Convince Me That
Dan Kaufmann
All Grades

During this session, participants will engage in the math routine Convince Me That. We will discuss how this routine can be implemented in the classroom to develop student justification skills and the same time build their math confidence.
Grand Ballroom A

Math in Motion
Dana F. Morse
Texas Instruments
10-12

Math isn’t a spectator’s sport. Let’s get the students up and coding. In this session, we will learn to code to create a STEM culture in your classroom. Lots of free resources and activities to bring back to your school.
Grand Ballroom B

Making Math Visual

Howie Hua

6 - 12
Nittany Room

Planning and Reacting: How Do I Best Respond to Student Thinking?
Edward C. Nolan
10-12

Questioning aids student thinking, allowing students to do the sense making as supported by the teacher. Explore planning questions, anticipating responses, and developing actions to engage students in learning. Tools are provided to create environments where students do the sense making.
Gallery Room

Using Noticing and Wondering to Support Student Thinking
Amanda Reinsburrow
4-9

Participants will engage in a problem-solving activity designed to simulate the student experience, followed by noticing and wondering about an authentic set of student work. These noticings and wonderings will be utilized to craft specific questions for each student, thus tying evidence to questions.
Terrace Rooms

Creating Equitable Systems for the Struggling Student
Jonathan Regino
K-3

How can we create an environment in which all students are successful in grades K-2? We will look at systematic ways that we can improve learning in the math classrooms. We will focus on creating equitable practices in the math classroom for the teacher and the learner.
Director's Room

Standards Aligned System
Kevin Mauro, PDE
All Grades

The Standards Aligned System (SAS), developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is a comprehensive, researched-based resource to improve student achievement. SAS identifies six elements that impact student achievement: Standards, Assessments, Curriculum Framework, Instruction, Materials & Resources, and Safe and Supportive Schools. Schools and educators across Pennsylvania are supported in their efforts to implement SAS by the development of a state-of-the-art portal.
Executive Forum

Menu

The buffet will be set up in Chairman's Rooms A&B.  Enjoy your lunch in the Grand Ballrooms.

Technology that thinks with you, not for you
Eli Luberoff
All Grades

Technology wears two faces. With one, it allows us to share new questions, insights, and ideas. With the other, it can constrain our thoughts, offloading the interesting work of asking and answering questions to an unthinking program. We'll look at ways that tech can think with us and our students.
Grand Ballroom A

Activities that get the ENTIRE Class Involved
Kelly Brent
7-12

These activities involve the WHOLE CLASS and require students to think and engage. The activities are ones that can be used for many mathematics concepts but the presentation uses topics spanning from middle school through Calculus. The activities are tried and true, used by the presenters for years with great success.
Grand Ballroom B

Give Your Math Curriculum a Boost with First In Math®
Jennifer Kling
Robert Sun
First In Math
K-9

You have too many resources and with Mathematics, practice is the only way to master it. Using the First In Math® program your students gain a better understanding of key concepts and develop problem solving skills, while allowing them to practice topics in an engaging online environment.
Nittany Room

I teach  Math in the Block - NOW WHAT?

Rob Baier

Director's Room

DIY: Setting up a Middle School Math Intervention Program
Donna Wynkoop
7-9

Setting up a middle school math intervention program from scratch is a daunting task. This session follows the journey of a middle school math interventionist as she wades through the data, research, and programs to figure out how to make the system will work best for students.
Gallery Room

Reimagining Fluency through Powerful Routines
Jessie Oestreich
EdGems Math
7-12

This session focuses on engaging students in activities that promote the development of mathematical fluency. The fluency routines modeled and practiced in this session will provide teachers with highly-effective strategies designed to develop all students' fluency in mathematics, with a focus on flexibility, efficiency, and accuracy.
Terrace Rooms

None of this is "new" math: Tracing meaning vs. memorization throughout US history
Emily Mainzer
K-6

Communicating with parents and colleagues regarding meaningful teaching of basic operations can be challenging. We will look at how the debate in the United States has existed since math education was established here. Participants will have the opportunity to examine historic curricular materials and brainstorm communication strategies.
Executive Forum

Celebrating Student Brilliance in the Math Classroom
Tom Gantt
Amplify/Desmos Math
All Grades

Technology, like Desmos Classroom, can help students transfer mental images of concepts to interactive visual representations that support a deeper understanding of concepts and spark mathematical discourse.  This session shifts teaching practices to engage students in visual representations of concepts. Teachers will be prepared to leverage technology to encourage learning.  
Grand Ballroom A

Math Nation:  Free Resource for your High School Math Class

9 - 12

Grand Ballroom B

The Treatment of Function Transformations in GeoGebra Classroom Resources
Xiangquan Yao
Nicholas Grande
7-12

This session reports results of an analysis of classroom resources on GeoGebra website regarding function transformations. The results show that existing GeoGebra classroom resources are problematic in their approaches to demonstrating function transformation rules. Informed by the results, we propose a set of GeoGebra applets that support learners to understand function transformations.
Nittany Room

Spatial Visualization Skills of Preservice Elementary Teachers
Debbie Gochenaur
Riana Peters
K-6

This study investigated students’ mathematical problem-solving processes with respect to geometric spatial visualization within a group discovery learning setting to determine whether they have reached a level of conceptual understanding.
Gallery Room

Culturally Relevant Math Tasks: How doe we DO it?!

All Grades

Dr. Shelly Jones

Terrace Room

Cooperative Learning Techniques in the Classroom
Marian E Avery
All Grades

Cooperative Learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject.  Cooperative Learning activities engage students in challenging and intentional instruction that ensures success for all students.   Hands-on workshop activities will include Colored Co-op Cards, Inside-Outside Circle, Pairs Check, Round Robin, Think-Pair-Share, and more.
Director's Room

From Closed to Open: How to Turn Standardized Test Questions into Engaging Learning Experiences
Meredith Scheiner
All Grades

Quick Ways to turn any question that requires one answer to a question that is accessible to all learners. During this session, you will be walked through the process of change the questions, engaged in answering the new questions, and be given time to make your own.
Executive Forum

Problem-Based Learning to Unlock Student Understanding
Tom Gantt
4-12

Problem-Based Learning is a teaching method in which real-world problems are used to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct presentation of facts and concepts.  This presentation will discuss what is problem-based learning, why it can support student understanding of mathematics and how to implement it.
Grand Ballroom A

TI Tips for Building Math Confidence for Keystone Exams
Dana F. Morse
Texas Instruments
7-12

Learn tips and tricks that build math confidence for students in Algebra through Calculus. We will explore how to properly integrate the classroom solutions from TI to make the calculator a true learning tool.
Grand Ballroom B

How the Science of Reading Impacts Word Problems in Math
Jonathan Regino
K-3

When assessing a student’s ability to solve a word problem they are being assessed on their comprehension skills as well as their schema and conceptual understanding of a math topic. What are the research based methods and Science of Reading methods that help students become successful with word problems.
Nittany Room

Owning vs. Renting Knowledge: Using Writing in Mathematics and Guiding Your Students in Answering Open Ended Items on the Algebra I Keystone
Megan Clementi
7-10

How many times have your students proclaimed, “I can solve the problem, I just can’t explain it?”  Students who can solve yet not explain how they solved a problem are renting rather than owning knowledge.  Writing in mathematics provides students with opportunities to explore concepts, clarify meaning, elaborate upon what they are learning, and think on paper. You will gain a window into your students’ thinking, have opportunities to refine where needed, and spend less time reteaching.
Gallery Room

Using theatre, role play, acting and play writing to share the joy and beauty of mathematics
Joanne Ward
4-9

Theatre has is a contagious source of joy and laughter for both the audience and the cast. This session explains how teachers can incorporate theatre and role play into math class to improve students’ understanding. Through theater, students’ culture and identities are affirmed as they express their authentic selves.
Terrace Rooms

MAGIC: Math Activities that Generate an Interesting Classroom
Jason Turka
7-9

Learn meaningful math activities you can put into practice right away.  Activities may be used as warm-ups, guided practice, and independent practice.
Director's Room

You DO Have Time! Fitting Engaging Routines Into Your Lessons
Abby Gordon
All Grades

Imagine if math class started every day with an engaging challenge, puzzle, or question that got every single student talking. Learn how to start class with a low-floor/high-ceiling routine to get students engaged, increase social-emotional learning, and meet the standards, no matter what curriculum you use.
Executive Forum

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