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GeT Seminars

GRIP Lab at University of Michigan provides infrastructure for the GeT: A Pencil community and organizes the GeT: A Pencil online seminars. These free, interactive seminars are an opportunity to exchange knowledge and information among community members and colleagues.

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Upcoming Seminars

 

Constructions to the Rescue

Friday, November 22nd, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Michael McDaniel

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Measuring a Giant: Instructional Activities on Scale in Math and Science

Friday, December 6th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Patrick Shipman & Stephen Thompson

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Past Seminars

 

Geometric Puzzles for Prospective Math Teachers

Friday, November 8th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Henri Picciotto

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Going the Distance in Geometry for Teacher Courses

Friday, October 25th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Wayne Nirode

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How Does an Instructor of the Geometry for Teachers (GeT) Course Build a “Thinking” Geometry Classroom?

Friday, October 11th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Mara P. Markinson

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Considering the Structure and Logic of Definitions and their Critical Role in Geometry Courses for Teachers

Friday, March 8th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Michelle Cirillo, Amanda Seiwell, and Casey Griffin

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Do We Need a Separate Philosophy of Geometry?

Friday, February 16th, 2023
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Martin Flashman

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Euclid in the Eye of the Beholder: Which Elements Should We Honor?

Friday, January 12th, 2024
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Eisso J. Atzema

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Explicitly Engaging Students with Learning Outcomes in a Flipped, Hybrid Geometry Course

Friday, December 8th, 2023
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Sarah J. Greenwald

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Bulgarian Experience in Teaching of School Geometry for Future Mathematics Teachers

Friday, November 10th, 2023
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Kiril Bankov

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Using the Visual Arts to Help Students Understand Geometry Presenter: Cathy Gorini

Friday, October 20th, 2023
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Cathy Gorini

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David Henderson's Experiencing Geometry

Friday, September 22nd, 2023
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Dr. Daina Taimina

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Two New Chapter Pitches for the Upcoming GeT Book

Friday, April 28, 2023
11:30am PT | 12:30pm MT | 1:30pm CT | 2:30pm ET
Claudine Margolis, Soobin Jeon

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Half a proof is no proof, but progress is progress

Friday, March 10th, 2023
11:30am PT | 12:30pm MT | 1:30pm CT | 2:30pm ET
Theron Hitchman

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Student Learning Objectives for Geometry for Teachers Courses

Thursday, December 15th, 2022
1:00pm PT | 2:00pm MT | 3:00pm CT | 4:00pm ET
Tuyin An, Orly Buchbinder, Dorin Dumitrascu, Erin Krupa, Laura Pyzdrowski, Sharon Vestal, Steve Boyce, Steve Cohen, Henry Escuadro, Nat Miller, Steve Szydlik

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What Geometric Knowledge Do We Need to Teach Future Geometry Teachers?

Friday, November 4th, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Priya V. Prasad

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Connections Built and Lost within and Across Geometries with Transformations in School Geometry

Friday, October 28th, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Dr. Celil Ekici

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Conversation with editors of the upcoming volume “The GeT course: Resources and Objectives for the Geometry Courses for Teachers.”

Friday, October 21st, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Amanda Brown, Dr. Patricio Herbst, Dr. Nathaniel Miller, Dr. Laura Pyzdrowski

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Exterior Angle Theorem in Spherical Geometry

Friday, October 14th, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Younggon Bae

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You Have to Draw the Line: Constructions in Hyperbolic Geometry

Friday, September 23rd, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Stephen Szydlik

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Lessons Learned from using FullProof, a digital proof tool, in a Geometry for Teachers Course

Friday, May 13, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenters: Orly Buchbinder, Sharon Vestal, & Tuyin An

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An Illustration of How to Use Geometry Problems to Teach Mathematical Ideas

Friday, May 6, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Gil Schwarts

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Axiomatizing Geometry from a Transformation Approach

Friday, April 29, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Yvonne Lai

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Exploring Contemporary Geometry for Secondary Teachers

Friday, April 8, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Younggon Bae

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MODULE(S²) Geometry: Connecting College Geometry with K-12 Teaching

Friday, April 1, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenters: Dr. Alyson Lischka and Dr. Emina Alibegovic

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Theo’s reinvention of the logic off conditional statements’ proofs rooted in set-based reasoning

Friday, March 25, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Paul Dawkins

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Galileo & the Geometry of the Strength of Materials

Friday, February 18, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Dr. James Madden

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Engaging Prospective Teachers in Defining Mutuality

Friday, January 21, 2022
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenters: Steve Boyce, Julia St. Goar, Laura Pyzdrowski, Ruthmae Sears

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Investigation sequences in dynamic geometry for a GeT course: the case of similarity

Friday, December 10, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Dr. Orly Buchbinder

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The Teaching and Learning of Geometric Proof: Roles of the Textbook and the Teacher

Friday, November 12, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Mara Markinson

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Making Advanced Mathematics Work for Secondary Teacher Education

Friday, October 29, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Dr. Yvonne Lai

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Dynamic Geometry Tasks to Promote Reasoning in Geometry

Friday, October 22, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Karen Hollebrands

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GeT SLO’ing: An Exploration Incorporating the GeT Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

Friday, October 8, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Erin Krupa

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Including Pedagogy in a Geometry for Teachers Course

Friday, September 24, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Sharon Vestal

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Introduction to FullProof – Computer based environment for teaching and learning deductive geometric proofs.

Friday, May 14, 2021
8:00am PT | 9:00am MT | 10:00am CT | 11:00am ET
Presenter: Chaim Ballin

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Teaching with Ethnomathematics: Power Curves to the People

Friday, April 30, 2021
12:00pm PT | 1:00pm MT | 2:00pm CT | 3:00pm ET
Presenter: Ron Eglash

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Geometry in the Common Core State Standards

Friday, March 26, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: William McCallum

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How to Build Basic Logic on the Foundation of Mathematical Categories and Language

Friday, March 12, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Paul Christian Dawkins

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The geometry of sunlight: An examination of naturally occurring parallel lines and the mathematical investigations they inspire

Friday, February 19, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Justin Dimmel

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Transformational geometry, one part of transforming geometry instruction

Friday, January 29, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Henri Picciotto

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Secondary Geometry for Mathematicians and Educators

Friday, January 15, 2021
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Michael Weiss

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Diagrams in Euclidean Geometry: Logical, Philosophical, and Pedagogical Considerations

Friday, November 13, 2020
12:00pm PT | 1:00pm MT | 2:00pm CT | 3:00pm ET
Presenter: Nathaniel Miller

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Animated Contrasting Cases in Geometry (AC2inG): The Design of New Geometry Curricular Modules

Friday, November 6, 2020
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenters: Erin Krupa, Brianna Bentley, & JP Mannix

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What geometry should secondary teachers learn, and what geometry should they teach?

Friday, October 30, 2020
12:00pm PT | 1:00pm MT | 2:00pm CT | 3:00pm ET
Presenter: Emina Alibegovic

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Actively Building Geometry from the Ground Up

Friday, October 9, 2020
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Henry Escuadro

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Reporting on the MKT-G Results from the Geometry for Teachers (GeT) Students

Friday, September 25, 2020
12:00pm PT | 1:00pm MT | 2:00pm CT | 3:00pm ET
Presenters: Mike Ion & Inah Ko

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Experiencing Hyperbolic Geometry

Friday, April 17, 2020
11:00am PT | 12:00pm MT | 1:00pm CT | 2:00pm ET
Presenter: Mary Shepherd

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Geometry and the Visual Arts: What can we learn from teachers’ perspectives about textbook problems?

Friday, March 12, 2020
1:00pm PT | 2:00pm MT | 3:00pm CT | 4:00pm ET
Presenters: Gloriana González & Christine Rinkenberger

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