Math Ed Podcast

Katrin Klingbeil from the University of Duisberg-Essen discusses the article, " The omnipresence of the letter-as-object misconception: A multilevel Latent Transition Analysis on understanding variables ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Volume 120). Co-author: Filip Moons Katrin's professional webpage:  https://www.uni-due.de/didmath/ag_barzel/katrin-klingbeil.php Article URL: ht...

Megan Staples from the University of Connecticut discusses the article, " Designing for mathematically enriched democratic dialogues: The MinD lesson model ," published in Educational Designer (Vol. 5). Co-authors: K. Seeto and X. Wei Mathematics in Democracy project website: https://mathindemocracy.education.uconn.edu/ Article URL: https://www.educationaldesigner.org/ed/volume5/issue18/article75/...

Patrick Sullivan from Missouri State University discusses his book  See It, Say It, Symbolize It from Solution Tree. Patrick's professional webpage:  https://search.missouristate.edu/people/patricksullivan Book URL:  https://www.solutiontree.com/see-it-say-it-symbolize-it.html List of episodes

Juli Dixon from the University of Central Florida discusses her career in mathematics education, going back to her intentions as a 7th grader, her work across the grade levels and adult education, problem solving, geometric transformations, multilingual learners, and sociomathematical norms. Juli's website: https://www.dnamath.com/   Juli's book series: Solution Tree "Making Sense of Mathematics f...

Episode 2602: Susan Empson discusses her career in mathematics education research, from the University of Wisconsin through the CGI project and students' fraction strategies to several additional studies at the University of Texas and the University of Missouri. Susan's Professional Webpage:  https://cehd.missouri.edu/person/susan-empson/ Susan's ResearchGate Profile (can request articles):  https...

Episode 2601: Nicole Joseph from Vanderbilt University discusses the open access article " Conceptualizing intersectional harm in mathematics classrooms: An analysis of high school Black girls' experiences ," published in Urban Education (Vol. 60). Co-authors: A-A Douglas, M. T. Harmon. Article URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00420859241293377   Nicole's Professional Webpage Lis...

Jana Višňovská from the University of Queensland (Australia) and José Cortina Morfín from the National Pedagogical University in Mexico City (Mexico) discuss their article, " Curriculum and mathematical coherence: Exploring the tensions in teaching and learning number ," published in ZDM Mathematics Education (Volume 57). Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11858-025-01706-y Ja...

Mario Sánchez Aguilar from the National Polytechnical Institute in Mexico City, Mexico, discusses the article, " Latin American research on mathematics education: A narrative review " and the accompanying special issue in ZDM Mathematics Education (Volume 57). Co-authors: Marcelo de Carvalho and Jhony Alexander Villa-Ochoa Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11858-025-01754-4 S...

Drew Nucci ( dnucci@wested.org ) from WestEd discusses his team's ongoing work related to generative AI in schools and survey results about math and science teachers' perspectives on GenAI. WestEd's website Report on National Survey Results: https://www.amplifylearn.ai/reports/   Colleague. AI: https://www.colleague.ai/   List of episodes

Pam Harris discusses her new book series Developing Mathematical Understanding (K-12) from Corwin Press and her experiences in professional development with mathematics teachers. Pam's professional website (Math is FigureOutAble) Developing Mathematical Understanding  book Developing Mathematical Understanding  free workshop List of episodes

Dan Meyer from Amplify discusses his career thus far in mathematics education, including his work as a teacher, as a graduate student and blogger at Stanford University, and with Desmos instructional technology. Dan's old dy/dan blog Set of Three-Act Math Tasks "Math class needs a makeover" TED talk List of episodes

Amy Hackenberg from Indiana University discusses two articles from the  Journal of Mathematical Behavior --" Middle school students at three stages of units coordination learn to make same speeds " (Vol. 72, 2023) and " Decentering to support responsive teaching for middle school students " (Vol. 77, 2025), both co-authored with Aydeniz-Temizer and Borowski. Amy's professional webpage : https://ed...

This episode contains summaries of the articles in the Education Sciences  special issue on incremental PD for mathematics teachers. All articles are open access in this special issue and available on the journal website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/YBV49M7Q71   It has also been collected into a book , as well, from MDPI, if you prefer either the free PDF of the collected...

Julie Nurnberger-Haag returns to the podcast to discuss the article, " Tools, tricks, and topics teachers use for integer arithmetic ," published in the Electronic Journal for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (Vol. 29). Co-author: Scott Courtney Article URL: https://ejrsme.icrsme.com/article/view/23771   Julie's Google Scholar page List of episodes

Yusuke Uegatani from Hiroshima University High School (Fukuyama, Japan) discusses the article " Decentralising mathematics: Mutual development of spontaneous and mathematical concepts via informal reasoning ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Hiroki Otani, Taro Fujita. Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10366-w   Yusuke's ORCID...

Alina Kadluba from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) discusses the article, " How much C is in TPACK? A systematic review on the assessment of TPACK in mathematics ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Anselm Strohmaier, Christian Schons, Andreas Obersteiner. Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10357-x Alina's profession...

In this episode, Sam is joined by two separate guests. Sarah Powell (University of Texas) describes the origins and aims of the Science of Math efforts, and Rachel Lambert (University of California, Santa Barbara) shares some critiques and concerns about the Science of Math as it is currently instantiated. Introduction (0:00:00) Origins with Sarah (0:03:12) Critiques with Rachel (0:22:26) Response...

Alan Schoenfeld from the University of California, Berkeley, discusses his career in mathematics education research. Alan's professional webpage Alan's Google Scholar page List of episodes

Jodie Hunter from Massey University (New Zealand) discusses the article, " Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 116. Co-author: Roberta Hunter Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-023-10256-7  Jodie's professional webpage: https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=...

For this 200th official episode of the podcast, Samuel Otten from the University of Missouri discusses the main ideas from some of his most highly-cited articles and also from some of his "underrated" articles. Sam's website IJRME article on video vs live lesson observations: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2350068   JMB article on citations of Stein and Lane (1996): http...

Drew Nucci (dnucci@wested.org) from WestEd discusses his article, " The role of an online learning environment in teacher care for secondary mathematics students ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 117. We also discuss Colleague. AI, which is a curriculum and assessment tool for teachers. WestEd's website Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-103...

Hanan Alyami from Purdue University Fort Wayne discusses her article, "Defining radian: Provoked concept definitions of radian angle measure," published in Research in Mathematics Education (Vol. 25) . Article URL: https://journals.scholarsportal.info/details/14794802/v25i0002/154_drpcdoram.xml   Hanan's Professional Webpage: https://www.pfw.edu/about-pfw/who-we-are/directories/hanan-alyami List o...

Priya V. Prasad from the University of Texas at San Antonio discusses her NSF-project working with college algebra instructors and previews some research that will be shared at the PME-NA conference in a report entitled "Factors contributing to instructional shifts at the college level," co-author Jessica Gehrtz. Priya's professional webpage https://sciences.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/prasad-priya....

Jonathan Bostic from Bowling Green State University discusses MathEdMeasures.org and the work of the VM2ED (Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education) project, with Erin Krupa and others. https://MathEdMeasures.org/ Jonathan's professional webpage List of past episodes

Sigal-Hava Rotem from Utrecht University (The Netherlands) discusses the article, " Using critical incidents as a tool for promoting prospective teachers' noticing during reflective discussions in a fieldwork-based university course ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 117). Co-authors: Potari and Psycharis Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10336...