2015 spring conference
mathematics in the mountains
2015
SCHEDULE
This conference will showcase 4 sessions of talks and workshops. At each session, there will be a choice of 4 or 5 different speakers. The sessions will be designated by grade level (usually K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 or General). There will be a variety of offerings in mathematics and mathematics pedagogy throughout the day. Most of the sessions are presented by faculty of NAU Mathematics and Statistics, NAU College of Education, AATM Executive Board, and Arizona Department of Education personnel.
REGISTRATION
8:30-9:30
Check-in, on-site registration, continental breakfast and coffee are on the 3rd floor of the Health and Learning Center (Bldg 25).
SESSION 1 9:30-10:30
1. Making Math Meaningful: Problem Solving with Place Value in Grades K-2
Kim Rimbey
Rodel Foundation, Scottsdale
Room: HLC 4105
Grade Level: K-2
From subitizing to multi-digit operations, place value provides a critical foundation for student success in math. Join us as we explore concrete and visual models, mental strategies, and word problem strategies that make math meaningful in the early years. A rubric scoring guide for assessing student understanding through multiple representations will be included.
2. Understanding and Connecting Proportionality
Nora Ramirez
President, AATM
Room: HLC 4106
Grade Level: 6-8
Do your students really understand what it means to be proportional or how to make something proportional to another? Can they use reasoning to determine if proportionality exists or to solve a proportion problem? In this session, participants will engage in a proportional reasoning activity that develops foundational ideas of proportionality from ones’ prior knowledge. Working within this context while using and connecting various tools (tables, double number line diagrams, and graphs), participants will explore additional concepts such as unit rates, rate of change and equations.
3. Learning with Tangrams
Barbara Boschmans
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4108
Grade Level: 3-8
Join us for this interactive session using Tangrams and learn about the applications in geometry, measurement, and fractions.
4. So Your School has iPads, Now What?
Joshua Pabian
Coconino High School, Flagstaff
Room: HLC 4110
Grade Level: 4110
Using iPads and tablets has never been easier or more engaging in the classroom. By linking apps together, lessons can become seamless and much more powerful. This session will delve into several of these apps (Doceri, Flick, Desmos, Vernier…) and show how to make lessons more effective, engaging, and fun for everyone!
SESSION 2 10:45-11:45
5. GeoGebra in the Classroom
Sal Vera
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4112
Grade Level: 9-12
This session will focus on how to use the free open-source program GeoGebra in the classroom. We will cover some of the geometry, algebra, and calculus tools that the program offers and discuss how to implement them in the classroom. We will explore some of the basic functionalities of GeoGebra, some of its more dynamic capa-bilities, and highlight some of the ready-made applets already avail-able.TBA
6. Connecting the Redesigned SAT and AZCCRS-Mathematics
Frankie Sullivan
Arizona Department of Education
Room: HLC 4106
Grade Level: 8-12
Starting in Spring 2016, the College Board will launch new and redesigned SAT exams. These exams will focus on the things that evidence shows matters most for college and career readiness. During this presentation participants will learn about the changes the College Board is making to the SAT in mathematics, identify practice problems and investigate their implications for teaching, and make connections between the SAT math test content specifications and Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards - Mathematics.
7. Creating Interest in Application Problems
Susanne Pyle & Jo'el Johanson
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4108
Grade Level: 6-12
Participants will discuss how turning down the dial in the mathematics classroom promotes interest, rigor and success. By engaging in discussions and interactions, participants will see how restructuring application problems set the tone and create an environment where students preserve through problem solving.
8. Mathematical Tasks Matter!
Mary Knuck
Room: HLC 4110
Grade Level: K-6
Mathematics is not a bystander sport! The Standards for Mathematical Practice come alive when tasks are selected and implemented with care. In this session, participants will examine the characteristics of tasks that engage students in doing the math.
LUNCH 11:45-1:00
A hot buffet-style lunch will be served on the 3rd floor of the Health and Learning Center (Building 25). Take this time to relax, stop at the vendor tables, visit with friends and colleagues and enjoy the spectacular views of the San Francisco Peaks.
SESSION 3 1:00-1:45
9. Teaching the Four Basic Operations using Place Value Disks, a Singapore Math® Manipulative
Sherri Adler
www.singaporemathsupport.com
Room: HLC 4105
Grade Level: 2-5
Participants will enjoy an active hands-on presentation learning how to use Place Value Disks, one of the most powerful manipulatives used in Singapore Math® that can be easily supplemented with ANY curriculum.
10. Serious Play: Games that Build Fluency, Strategy, and Problem Solving in Grades 1-8
Kim Rimbey
Rodel Foundation, Scottsdale
Room: HLC 4106
Grade Level: 1-8
Who says math can’t be fun? In this session, you will experience games to reinforce math fluency as students learn to “use strategies based on properties of operations” as described in the AZ Math Standards. The games can be customized for various operations and number sets as they build confidence and enthusiasm toward math. Games will be available for everything from adding within ten through multiplying integers, so there will be something for everyone. But don't be fooled - you'll walk away with a fresh understanding for developing understanding of the properties of operations and building notions of structure and reasoning at all levels. Come ready to learn and to play!!!
11. Multiple Representations: Tools for Students to Make Their Learning Visible
Jane Gaun
Flagstaff Unified School District
Room: HLC 4108
Grade Level: General
Students and teachers need to be fluent with a variety of representations for mathematics. These not only provide students a means for communicating their learning but also provide a means for making connections within and across grade levels. In this session we will examine different visual representations that span several grades, explore their uses for making connections and outline how they assist in communication among stakeholders.
12. Common Core Standards, Standardized Testing, and College Placement Tests
Jeremiah Cronin
Dine College, Crownpoint
Room: HLC 4110
Grade Level: General
In recent weeks, there has been considerable press coverage given to the parents and students who have chosen to “opt out” of taking the state-wide tests aligned with the Common Core State Standards. However, this movement has occurred largely in urban areas, and with parents who have the power to influence their local governing boards’ decisions. This presentation will present some of the trends in placement testing on the Navajo Reservation (and with minority students in general) and offer a possible solution. Teachers will have ample opportunity to discuss their own experience with standardized testing and consider a future course of action.
SESSION 4 2:00-3:00
13. Friend vs. Foe: An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Nellie Gopaul
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4112
Grade Level: 9-12
In this workshop, we will explore elements from a study on the choices of 10-month old babies, and conduct a hypothesis test after using technology to simulate the null hypothesis scenario. This lesson uses very little statistical jargon and tries to tap into students' intuition about unlikely events, while giving them a sense of the hypothesis testing process from start to finish.
14. (LESS) is More: Exploring the Launch, Explore, Share, Summarize Structured Problem Solving Lesson Framework.
Jeff Hovermill
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4105
Grade Level: General
Many Arizona preservice and inservice mathematics teachers are applying the Launch, Explore, Share, Summarize lesson framework to help plan and implement structured problem solving lessons that align with the Standards for Mathematical Practices in developing robust content knowledge. This session will share and discuss examples of developed structured problem solving (LESS)on plans.
15. Developing Metric Number Sense
Brian Beaudrie
Northern Arizona University
Room: 4110
Grade Level: K-6
The United States may soon be the only nation in the world that does not use the metric (SI) system as its common system of measurement! With the Common Core Standards asking students to estimate and measure in the metric system, strategies need to be utilized to help students understand the metric system of measure WITHOUT converting from metric system to the US system of measure. This presentation will begin with a very brief history of the metric system. Participants will then have the opportunity to see and participate in several hands-on activities designed to help their students understand the metric system, and develop "metric number sense." Bring your imaginations!
16. Using Word Problems to Develop Place Value Understanding
Nora Ramirez
President, AATM
Room: HLC 4106
Grade Level: PreK-2
Giving students contextual situations and intentionally choosing the numbers for these problems provides opportunities to build strong foundations in mathematics. This session will focus on word problems and number choices that help students build conceptual understanding and fluency for specific standards in the NBT and the OA domains. Participants will consider other standards and intentional numerical choices that can be used when solving word problems at each of the grade levels. Templates for presenting word problems and word problem helpers for students will also be shared.
17. Putting Essential Understanding of Functions into Practice
Terry Crites
Northern Arizona University
Room: HLC 4108
Grade Level: 9-12
Over the past several years, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) published a series of books describing the mathematical content that is considered to be essential to mathematics teachers. Subsequently, NCTM is publishing another series of books that help teachers incorporate these essential understandings into their classroom practices. This talk will explore the essential understandings of functions and discuss ways in which the concept of functions can be presented in the grade 9-12 classroom.