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Rye Brook, NY
Nov. 8 - 10
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BOOTH
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MOEMS Booth |
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PERSONNEL
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Dorothy Hess | Nicholas Restivo |
| John Lufrano | ||
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DAY/DATE
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Thur. - Sat. | Nov. 8 - 10 |
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SPEAKER
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JOHN LUFRANO |
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GRADES
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3 - 8 | ||
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TITLE
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HOW DOES JOHNNY SOLVE A PROBLEM? | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Thu. | Nov. 8 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
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LOCATION
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Hilton | A1 | |
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DESCRIPTION
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This session will focus on TWO problem Solving Strategies: Working Backwards and Try a Simpler Problem. Come to discuss these strategies applied to Math Olympiad problems. Do you understand the problem? What would you do? What would I do? Did you answer the question? Does your answer check? |
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SPEAKER
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Nicholas Restivo |
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GRADES
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4 - 8 | ||
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TITLE
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"GET OVER IT!" YOU CAN'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS - IMMEDIATELY | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Fri. | Nov. 9 | 8:00 - 9:00 am |
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LOCATION
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Hilton | A2 | |
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DESCRIPTION
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Generate excitement for problem solving among your students. Energize and enrich your curriculum by encouraging risk-taking in problem solving. Don't "cram" for the assessments! | ||
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SPEAKER
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Nicholas Restivo |
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GRADES
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3 - 8 | ||
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TITLE
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UNPACKING GEOMETRY PROBLEMS FROM BOXES YOU MAKE | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Fri. | Nov. 9 | 2:00 - 3:15 pm |
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LOCATION
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Hilton | John Halstead | |
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DESCRIPTION
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Transform used greeting cards into boxes while exploring geometry definitions, concepts, and problems. Uncover and clarify properties related to parallelograms, rectangles, squares and other quadrilaterals. | ||
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As an excellent source for many additional problems we highly recommend the following books:
For a text to teach math problem solving techniques, we recommend the classic: |