Name: Tinker, Notice, & Discuss: Exploring Similarity with Desmos
Start: 2026-11-05T13:30:00-0500
End: 2026-11-05T14:30:00-0500

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Tinker, Notice, & Discuss: Exploring Similarity with Desmos

Thursday November 5, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST

Piedmont 1

Participants will engage in the Marcellus the Giant task and explore how technology can support reasoning about similarity. Through analysis of student video clips, participants will consider what teachers can notice about students’ geometric thinking, use of technology, and emerging understandings, while discussing instructional moves that support productive mathematical discourse.

Speakers

Kayla Chandler

Assistant Professor, East Carolina University

Ruby Ellis

NC State University

Michael Hoyes

NC State University

Gemma Mojica

Director of Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics and Data Science Education, Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University

Gemma Mojica is Director of the Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics and Data Science Education Senior [HI-RiSE] at the Friday Institute at NC State University where she focuses on teaching and learning of statistics, data science and mathematics. She has extensive experience... Read More →

Thursday November 5, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST
Piedmont 1

Secondary Middle (6-8), Strand 2: Reasoning, Discourse & Student Thinking

2026 NCCTM Annual Fall Conference

Kayla Chandler

Ruby Ellis

Michael Hoyes

Gemma Mojica

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2026 NCCTM Annual Fall Conference

Kayla Chandler

Ruby Ellis

Michael Hoyes

Gemma Mojica

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