Pathways

500+ session choices can be daunting, even for the most seasoned NCTM Annual Meeting attendees. This year, we've developed learning Pathways—curated selections on key topics to help guide your meeting journey. 


Data Science

Beyond Spreadsheets: Getting the Most Out of Data Science Tools  
Friday, October 27 | 8:00 AM ET  

Orchestrating a K-12 Data Revolution: The Power of Networked Communities 
Friday, October 27 | 4:30 PM ET  

Understanding How to Implement GAISE II Recommendations into PreK-12 Mathematics Classrooms 
Thursday, October 26 | 4:30 PM ET  

The Ladybug Task: Open Access to Statistical Reasoning in Grades K-5  
Saturday, October 28 | 8:00 AM ET  

Embedding Statistical Investigation into Elementary Classrooms 
Friday, October 27 | 2:45 PM ET  

Inquiry with a Purpose: Linking Data Analysis and Discipline-Based Literacies 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:30 AM ET  

From Data to STEM and Beyond: Building Connections for Math Across the Curriculum 
Saturday, October 28 | 11:30 AM  

Carrying Out Data Investigations about Issues of Systemic Racism 
Thursday, October 26 | 9:45 AM  

A Live Lesson and Learning Lab at a Conference! Observe and Analyze Student Discourse in Real Time 
Friday, October 27 | 10:00 AM  

Solving Problems with Data: Tasks and Technology to Support Evidence-based Decision Making with Data 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM  

Let's Talk: Supporting Classroom Discourse and Argumentation while Investigating Data 
Friday, October 27 | 4:00 PM  

How Will You Modernize YOUR Mathematics Ecosystem? 
Friday, October 27 | 2:45 PM  

Can Data Science Improve Students' Learning of Algebra? Modeling with Functions Serves a Purpose 
Thursday, October 26 | 4:00 PM  

A Math-First Approach to Data Science 
Thursday, October 26 | 2:45 PM  

Intro to R/Python for Data Science  
Thursday, October 26 | 2:45 PM  

Bridging AP Statistics and Data Science: A Motivating Post-Exam Project 
Friday, October 27 | 2:45 PM  

Content, Pedagogy and Technology: The UCLA IDS Model for Professional Development in Data Science 
Friday, October 27 | 2:45 PM  

Designing Data Investigations of Sociopolitical Issues to Support Multilingual Learners
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM  

Using Data Science to Tell Stories in the Elementary Classroom 
Thursday, October 26 | 2:45 PM  

Engaging Data Science for Culturally and Historically Responsive Teaching in Mathematics
Friday, October 27 | 4:00 PM  

Beauty, Utility, and Consequence in Mathematics 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:30 AM  

AP Statistics - Flipped: How We Quadrupled Our Enrollment & Made the World Our Classroom 
Friday, October 27 | 9:45 AM  

AI and the Classroom

Beauty, Utility, and Consequence in Mathematics 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:30 AM 

ChatGPT Harnessing the Affordances for Lesson Planning, Task Design, and Homework Help 
Friday, October 27 | 2:30 PM 


Differentiation

Using Meaningful Engaging Projects to Differentiate Instruction! 
Thursday, October 26 | 9:30 AM 

The Powerful Tool of Math Journals 
Thursday, October 26 | 9:30 AM  

Using Asynchronous Assignments to Differentiate Learning for Any Environment 
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM  

Experience Flexible, Dynamic, Grouping - A Doorway to Student Confidence and Equal Status for All 
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM  

Math Inquiry Lab: A Vehicle of Mathematical Enrichment and In-The-Moment Professional Development K-2 
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM 

Sensational Small Group Rotations to Reach Your Students' Needs! 
Friday, October 27 | 9:30 AM  

RACE: A Problem-Solving Method That Promotes Equity 
Thursday, October 26 | 8:00 AM  

“Be Curious, Not Judgmental" How These Words Help Every Student Become a Confident Math Thinker 
Friday, October 27 | 2:30 PM 


Intervention Support/UDL

Rethinking Tier 1 Intervention: Math Learning Acceleration in Practice
Thursday, October 26 | 8:00 AM 

Math Fact Fluency Interventions that Make Sense 
Thursday, October 26 | 8:00 AM 

Reinventing Mathematics Intervention: Making Time for Understanding 
Thursday, October 26 | 4:00 PM 

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Support/Intervention Settings 
Friday, October 27 | 9:30 AM 

Using Progressions and Learning Trajectories to Guide Intervention in Addition and Subtraction 
Friday, October 27 | 9:45 AM 

Mathematics Interventions: Examining Student Work to Make Appropriate Instructional Decisions 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM 

Where Does Math Intervention Belong to get the Greatest Outcome?  
Saturday, October 28 | 8:00 AM 

All Students as Sensemakers: Strengths-Based Approaches to Intervention 
Saturday, October 28 | 11:00 AM 

Mathematics Teachers Questioning: Interventions to Promote Equity - Link to Students Ways of Knowing 
Saturday, October 28 | 11:30 AM   


Classroom Meets Policy

Empowering Teachers and Leaders to Design Equitable Structures
Thursday, October 26 | 11:00 AM

Examining How Power Dictates Policies and Reforms in Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM

Why Teach Mathematics? 
Friday, October 27 | 8:00 AM 

Perspectives from Teacher Leaders on How to foster Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Friday, October 27 | 11:30 AM

Orchestrating a K-12 Data Revolution: The Power of Networked Communities
Friday, October 27 | 4:30 PM

Journeys of Antiracist Mathematics Educators: Highlighting the Voices of Major Stakeholders 
Saturday, October 28 | 8:00 AM 

Towards a Strength-Based Narrative: Admin/Teacher Partnerships for Equity 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:45 AM



In Student Words

Designing Mathematical Experiences Based on Student Assets, Empathy, Research, and Practice 
Thursday, October 26 | 8:00 AM 

Empower or Bust in the Mathematics Classroom: Affirmations, Engagement, Content, and Relationships 
Thursday, October 26 | 9:45 AM 

Who Takes the Stage? Positioning Students as Mathematical Experts 
Thursday, October 26 | 11:30 AM 

Student Work: A Pathway to Teacher and Student Learning 
Thursday, October 26 | 11:30 AM 

More than Show and Tell: Using Student Work and Purposeful Questions to Deepen Student Mathematical Thinking
Thursday, October 26 | 2:30 PM 

Building Upon Strengths in Student Work 
Thursday, October 26 | 2:30 PM

Get Curious! Everyday Assessment Strategies That Reveal Student Thinking 
Thursday, October 26 | 2:45 PM 

Using Learning Progressions to Analyze Student Work and Accelerate Early Math Learning 
Thursday, October 26 | 2:45 PM 

Elevating Class Discussions: Promoting Student Engagement through Interactive Gallery Walks 
Thursday, October 26 | 4:30 PM 

Student Stories - Leveraging Student Interest and Background in Math Class 
Friday, October 27 | 11:00 AM 

Confronting Deficit-Based Views of Children: Building on Strengths in Elementary Classrooms 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM   

Mathematics Interventions: Examining Student Work to Make Appropriate Instructional Decisions 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM 

"Launching" Story Problems to Empower Children as Mathematical Sense-Makers 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM 

Centering Black Girls' Lived Experiences to Promote Mathematical Thinking 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:45 AM 


Social Justice and Teaching

Cultivating Belonging, Empathy, and Justice with Culturally Responsive Mathematical Modeling 
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM    

Justice-Centered Mathematical Making in Three Activities 
Thursday, October 26 | 1:00 PM 

Agency, Language, and Mathematics Are Interconnected; One Cannot Develop Without the Other 
Thursday, October 26 | 9:45 AM 

Generative Assessment Practices - Working Towards Equity Using the Details of Student Thinking 
Friday, October 27 | 8:00 AM 

Improving Mathematics Teachers' Culturally Responsive Lesson Planning and Teaching Practices 
Friday, October 27 | 11:30 AM 

Perspectives from Teacher Leaders on How to foster Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 
Friday, October 27 | 11:30 AM  

Continuing to Learn from the Past to Project the Future: Examining Social Justice from NCTM's Lens 
Friday, October 27 | 9:45 AM  

A Systemic Approach to Access and Equity in Mathematics 
Friday, October 27 | 1:00 PM  

Creating Space for 2SLGBTQIA+ Students Mathematical Thriving 
Saturday, October 28 | 8:00 AM  

Who's the Cheater?  A fair game exploration using fair and loaded dice--and Tableau 
Saturday, October 28 | 9:45 AM