Help Students Make Sense of Mathematics Through Visuals

Thanks for visiting! Here is my CMC 2018 Presentation. If the link isn't working, its because I haven't opened it up yet.

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See you at 1:15 Saturday at the Renaissance Santa Rosa!

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