Last week I presented with Lauri Susi at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2012 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.  Here was our session description: 470 – Technology + Singapore Strategies = Number Sense Lead Speaker: Cassandra Turner Co-Speaker: Lauri Susi Visual reasoning is a powerful tool for making sense of mathematics. Learn successful visual strategies and instructional [...]

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If you’re like me, you’re already excitedly paging through the NCTM Conference program book, choosing which workshops and sessions to attend.  With over 700 sessions this year, planning your days can be quite a challenge.  If you’re  looking to check out some Singapore Math sessions, there’s good news and bad. Good news? There are 11 sessions on Singapore [...]

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Heading to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference in Indianapolis this year? Looking to check out some Singapore Math sessions? Well, there’s good news and bad. Good news? there are 14 sessions on Singapore Math this year! (Two more than last year.) Bad news? Anything listed below in pink is an overlapping [...]

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In late April, two mathematics conferences were held in San Diego: The NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) and the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics). This is the final in a series of posts from those conferences. NCTM Session: Does Singapore Mathematics (SM) Enhance Students’ Learning in the United States? By Richard Askey, Patsy [...]

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Last week, two mathematics conferences were held in San Diego: The NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) and the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics).  This is the second in a series of posts from those conferences. The vendor exhibit hall at the National Conference of Teachers of Mathematics reminds me of a [...]

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