPM Algebra Connections (Algebra 1) Program.	Petersen, Bob
9:30 - 10:30	How We Are Lied To, Cheated and Manipulated by Statistics	216	PRS	6-12	Because statistics are based on mathematics, they are very appealing in our evidence-based culture. Unfortunately they are often employed to sensationalize, confuse and make false assertions seem true. In this session you will not only learn several fascinating techniques that are used to manipulate statistics, but you will also learn the power of honest statistics and how they have saved millions of lives.	Zaccaro, Ed
9:30 - 10:30	Explore Engaging Opportunities to Meet Our ELLs Needs	217	INT	3-5	Come explore opportunities for educators to refine their skills for teaching English Learners. Discover how to create robust lessons with research-based strategies that will help your students improve their academic vocabulary and foster higher order thinking skills. Participants will observe and discuss GLAD and Kagan Cooperative Learning strategies that promote language acquisition and development. Hands on experiences will further empower teachers and students to increase math proficiency.	Erlandson Block, Staci
9:30 - 10:30	Designing Tasks and Norms for Cooperative Learning with ELs	231	INT		This hands-on session will bring together research on cooperative learning, principles for designing group worthy tasks, and video case studies to analyze how groups can be used productively in linguistically diverse math classrooms. Participants will collaborate and do a high quality task that they can use with their students. We will close by discussing how other tasks can be designed using similar principles.	Zahner, William
9:30 - 10:30	Effective Practices In Algebra That Create Success for All	232	INT	8-12	Experience the enthusiasm and creativity of the Math for America Los Angeles fellows. Their highly engaging activities and instructional strategies will help enhance student achievement and success in Algebra 1 and 2.	Yong, Darryl
9:30 - 10:30	Field Trips: Taking Math to the Real World	233	PRS	8-12	Come learn about field trips that have excited and motivated our students in the last few years. We'll show you how we plan, run, assess, and support the learning of all our students through projects like scavenger hunts on UC campuses, geometry walks in the city, study sessions in university libraries, and crazy competitions at Calculus Camp. Hear how we use the trips to open channels for dialogue about college, and leave with the resources you need to lead your own!	Dirksen, Jennifer
9:30 - 10:30	Beyond Pizzas and Pies: Supporting Fraction Sense	234	INT	3-5	Fraction sense is tied to common sense: Students with fraction sense can reason about fractions and don't apply rules and procedures blindly; nor do they give nonsensical answers to problems involving fractions. Helping students develop fraction sense is an essential foundation for preparing them to compute on and with fractions. We will explore common student dilemmas and share activities from the book, Beyond Pizzas and Pies: 10 Essential Strategies for Supporting Fraction Sense.	Mc Namara, Julie
9:30 - 10:30	Smartboards for Dummies	235	PRS	6-12	I am not now, nor have I ever been in the employ of an interactive white board company. I have been a teacher for 30 years, I’m still a teacher and the thing I want to be when I grow up is a good teacher. When I started teaching I learned to run a ditto machine and now I’m learning the Smartboard. I will share the good things I have found using this technology and encourage others to share their own experiences. A disk of the items will be given to those heroic enough to last out the hour.	Rogers, Paul
9:30 - 10:30	How to Make “Extra-Credit” A Meaningful Learning Experience	236	INT	8-12	I discovered last school year how to make extra-credit a valuable learning experience.  I want tot share with you how to use it to maximize its potential for making it a valuable learning experience.  I also have been known to use this method for those perpetually absent students who lose classroom time. I use this in my teaching of Pre-Algebra to Calculus classes.  You will leave with some PDF's to use right away.	Gwaltney, Melissa
9:30 - 10:30	Geometry of Nature: Exploring Patterns, Shapes and Symmetry	237	WkS	6-12	Using naturally occurring examples of patterns, shapes, and symmetry can provide context for concepts learned in a traditional geometry class.  This workshop will present hands-on activities to explore macroscopic and microscopic examples of geometry in nature.  By interacting directly with different phenomena, students can discover how geometry affects our world. Teachers will gain concrete ideas of how to integrate patterns and symmetry from nature into their classes.	Yu, Julie
9:30 - 10:30	Activities for Making Algebraic Reasoning Engaging	238	PRS	6-8	Algebra remains the pathway to access for advanced math classes, yet the teaching of algebraic reasoning starts early. Engaging middle school learners into algebraic reasoning requires more than paper, pencil, and textbooks. Participants will engage in student-centered algebra activities, hands-on lessons, literature selections, and games.	Carpenter, Carrie
9:30 - 10:30	A Piece of Pi	239	Prs		Through the ages, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which we call π has fascinated mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike.  In this presentation we will explore the history, mysteries, and controversies surrounding this famous number.	Martin, John
9:30 - 10:30	Mathematical Modeling using the TI-nspire	240	WkS	8-C	This workshop will focus on using the multiple representation functionality of the TI-nspire to model real world situations. There will be an emphasis on Algebra and Calculus.	Cook, Joshua
9:30 - 10:30	Build It, Draw It, Write It, Talk It . . . Own the Equity!	241	WkS	3-5	Engage students with a wide range of ability levels and learning styles with technology. We will use hands-on computer activities to build student confidence and understanding using interactive software along with high-yield instructional strategies in a variety of instructional settings. Participants will examine how to apply this student-centered, interactive approach to a variety of concepts including whole numbers and fractions. Participants will received a CD for classroom use.	Neufeld, Rudy
9:30 - 10:30	Revealing the Mystery of the Unknown for All Students	243	INT	3-8	Looking for ways to help all students develop concepts? Participants will explore many rich and proven mathematical tasks to help students develop and deepen their conceptual thinking. Lessons are adaptable for students of varied abilities.	Fish, Shairlyn
9:30 - 10:30	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader (2010 edition)?	244	INT	3-8	These 5 authentic Math Olympiad problems were given to about 40,000 5th graders last year. Can you solve them? I bet you're as good as the average 5th grader! Attendees will get another 50 problems (yes, solutions included!) to use with your students to help prepare properly for high-stakes testing.	Kalman, Richard
9:30 - 10:30	Fun Factoring: Strategies that Make Sense to All Students!	245	WkS	3-8	All students can be successful using strategies from this hands-on workshop. Participants learn unique, multiple representation strategies, and motivating games using multi-sided dice and cards, for prime factoring and for factoring fractions to find LCM and GCF.  Students learn to view and decompose numbers, in a “different” way, one that leads to success in Algebra and higher mathematics.  Strategies are extended for factoring of polynomials, quadratics and finding square roots.	Mc Guire- Paulson, Nancy
9:30 - 10:30	Ways to Naturally Revisit Geometry Proofs in Algebra Class	246	INT	8-12	Competent algebra students know that you can tell whether or not two lines are parallel by comparing their slopes, but how many of these competent algebra students can communicate HOW equal slopes connect to geometry-based tests for parallel lines? What about doing this for perpendicular lines? This session will highlight numerous natural connection points for up-keeping your students’ geometry skills.	Mathurin, Andre
9:30 - 10:30	Differentiating Instruction: A way to Close the Learning Gap	247	PRS	PK-5 3-8	Successfully using differentiated mathematics instruction in K-8 classrooms helps close student achievement gaps. This presentation discusses practical instructional methods in the regular classroom to achieve learning goals for five kinds of students: top achievers, average achievers, low achievers, students with special needs, and English Language Learners. Examples of activities and assessment of learning will be discussed.	Wu, Zhonghe
9:30 - 10:30	The Power of Exponents to Create Mathematical Opportunities	248	INT	3-8	Exploring the rules of exponents creates engaging and challenging opportunities for students of all ability levels to develop mathematical thinking and master grade level standards. Experience how starting with exponents can lead you and your students into investigations involving place value, negative numbers, fractions, decimals and algebraic thinking. Learn about Project SEED's interactive, discovery teaching methods that encourage high levels of enthusiasm, participation, and understanding.	Smiler, Helen
9:30 - 10:30	Teaching the Standards through Stories	250	INT	PK-2	Use favorite children's literature to make the standards come alive in your math classroom. Stories emphasizing counting and number, measurement, geometry, probability, money, fractions, addition/subtraction, and time will be presented. Hands-on activities, suggested resources, student work samples, and a detailed handout will be provided. Bring your favorite math story to share!	Good, Leslie
9:30 - 10:30	Graphs: More Than Pretty Pictures	251	WkS	3-5	Students need to collect, organize, and display information in meaningful ways that help them make sense of the world around them. Graphs should help students compare and analyze the information that occurs in classroom and real-world experiences. The session will include lessons and activities that teachers can take back to their classrooms and use Monday.	Holman, Lynda
9:30 - 10:30	Glimpses of Instructional Excellence	253	PRS	GI	There is so much that we all can learn from observing our colleagues and discussing our observations.  A videographer and I had the opportunity to observe and videotape one complete lesson taught by each of the 30 middle school teachers in a courageous school district.  This session will use video vignettes from these lessons and a Video Observation Protocol to explore the issues of making collegial observations and video reviews both safe and productive. There will be lots to reflect on here.	Leinwand, Steven
11:00 - 12:00	National Core Standards - WYTIWYG	301	INT	GI	What might be the out growth from the new National Core Standards?  How might they influence summative and formative assessments?  How are the standards being addressed, embraced and what innovations are occurring in other states?  How might curriculum change?  How might teaching and learning change?  This session will address these questions and share work and products from several states who are embracing the new core standards.	Foster, David
11:00 - 12:00	Graphic Organizers for Teaching Algebra	302	PRS	6-8	Learning algebra can be challenging.  These classroom-proven graphic organizers have helped students gain mastery of both concepts and computation.  Great for regular education and struggling students, this presentation will help you guide your students to greater success in both algebra and algebra readiness courses.  A complete handout is provided.	Fulton, Brad
11:00 - 12:00	Stirring Up Place Value Understanding and Success	303	INT	3-5	Place Value can become a major road block for our students’ confidence and competence in mathematics.  Understanding place value helps students make the important connections to decimals and percentages.  Barbara will share many strategies, activities and games which will help your students develop long lasting understandings related to place value.	Novelli, Barbara
11:00 - 12:00	Preparing for Algebraic Success using Function Machines	304	PRS	PK-5	Children can recognize patterns at a young age. They can also detect the pattern connecting inputs to outputs of a function machine. Come learn the art of introducing function machines as an accessible challenge for all learners. You’ll see how to use function machines to practice basic arithmetic skills, develop a sense of variables and to introduce some basic algebra skills--even simultaneous linear equations! We’ll share teaching experiences working with 1st through 6th grade students.	West, Rick
11:00 - 12:00	Game Theory: Building a Universal Conceptual Model	305	PRS	8-12	Enrich units on probability and proof by including the mathematics of competition and cooperation.  Use topics from game theory to motivate and provide model building experience in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2.  Have students write about the connection of games to the human condition, and strengthen their understanding of why mathematics is the language of science.	Selby, Victor
11:00 - 12:00	Making Sense of Inference for Sampling and Experiments	307	INT	8-C	The topic of statistical inference comprises about 40 percent of the AP Statistics course outline. In this session, we will explore the issues that make confidence intervals and significance tests so difficult for students. We’ll also examine strategies for helping students choose the correct inference method, check required conditions, and write clear conclusions in context. The appropriate use of technology in solving AP Exam questions will be discussed, so bring your calculator.	Starnes, Daren
11:00 - 12:00	Filling Bottles with Water	308	INT	6-12	Different groups will gradually fill different bottles with water and measure the height of the water with each increment in volume. We will graph the results and try to match the graphs to the bottles. We will then study more deeply the relationship between the shape of the bottle and the properties of the resulting graph, like linearity, concavity, and kinks. This will be fun, interactive, and challenging!	Gomez, Emiliano
11:00 - 12:00	CAMTE Business Meeting	309	PRS	Tchr Ed	This is the California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators¬í (CAMTE) annual business meeting.  The meeting is open to all CAMTE members and any CMC members interested and involved in mathematics teacher education, pre-service or in-service. In addition to business items related to the organization, we will discuss issues of interest to mathematics teacher educators and develop priorities for the next year of work within the organization.	Lutz,
11:00 - 12:00	Surprising Problems for Those Not Easily Surprised	310	INT	6-12	This session presents mathematics problems that have unexpected, but not trick, solutions. The problems should be accessible to many MS and most HS and college level students, and are excellent for building students’ mathematical power, interest, and self-esteem. Problems are aligned with major state and national topic strands, including number sense, algebra, geometry, and problem-solving.  Classroom-ready handouts provided for everyone, of course.	Bonsangue, Marty
11:00 - 12:00	Standards-based Mini Projects for All	313	INT	3-8	Differentiate and motivate with easy-to-implement, standards-based math projects that all your students can successfully do on their own.  Come join an interactive session where you will learn how to incorporate practical and meaningful projects into your math program effectively.  These projects can be adapted to meet the needs of any student in grades 3 through 8, and a handout with complete directions will be provided to help you get started right away.	Hamo, Matthieu
11:00 - 12:00	Big Math for Little Kids:  Sorting and Patterns	315	WkS	PK-2	Preschool and kindergarten children constantly try to understand their world. Sorting and recognizing patterns are important processes.  Learn the developmental sequences and have fun with hands-on activities you can use tomorrow.  (All activities support CA kindergarten  standards and preschool learning foundations.)	Silverman, Sandy
11:00 - 12:00	An Active Mathematics Intervention	316	PRS	8-12	This session will describe a summer mathematics intervention program for students entering high school who have previously struggled with mathematics. 100 students from the San Francisco Unified School District attended a 5-week mathematics program that focused on Algebra, Geometry, and Probability and Statistics, where each lesson was based on a hands-on activity. The session will address the curriculum and its philosophy, the successes, and the challenges that students and teachers faced.	Foster, Halcyon
11:00 - 12:00	Escape from the Textbook! Sharing and Collaboration Network	317	PRS	6-12	Almost every off-book activity we plan is well received and leads to greater interest and motivation. Freeing ourselves from set-in-stone curricula allows us to respond to the realities of our classrooms, tackle heterogeneous classes, and implement cooperative and hands-on learning. However pressures of coverage, lack of time, and isolation can undermine our efforts. Join an online and in-person network to help each other escape from the textbook for a lesson, a unit, or an entire course.	Picciotto, Henri
11:00 - 12:00	Sharing Cultures: The Ethnomathematics of Immigrant Students	331	INT	GI	This presentation seeks to engage teachers and students in meaningful cultural mathematics experiences by using diversity and different mathematical procedures as tools for learning mathematics.	Rosa, Milton
11:00 - 12:00	Diamond Problems across the Grades	332	WkS	3-8	See how to use this effective teaching strategy to reinforce operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers to show the relationships between multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting. We will show how to introduce this strategy in the lower grade levels and how to progress it through middle school math content and into algebra - culminating with how to use diamond problems with polynomials, factoring, and completing the square.	Bjorkman, Thomas
11:00 - 12:00	Math and Fiction: Secrets, Lies and Algebra	333	PRS	6-12	Participants will explore how the reading and writing of math-based fiction can engage all students and deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts. Wendy Lichtman, the author of middle-grade mathematical novels in which the protagonist uses math metaphors to help her navigate the interpersonal storms of middle school, and Camsie Matis, an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow and experienced math teacher, will present ideas involving the intersection of literacy and math.	Lichtman, Wendy
11:00 - 12:00	Prepare Your Calculus Students For AP Success	334	PRS	8-12	An AP Calculus AB & BC teacher with 10 years of experience, I will share some of the insights I have had and techniques I have developed over the last decade which have helped my students succeed on the AP Exam. I will discuss curriculum choices for both courses, with an emphasis on the strategies I use to motivate and prepare students for the AP Exam. Whether you are a first-time calculus teacher looking for guidance or an experienced AP teacher looking for inspiration, this session is for you.	Gernes, Jeffrey
11:00 - 12:00	Aiming at Algebraic Intervention: Not Business as Usual	335	PRS	6-12	Aim at intervention from a different angle. Learn about essential elements for algebraic intervention by examining a successful, conceptually based program that is standards-aligned and supports struggling students through modules that target common barriers to success in algebra and provides teacher support for each lesson. Flexible implementation for grade levels and schedules. Includes Number Theory, Exponents, Rational Numbers, Equations & Formulas, Proportional Reasoning.	Gale, Mardi
11:00 - 12:00	It's A Tangram World	336	WkS	3-5	Working with this unique puzzle facilitates understanding of geometric shapes, congruent shapes, similar shapes, and size of angles. Making a set develops understanding of fraction-decimal-percent concepts. Building the world develops understanding of the relative size of continents. Playing games and solving puzzles strengthen math concepts.	McLean, Peggy
11:00 - 12:00	From Multiplication to Factoring:  Strategies for Factoring	337	INT	6-12	In this session we will demonstrate how to move students from basic multiplication to factoring polynomials.  These strategies have proven to be highly effective with all learners including ESL and Special Education students.  Teachers will receive not only training on how to teach factoring but lessons and worksheets that can be used immediately to improve instruction and student performance.	Matsumoto, Brandon
11:00 - 12:00	Going Beyond Algorithms for Area and Perimeter	338	WkS	3-8	This session will use geo boards and graph paper to define area, and establish relationships between finding the area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles. Participants will work in teams on a series of area problems as the presenter models strategies for guiding students to engage with increasingly difficult problems. Participants will receive a CD with electronic copies of all materials presented, and will be able to retain any manipulatives used in the session.	Smith, Keith
11:00 - 12:00	Building a Winning AP Calculus Team	339	FG	8-C	Building a winning AP Calculus team requires organization, motivation, and technique. Using a "team" approach, we will discuss ways to "coach" our AP students so that they are prepared for the "big game".	Guzik, Randy
11:00 - 12:00	Speaking Math	340	WkS	6-12	A language-based approach to the instruction of math. Research shows that a more interactive classroom is an effective way to build student mastery. Teachers should use language as a "social tool for collective thinking." We will focus on making talk central to learning and knowing, especially for ELL. We will practice giving students access to academic concepts by talking through their definitions with each other and by forming definitions using familiar language and concepts.	Cook, Joshua
11:00 - 12:00	Closing the Achievement Gap with Math Simulations	341	WkS	3-8	In this engaging hands-on session, you will enter a 21st century classroom where you learn math using online simulations. Participants will become aware of the potential power of simulations for teaching math concepts using an inquiry-based approach. They will become familiar with various simulations and their correlations to the state math standards. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the simulations' implementation in the classroom.	Elias, Emad
11:00 - 12:00	What's vocabulary got to do with equity in mathematics?	343	INT	3-8	Struggling students often lack the requisite math vocabulary. This session will focus on key components of embedded vocabulary development. Practical strategies and games to increase mathematical vocabulary will be shared. Many of these strategies can be implemented next week.	Chamberlin, Ruth
11:00 - 12:00	Developing Linear Relationships	344	WkS	6-8	Experience some of the developmental problems that lead to understanding linear relationships. We will use activities from the new CPM middle school program, Making Connections: Foundations for Algebra, Year 2. You will see how the developmental focus is on conceptual understanding that leads to solving proportions, determining the slope of a line, and solving systems of equations.	Shreve, Barbara
11:00 - 12:00	Tangible Negatives	345	INT	PK-2	This session will introduce an activity designed to make negative numbers tangible to students through a simple game. By playing the game, students (and teachers) can discover the usual rules for addition and subtraction of positive and negative numbers in a natural and fun way.	CadwalladerOlsker, Todd
11:00 - 12:00	Teach Arithmetic Using Algebra for Exponential Learning	346	INT	3-5	Bridge the gap between arithmetic and algebra by using interesting patterns, sequences, and mathematical micro-worlds as you help grades 3-5 students construct an understanding of algebraic concepts like rules, generalizations, functions, equations, and variables.	Youngs, Dave
11:00 - 12:00	Practical Applications: Differentiation Strtategies for Math	347	INT	GI	Learn how to differentiate curriculum for all learners to develop 21st Century Skills and higher-level thinking skills. Explore research-based strategies for differentiating mathematics by content, process, and product. Lessons using the strategies will be modeled and the step-by-step processes for implementing the strategy will be debriefed. Acquire methods for leading lesson writing and lesson study using these essential strategies.	Gladis, Karie
11:00 - 12:00	Who, What, When & How to Assess Students Efficiently! New!	348	INT	PK-2	Who? What? When? Why? How? to Assess Students in the most efficient manner. Explore how to assess your students for standards-based report cards, differentiated instruction & intervention. Using a center-based approach you will assess your students in a time efficient manner with all students engaged. Included: ideas for instruction, intervention and homework; making an assessment Tool Box to use with K-1 standards, & ideas for organizing assessment data. New Management Ideas!!	Anderson, Jody
11:00 - 12:00	A Logical Approach to Proofs - All Students Achieve Success	350	INT	8-12	This topic will help your students develop strategies, draw conclusions, think logically, communicate and justify their reasoning. We start with logic games and then develop reasoning for whether a crime has been committed. We will prove triangles similar before proving congruence, therefore moving from the simple to the complex. Flowchart proofs are introduced first and then lead to two-column proofs.	Wilkins, Glenda
11:00 - 12:00	Logarithms--Much More Than Just A Button on the Calculator!	351	INT	8-12	This session will provide opportunities to enrich a unit on logarithms. We will begin with a technique for estimating log values by hand. In addition to demystifying the values that come out of the calculator, the activity reinforces previous topics while setting up the rules of logarithms. After some numerical experimentation we will break out basic paper slide rules and both discover and explain how simple looking devices can do calculations so quickly. Classroom ready digital files included.	Collie, Jamie
11:00 - 12:00	Common Core Standards: what is the difference?	353	PRS	GI	48 states have signed on to have common standards written in mathematics and English language arts. So what? How will common standards change anything for teachers and students? The speaker was a member of the writing team that led the development of the standards for mathematics. He will show some of the key points of difference in the substance of the standards, explain why they are the way they are and discuss how the standards can make a difference for teachers.	Daro, Philip
1:30 - 3:00	Mathematical Snapshots of 2010	401	Prs	GI	How to pull your students into your lessons by means of surprising and timely examples that everyone can enjoy--a new talk in a continuing series that began at Asilomar in 1971. It will present ideas that can be used to motivate the review of old concepts as well as the introduction of new ones. Participants will receive a CD of the talk so that they can prepare transparencies for use in their own classroom.	Jacobs, Harold
1:30 - 3:00	Effective Games and Practices that Lead to Student Success	402	INT	PK-2	Be more efficient and selective about time devoted to number.  A ready-to-use handout of highly engaging, repeatable activities and instructional strategies will help you enhance number sense and build confidence in your students.	Choate, Laura
1:30 - 3:00	Mixing Up Math Success for All Learners	403	INT	PK-2	The key ingredient to math success for all is to diversify instruction. This session will be filled with a mixture of games, songs, math/science investigations and great literature. Barb will share a planning template which will help you support all your students in being successful mathematicians.	Novelli, Barbara
1:30 - 3:00	Integrating Proportions Across the Curriculum	404	WkS	6-12	All educated citizens need to know how and when to use proportions.  This session will use an activity-based approach to do many sorts of proportional problems.  The power of proportions is impressive, with few tools and a little ingenuity we can do very sophisticated calculations. We can go from measuring the diameter of a human hair to calculating the distance between the Sun and the Earth.  Proportions transcend math and science.  We will also show how to use proportions for our daily life.	Tamez, Modesto
1:30 - 3:00	Virtual Manipulatives?  What Does Hands-on Really Mean?	405	INT	3-8	Manipulatives have a long history of success in teaching and learning. Now interactive White Boards and virtual manipulatives are in our classrooms too. Learn to use these new technologies along with traditional concrete manipulatives for effective math teaching and learning. When is technology best? When do students still need hands-on resources of their own? See the technology in action; learn strategies for incorporating it into your own class even before the hardware comes to your room.	Moore, Sara
1:30 - 3:00	Probability and Risk: Increasing Access Via Simulation	407	INT	8-12	Probability is more than clever counting rules and fancy formulas. It ís a powerful tool for making decisions in the face of uncertainty. In this session, we will use simulation to unravel applications of probability in everyday life. Technology will help us do many trials quickly and confirm our results mathematically - so bring your calculator!	Starnes, Daren
1:30 - 3:00	Probability Problems with Surprising Solutions	408	INT	8-12	We will look and several elementary problems in probability, including some of the very first considered. Included in these will be several versions of the Monty Hall Problem. We will use geometric probability to introduce and develop conditional probability and then use conditional probability to obtain some surprising solutions to our problems.	Etterbeek, Wallace
1:30 - 3:00	Math Specialist Credential: Creating CA Programs	409	PRS	Tchr Ed	The CCTC will promulgate new elementary math specialist program guidelines this year.  Come to hear details of requirements from a member of the math panel that developed recommendations to the CCTC, and share with others ideas of how to build a program from existing coursework at your university to meet new requirements.  Please bring any preliminary work already done at your institution to share.  Plenty of time will be allotted for participant discussion.	Becker, Joanne
1:30 - 3:00	An Introduction to Projective Geometry	410	PRS	8-C	We will introduce the beautiful topic of projective geometry.   We will not assume any prior study of projective geometry, but our tour will include several nice theorems.  Studying projective geometry gives teachers a way to reconsider the concept of infinity in a geometric setting.   What is a geometry?  As a practical concern, projective geometry comes into play in the mathematics of displaying 3 dimensional objects on a 2 dimensional computer screen.	Cohen, Bruce
1:30 - 3:00	The Art of Units: Arrays, Areas and Angles.	413	WkS	PK-2	Students' conceptual understanding of multiplication starts with the visual representation of an array. But the square units in the arrays can teach so much more! From a visual tool of a single square unit we can teach measurement that builds understanding through patterns to multiplication, area and perimeter and more. Come and see how creatively and artistically unit-building can be used to visually teach math concepts.	Canty, Luana
1:30 - 3:00	Conceptual Algebra: Teach More, Better, Faster	415	WkS	6-8	Research shows that students learn best when they gain conceptual understanding before moving to procedural recipes. Explore hands-on investigations and video animations that develop conceptual understanding and lead to abstract procedures. The session will focus on solving equations and linear functions. Get materials, learn how to facilitate active learning, and how to integrate conceptual instruction into you classroom.	Erickson, Sheldon
1:30 - 3:00	Singapore Math - An Overview	416	INT	PK-5	Experience the advantages of Singapore Math in an interactive session, including number sense activities,  mental math,  and examples of word problems using model-building. Singapore Math provides a strong math foundation for ALL your students -  from the fastest learners to those who are overwhelmed and frustrated with algorithm-based curriculums.   Come learn more about this world-class math program!	Jalalpour, Kathleen
1:30 - 3:00	Building Number Sense in the K-1 Classroom	417	Prs	PK-2	Build students' number sense as you go about your day. Small adaptations in routines, games, charts and projects help kids deepen their mathematical understanding. I'll share easy, fun and cost-free ideas that can be used with any curriculum.	Kirley, Kim
1:30 - 3:00	Strategies for Supporting English Learners’ Algebra Success	431	INT	6-12	English learners, and other students, benefit from instruction that creates and maintains access by incorporating multiple representations, frequent formative assessments, and opportunities to “talk math.”  Specific ELL teaching strategies for mathematical concept and language development, along with classroom routines that increase engagement, will be presented and discussed, using the context of writing and solving algebraic equations.	Coggins, Debra
1:30 - 3:00	Reaching All Learners: Math as a Second Language	432	INT	GI	Teaching math to a diverse population of ELs is challenging. Participate in a modeled interactive geometry lesson as a language learner. Experience the EL strategies and how math content and academic vocabulary can be made accessible to ALL students. Discussion and reasoning for the strategies follows lesson. Strategies presented can be used cross curricular.	Yates, Christl
1:30 - 3:00	What's Holding This Up? Using Underlying Math Structures	433	INT	8-12	Is this a new problem or is there a structure underneath here somewhere? Strengthen students' ability to identify the underlying mathematical structure in a problem.  Taking advantage of this structure can ease the solution process, and sometimes is the only way to solve a problem.  We will learn how the same parent structure can be used to add cognitive complexity.  We will create classroom-ready activities for your subject of interest: Algebra I/II, Geometry and Pre-Calculus.	Olkin, Julia
1:30 - 3:00	Student Centered Projects to Enrich a Precalculus Class	434	WkS	8-C	The presenters share projects that connect directly to topics in the precalculus curriculum, but use real data and information developed by students. Some projects involve collecting data from a pendulum, bouncing ball, or cooling water. In others, students design the problems and outcomes. Attendees will choose which projects to focus on during the session.  You will walk away with ready-to-use handouts and samples of student work.   Bring a TI-83 or TI-84 calculator, if you can.	Albrecht, Masha
1:30 - 3:00	Exponential Opportunities for ELs with Comprehensible Input	435	WkS	GI	Yes they can! English learners can meet the high expectations with specially designed instruction. This workshop shows you how to plan and deliver lessons that are comprehensible to EL students at every level. It shows how to integrate the hallmarks of quality instruction for EL students. The highlight of this session is a lesson taught in another language that illustrates how to make content accessible and comprehensible even to students who speak no-English.	Costa, Elmano
1:30 - 3:00	Strategies for Discussion and Writing in Mathematics	436	INT	3-5	What are your students really thinking about math? Learn about ways speaking and writing can strengthen and clarify students' math knowledge. The focus will be on promoting the use of academic language by both the teacher and the student and on developing a classroom climate that includes discussion and sharing of mathematical thinking orally and in writing. The importance of enhancing clarity and accurate academic language for all students, especially English learners, will be discussed.	Sarcona, Lisbeth
1:30 - 3:00	Building the foundation for Algebra/Using Factors and Terms	437	INT	6-12	In this session teachers will discuss the development of math language that supports a greater conceptual understanding of Algebra.  Teachers will be given strategies and designed lessons that promote the use of factors, terms, and decomposition.  These strategies will enhance student understanding of integers, fractions, and solving equations.  Teachers will leave this session with ideas and worksheets that they can use in the classroom to improve their instruction Monday morning.	Freathy, Mark
1:30 - 3:00	Fractions: For Those Who Need to See It to Believe It	438	INT	3-8	Do your students need to see it to believe it?  Help your students develop a conceptual understanding of fractional operations with manipulatives that you already have in your classroom, rulers.	Watts, Carleen
1:30 - 3:00	The Importance of Language, Culture and Power in Mathematics	439	INT	GI	Equity in mathematics is somewhat like the weather.  We talk about it, but what do we do about it?  Through the use of a jigsaw approach, we will first learn about the experiences of people who were speakers of the non-dominant cultural language.  We will then participate in BARNAGA, a simulation that will help us experience what it is like to be unable to communicate with those around us. Finally, we will examine and discuss the culture of power.	Mc Donald, Bob
1:30 - 3:00	Engaging Middle School Students with the TI-34 Multiview	440	WkS	6-8	Participants will receive ideas on how to use the TI-34 to excite students about mathematics using patterns and activities that will use the calculator for student-centered learning with fractions and scientific notation.	Solomon, Deobra
1:30 - 3:00	Fun in Algebra Class!	441	WkS	6-12	Hands-on workshop introducing classroom-ready fun activities as supplementary instructions addressing diverse modes of learning algebra. Topics include solving equations, inequalities, factoring, graphing, problem solving, exponentials and logarithms. We will present: games, art projects, videos, animal characters, poetry. Assessment shows improvement of content understanding and involvement for learners on all levels.	Grzegorczyk, Ivona
1:30 - 3:00	Differentiation in Your Algebra Class is Easier Than You Think	443	INT	8-12	See how scaffolding and multi-level material can be used to create a differentiated classroom. Learn how to create differentiated material and use this material during interactive lectures and group work sessions. Learn techniques, with or without technology, to quickly assess individual readiness at the start of a class period, and then use this information to form productive student groups. This easy form of differentiation can help minimize discipline problems and provide success for all.	Bellman, Allan
1:30 - 3:00	Giant Story Problems: Visualizing the Language of Math	444	INT	PK-5	Address story problems from the perspective of visual literacy using collaborative problem-solving activities which link oral and written language, pictures, numbers, and mathematical symbols. Focus on math vocabulary to help students determine successful problem-solving strategies and learn to communicate those strategies to others. Especially useful for visual learners, ELL students and math intervention, these strategies can also be easily extended for high-achieving students.	Goularte, Renee
1:30 - 3:00	Developing Deductive Thinking Before High School	445	INT	3-8	We often move from the concrete to the representational to the abstract in teaching arithmetic, so let’s try that with deductive thinking.  The session will feature work on problems requiring deductive thinking.  Some are best solved with concrete objects; others with charts; and others need written explanations.	Resek, Diane
1:30 - 3:00	The Number Line? Animate it to Teach and Reach (grades K-2)	446	WkS	PK-2	Use the Animated Number Line to build non-language based, visual understanding of number relationships, difference, place value, and multi-digit addition. This interactive session will show how to develop number sense, count money, and show computation through hands-on activities that use the number line to increase understanding and retention for all students. CD with animations and handouts provided.	Zeller, Erich
1:30 - 3:00	Empowering Teachers to Ensure Educational Access to Students	447	INT	Ldrshp	We will discuss the development of teacher leaders in rural areas and in low-performing schools through multi-year intensive collaboration, focusing on lesson study (Supporting Teachers to Increase Retention grant). Highlights will be shared from standards-based, student-centered lessons that successfully engaged all students in the learning process and from professional development experiences for the teachers.	Tuska, Agnes
1:30 - 3:00	Room for Alternative Algorithms: Multiplication & Division	448	WkS	3-8	Many students struggle with multiplication and division, particularly involving multi-digit numbers. As a 6th grade teacher, I have routinely used alternative algorithms to increase student understanding of the big four operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. This session will follow the pedagogical model used with students (focus is on multiplication and division, starting concretely and slowly moving towards the abstract), in their search for understanding.	Preston, Robert
1:30 - 3:00	Mathematical Modeling in "Regular" Stats	450	INT	8-C	What does modeling look in this setting? We'll look at (and do) tasks from our stats class that are designed to help students understand how to use symbolic, tabular, and graphical tools to describe concrete relationships. The class makes extensive use of software to support students in data analysis. We'll discuss what effect that has, and see student work.	Erickson, Tim
1:30 - 3:00	How Likely Is It? -- Probability Games of Fun and Chance	451	WkS	3-8	Probability is one of the most exciting and motivating math standards to investigate. Come join the fun as we explore a wide range of hands-on games and activities from a variety of sources. Our examination of this fascinating concept will include the use of dice, spinners, coins, and more. Through these activities students will learn how to interpret graphs, make predictions, and analyze data. Connections to other areas of the curriculum, and challenges for gifted students will be discussed	Murray, Tom
1:30 - 3:00	Algebraic Experiences for All	453	PRS	3-5	Provide algebraic thinking experiences to involve all students in meaningful mathematics. Set up a math menu to incorporate algebraic thinking into your daily routines: as starters, mental math, stumpers and/or independent task time.  See patterns, deal with unknowns or variables, work with the equation as a balance and look for relationships. Practical ideas to put to immediate use in your classroom to develop mathematical competence & confidence.	Cook, Marcy
3:30 - 5:00	Engaging Activities+Strategies = Numerically Nimble Students	501	INT	3-5	Work smarter, not harder to improve numeric competence. These strategies promote greater participation and sense making, ideal for intervention success and "family math" efforts.  A ready-for-immediate-use handout includes high-interest activities to improve students' performance and enhance mathematical reasoning abilities.	Childs, Leigh
3:30 - 5:00	Math Intervention: Ideas That Work!	502	PRS	6-12	Create an Intervention class that addresses students' needs, keeps students accountable, and is positive, engaging, and effective. Ideas from this workshop can easily be modified for various grade levels.	Hunter, Kelley
3:30 - 5:00	Differentiated Coaching: Every Teacher Helping Every Student	503	INT	Ldrshp	Differentiated coaching capitalizes on teacher strengths to help them transform their classrooms. Learn how to use a neutral framework to uncover teacher beliefs, provide differentiated evidence to change those beliefs, and adopt coaching roles that meet teacher learning styles so that coaching practices model how teachers can differentiate mathematics instruction. Understand how the same framework can help teachers better understand the learning needs of each child.	Kise, Jane
3:30 - 5:00	Every Number Wants to be a Ten or a Close Relative	504	INT	PK-2	Ah, if they only knew their facts. Addition and subtraction strategies have been around for a very long time. So why are they still counting on their fingers sometimes well into junior high? A grade one standard but perhaps we need to look at what to do in grades K,1,2. This workshop will help teachers weave into their already full curriculum a systematic way to have students memorize their facts. Games, ready to go materials included.	Malankowski-Smith, Blanche
3:30 - 5:00	From Passive Spectator to Productively Engaged	505	WkS	Tchr Ed	Develop the many facets of adaptive reasoning - thinking logically about the relationships among concepts and situations; considering alternative perspectives, multiple representations and patterns; selecting appropriate procedures to solve contextually accessible problems; and justifying solution decisions.	Vierra, Vicki
3:30 - 5:00	Powerful Problem Solving: Functions in Algebra 2	507	WkS	8-12	Participants will experience several activities concerning functions in an Algebra 2 class. These will include using a human graph to explore functions, domain and range, and asymptotes. There will be a function carousel, silent board game and some team problems to work on involving graphs of parabolas, hyperbolas, exponentials, absolute value, and logarithms. Teachers will receive ideas and materials that they can use in their own classrooms.	Romanek, Brenda
3:30 - 5:00	Making Linear Functions Meaningful	508	INT	8-12	Most of the Algebra 1 curriculum revolves around linear functions.  Taking a meaningful approach to this idea can help student understanding of graphing linear functions, slope, intercept, linear systems etc. It also can make solving linear equations more meaningful to students.  You'll get a sampling of problems that can enhance your instruction and make Algebra 1 accessible to all of your students.	De Laby, David
3:30 - 5:00	Equity through Group Discourse in Algebra 1	509	INT	GI	Many Algebra 1 teachers encounter difficulty in engaging small groups of students in productive mathematical discourse. In this session we will consider ways to re-order some of algebra's standard lessons to make them more "discourse friendly," and we will see several video examples of how such lessons can work in a diverse Algebra classroom. Activities will also include working on redesigning selected lessons from standard texts.	Kysh, Judith
3:30 - 5:00	Equity for K-2 students through Lesson Study and CGI	510	Prs	PK-2	Watch videos of children excited about learning mathematics. Hear teachers share their process of collaborating over time to develop a research lesson based upon students' thinking. See a classroom in which students are encourage to solve problems using strategies that make sense to THEM and often using multiple strategies. Find out about how Lesson Study blended with Cognitively Guided Instruction can provide the environment that allows all students to experience success in mathematics.	Arth, Karen
3:30 - 5:00	Powers of Art: Multiplications for Middle Grades	513	WkS	3-8	Inspired by Warhol & Mondrian, learn to visualize multiplication through art! Cut, glue & paint your way through a variety of art projects that develop conceptual understanding for middle grades multiplication. Aesthetic representations illustrate different mathematical models, emphasizing the commutative, associative, and distributive properties, as well as exponents. This hands-on session will enliven and enrich your math teaching! Non-artists are especially welcome!	Morris, Kathy
3:30 - 5:00	Visual, Auditory, & Kinesthetic Cures for Scrambled Brains	515	WkS	3-5	Participants will learn and practice specific tactics to facilitate equitable learning of content standards. Strategies include student-made manipulatives, instant assessment for more efficient instruction, language to enhance understanding, total student participation that engages and reveals individual mastery. Individual problems addressed. Handout.	Manderscheid, Marilynn
3:30 - 5:00	Implementing Singapore Math - One School's Journey	516	INT	PK-5	Join us for a discussion of the challenges and rewards of adopting Singapore Math. Keys School in Palo Alto is now in its 6th year of teaching with this world-class curriculum. The two math teachers most closely involved with this multi-year project will present information including video, background and time for questions.	Jalalpour, Kathleen
3:30 - 5:00	Solar Calendar Geometry--It's All Angles!	517	WkS	6-12	Explore the geometry of the sky as we model the orbital planes and relative positions of the sun and moon through the seasons and discuss the 18.6 year “lunar standstill.”  We will make a "pinhole analemma" and design our own  "ancient observatory".   This workshop is based on observations and activities done at the Cesar Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar in Berkeley, California.	Brady, Victoria
3:30 - 5:00	Interactive Learning Objects on a Handheld Device!	531	INT	8-12	Many of the math manipulative and computer learning tools that we teach with are now available on the TI-Nspire calculator. Experience some of what's available for algebra. Work with virtual algebra tiles, algebra balances, sliders that change function parameters, and lots more. Discuss how this type of learning objects can aid student achievement. No more hassles trying to schedule the computer lab, get online, or clean-up manipulative. You don't need to know much about the calculator!	Bellman, Allan
3:30 - 5:00	Bridge to HS - Reading, Writing, Math for Incoming Freshman	532	INT	8-12	Ninth graders earn more Ds and Fs than any other grade level in California. Supporting struggling students as they enter high school can make the critical difference between success or failure. Learn how Corona-Norco USD worked with incoming freshman to strengthen basic reading, writing, and math skills and integrate the two content areas. We'll share our strategies, results, student work, and will allow time to discuss how this approach could work in your school or district.	Wenig, Bebe
3:30 - 5:00	Making Sense of Integer Operations	533	WkS	6-8	Help your struggling students understand integer operations by using familiar contexts and a model. Learn how to create bridges to understanding between concrete thinking and abstract ideas associated with integers.	Raff, Cynthia
3:30 - 5:00	Math and Carpentry for the Young	534	INT	GI	This session explains and shows how every sixth grader in this inner-city class made a sturdy,cool step stool of which they were proud. It emphasizes measurements and fractions. Handouts will be distributed explaining the supplies necessary,schedule and process of actually making a step stool. A photo documentary will be shown and distributed. The students learned and experienced the importance of accuracy,working as a class, that good things take time, appreciation of wood and patience.	Tobes, Jeff
3:30 - 5:00	Working Together to Provide Opportunities For All Students	535	PRS	GI	How can we use the Professional Learning Community process to provide opportunities for high levels of achievement for all students? Using a current example, learn realistic ways to get teachers to work together to look at essential learnings, develop common assessments, use data to form instruction, and examine what to do when students don't learn. We’ll focus on how to overcome obstacles. Teachers will be given concrete examples and templates to use as tools to get a functioning PLC started.	Miller, Lisa
3:30 - 5:00	Geometry in Playgrounds	536	WkS	3-8	Come explore the geometry of playgrounds! These activities were developed in conjunction with the Exploratorium's NSF-funded Geometry Playground exhibition. Designed for use in generic parks, playgrounds, and schoolyards, we'll make measuring tools to use outside where we'll make measurements, identify and draw shapes, compare shape attributes, explore networks, and play some games. In the event of rain, we’ll make indoor adaptations.	Lambertson, Lori
3:30 - 5:00	The Power of One in Teaching Fractions	537	INT	6-8	Losing ‘one' loses students. If you are struggling to help your students really understand fractions, try this approach. It is simple and the students construct their own knowledge (with your guidance.) Come prepared to think!	Miller, Jim
3:30 - 5:00	Use Of Technology In AP Statistics	538	PRS	8-C	This session covers data, regression analysis and calculating correlation coefficients. The use of scatter plots and residual plots to justify the validity of the linear model. It also covers various types of hypothesis tests and constructing confidence intervals including chi-square distribution. Emphasis is on the use of TI84 as well as interpreting the data.	Lau, David
3:30 - 5:00	Building a Bridge from Elementary Mathematics to Geometry	539	WkS	3-8	Hands-on activities and strategies will be presented to help the elementary student, including English Language Learners and those considered at-risk, to master the geometric principles necessary to be successful in higher level mathematics courses.	Walker, Juanita
3:30 - 5:00	Exposing Exponents: Really Big and Small Numbers in Science	540	INT	8-C	Math is used all the time in science. Often the numbers collected (data) or calculated can only be used practically in exponential form. Join us for a workshop of exploration and application of exponents in science. From earthquakes to outer space and from atoms to light, participants will engage in a potpourri of science activities from the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Activities presented are rich in content, simple to assemble, and are created with easily obtainable and cheap materials.	Muller, Eric
3:30 - 5:00	Technology-Enhanced Mathematics, Probability and Statistics	541	INT	8-C	The following SOCR (http://www.SOCR.ucla.edu) components will be demoed: Distributions (interactive graphs and calculators), Experiments (virtual analogs of popular games), Analyses (collection of common web-accessible tools for statistical data analysis), Games (interfaces and simulations to real-life processes), Modeler (tools for distribution, polynomial, Fourier and Wavelet model-fitting and simulation), Graphs, Plots and Charts (comprehensive web-based tools for exploratory data analysis).	Dinov, Ivo
3:30 - 5:00	Scaffolding a Square = Success^2	543	WkS	8-12	A rich and thematic set of problems (developed by the California Mathematics Project and the MPDI) illustrate effective scaffolding of area and perimeter concepts. At their upper level, an elegant solution to the area maximization problem highlights the value of completing the square. Taking this experience back into the classroom and incorporating manipulatives has yielded tips to improve instruction, and increased student success when analyzing conic sections.	Beeman, Bix
3:30 - 5:00	Level the Playing Field for All Using Math Games!	544	WkS	6-12	Using math games as a teaching strategy provides teachers with tools to motivate all students, especially those who struggle with math. The curriculum becomes available to all students using these games centered around Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, and Football.   All students get a chance to score while refining fundamental skills with algebra, integers, fractions, decimals, basic operations and more! Put on your game face and be prepared to play!	Mc Guire- Paulson, Nancy
3:30 - 5:00	Accessing Algebra I Through Multiple Representations	545	INT	6-12	Participants will engage in activities designed to develop a rich understanding of the connections between a table, graph, rule, and context. After solving challenging problems and exploring the ways connections can be used to enrich learning, teachers will analyze how emphasizing multiple representations can help to develop students into powerful problem-solvers. Teachers will receive ideas and materials that they can use in their own algebra classrooms.	Beyronneau, Michelle
3:30 - 5:00	Practical Solutions to Make Math Accessible to ALL Learners	546	INT	6-8	What obstacles do EL students face when learning math? What about strategic and intensive level students? Special needs? How do we bring all the pieces together? The diversity of learning styles requires a variety of teaching methods. Practical ideas, such as organizers, foldables, interactive worksheets, motivating activities, and more will be highlighted and shared. Participants will receive techniques and strategies that were tested in the classroom. Student samples will also be available.	Hirsch, Maria
3:30 - 5:00	Life's Too Short for Long Division	547	PRS	3-8	Do your students struggle with division?  Explore the 2 models of division and questioning techniques that will help your students to understand what it means to divide.  The concepts of whole number division, when understood, lead to developing and understanding division with fractional numbers and decimals as well.  Using the process standards will open a door to understanding and doing division successfully.	Gojak, Linda
3:30 - 5:00	Number Sense and the Days of School	548	INT	3-8	This session is for 4th, 5th or 6th grade teachers to reinforce number sense on a daily basis. Using about 5 minutes a day, students discuss aspects about the day of school, such as its factors. On the 24th day of school students might say that 24 is a multiple of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24, it's even and composite and it is 2/15 of the school year. This daily activity is set up by several activities that will be presented: using Pascal's triangle, 100 charts, Venn Diagrams, etc.	Casey, Christopher
3:30 - 5:00	A Number Sense Approach to X Facts = Success for All	550	PRS	3-5	Explore a schoolwide approach to teaching x facts that encourages algebraic reasoning while building fluency for all in 5-10 minutes a day. Visual models including a special counting tape and array flash cards, for use at school and home, help children see ways to break harder facts into easier ones,speeding memorization for all. Materials provided.	Gillespie, Janet
3:30 - 5:00	EEEK! There’s a Buggy Algorithm in My Math Class!	551	INT	PK-2	What types of strategies do second graders use for multi-digit addition and subtraction? How do your instructional methods and resources (including textbooks) contribute to these correct and incorrect strategies? Using data from student interviews and classroom observations, we will explore instructional solutions to address common errors and misconceptions.	Wenrick, Melanie
3:30 - 5:00	Investigations in Geometry for 2010	553	INT	8-12	Does every pentomino tile the plane?  What are all the Archimedean tilings?  What is Pick’s Formula? What is Origamics?  Can you solve some of the challenging geometry constructions needed to design the stained glass windows and tracery of Gothic cathedrals?  If any of these are new to you, come join us as we explore some not-so-typical and very cool geometry investigations.	Serra, Michael