Math Ed Podcast

Dave Coffey and Kathy Coffey from Grand Valley State University discuss their new book, Designing Math Adventures: Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics , available through Amazon. Book URL: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Math-Adventures-Thinking-Mathematics/dp/B0D36HKT3X/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2 Dave's Delta Scape Blog http://deltascape.blogspot.com/   List of ep...

Travis Weiland from the University of Houston (but soon to be at UNC-Charlotte) discusses the chapter "Preparing teachers of statistics: A critical read of standards, review of past research, and future directions" published in  The AMTE Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education  (Vol. 5), with chapter co-authors Chris Engledowl and Susan Cannon. Book available from Information Age https://www.inf...

Zandra de Araujo (University of Florida), Amber Candela (University of Missouri, St Louis), and Paul Wonsavage (University of Florida) join Sam Otten (University of Missouri, Columbia) to discuss their NSF-funded project entitled Practice-Driven Professional Development (PDPD) . They share thoughts on why they are pursuing an incremental approach rather than a transformational approach in supporti...

Luis Leyva from Vanderbilt University discusses his article, " Queer of Color Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics Education ," published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society , Volume 71. Article URL https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2875   Episode 1701 with Luis https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mathed/episodes/2017-01-04T12_03_01-08_00   Other related work Black queer students’ counter...

Melissa Gallagher from the University of Houston (soon to be at U.S. Math Recovery Council) discusses the article, "Adaptive teaching in mathematics: A review of the literature," published in Educational Review , Volume 7. Co-authors: Parsons and Vaughn. Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00131911.2020.1722065 Math with Melissa website https://www.mathwithmelissa.org/   Look...

Nathalie Sinclair from Simon Fraser University in Canada discusses her article, "Knowing as remembering: Methodological experiments in embodied experiences of number," published in  Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education .  Article URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40751-023-00132-7 Nathalie's professional webpage  https://www.sfu.ca/education/faculty-profiles/nsinclair.html   L...

In this digest episode we hear summaries from Kelly Demirjian, Joshua Pope, Loella Lapat, and Samuel Otten about the following articles: [01:00] Stephan, M., Register, J., Reinke, L., Robinson, C., Pugalenthi, P., & Pugalee, D. (2021). People use math as a weapon: Critical mathematics consciousness in the time of COVID-19. Educational Studies in Mathematics , 108 (3), 513-532. https://link.spr...

Higinio Dominguez from Michigan State University discusses the article, "Young philosophers: Fifth-grade students animating the concept of space," published in  ZDM Mathematics Education . Co-authors: Abreu and Peralta. Higinio's professional webpage https://education.msu.edu/people/dominguez-higinio/ List of episodes

Paul Cobb from Vanderbilt University discusses his career in mathematics education research. Paul's Google Scholar page https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7bcDRVEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra   List of episodes

Christa Jackson from Saint Louis University discusses the book series that she is editing for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,  Powerful Mathematicians Who Changed the World . Christa's professional webpage https://www.slu.edu/education/faculty/christa-jackson.php   NCTM's bookstore https://www.nctm.org/Search/?query=powerful%20mathematicians List of episodes

Robert Q. Berry III from the University of Arizona delivers his plenary at PME-NA in Reno, NV. "Preparing teachers to engage students for equitable mathematics education." Robert's Professional Webpage https://provost.arizona.edu/person/robert-q-berry-iii YouTube video of this presentation https://youtu.be/jb9iPyalz4E?si=PEiPzb79rzlbBMre PME-NA Proceedings http://www.pmena.org/proceedings/   Recap...

Kathy Sun from Santa Clara University and Jennifer Ruef from the University of Oregon discuss their article, " Examining and conceptualizing the relationship between teacher praise and the co-construction of mathematical competence in classrooms ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 71. Article URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0732312323000354 Kath...

This episode includes information about the 3 plenary presentations at the 2023 NCTM Annual Meeting and 2 summaries from presenters -- Gail Burrill from Michigan State University, Amanda Huffman-Hayes from Purdue University, and Lindsay Gold from the University of Dayton. The NCTM Annual Meeting and Research Conference were held in Washington, DC. NCTM Website https://www.nctm.org/ 2023 Program ht...

Summaries of PME-NA presentations by Mitch Nathan, James Middleton, Lisa Lunney Borden, José Luis Cortina, Theodore Chao, Amy Parks, Melissa Gresalfi, Nathaniel Bryan, Naomi Jessup, Tran Templeton, and others. PME-NA 2023 was held in Reno, NV, led by Teruni Lamberg. http://www.pmena.org/ http://www.pmena.org/proceedings/ List of episodes

Jeffrey Choppin from the University of Rochester discusses the article, " The role of instructional materials in the relationship between the official curriculum and the enacted curriculum ," published by Mathematical Thinking and Learning , Volume 24. Co-authors: Amy Roth McDuffie, Corey Drake, Jon Davis Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10986065.2020.1855376   Jeff's Prof...

Michael Little-Crow from Arizona State University discusses his dissertation study, "Professional Development for Math Educators Podcast: Amplifying, Hearing, and Understanding the Voice of Community Educators," under the direction of Andrea Weinburg. Mike's Professional Webpage https://search.asu.edu/profile/1722986 As the Little Crow Flies podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-the-lit...

Julie Nurnberger-Haag discusses the article " Simplest shapes first! But let's use cognitive science to reconceive and specify what "simple" means ," co-authored with Clarissa Thompson and published in Mind, Brain, and Education , Volume 17. Article URL (open access) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mbe.12338   Julie's ResearchGate Reach out to Julie directly julie.nurnberger.haag@gmail...

Record a 3-6 minute audio summary of some math ed research, either your own or something you've read that you think is worth sharing. Send your audio file to ottensam@att.net and put Math Ed Digest in the subject line. Within your audio summary, please introduce yourself and also give credit to all co-authors of the work. To hear examples of past digest episodes, see the list of episodes and look...

Anne-Sophie Supply from the University of Leuven (Belgium) discusses the article, " It is probably a pattern: Does spontaneous focusing on regularities in preschool predict reasoning about randomness four years later? " published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 112. Co-authors: Wijns, Van Dooren, & Onghena Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-022-10187-9...

Gladys Krause from William & Mary, Melissa Adams-Corral from U Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Luz Maldonado Rodríguez from Texas State discuss their article, " Developing awareness around language practices in the elementary bilingual mathematics classroom ," published by the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education , Volume 15. Article URL (free): https://jume-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/JUME/article/view/4...

Egan Chernoff from the University of Saskatchewan discusses the special issues of The Mathematics Enthusiast that feature reviews by math educators of books related to the popularization of mathematics. Egan also turns the tables and asks Sam some questions about the Math Ed Podcast. The Mathematics Enthusiast special issues: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol20/iss1/ Egan's Website: https://www...

Julie Nurnberger-Haag discusses the article "Gameplay in perspective: Applications of a conceptual framework to analyze features of mathematics classroom games in consideration of students' experiences," published in the  International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology . Co-authors: Jamie Wernet and Judy Benjamin. IJEMST article (open access): https://www.ijemst.net/inde...

Chris Jett from Georgia State University discusses his book  Black Male Success in Higher Education: How the Mathematical Brotherhood Empowers Collegiate Community to Thrive , from Teachers College Press. Chris's Professional Webpage Book from TCPress Episode 1911 with Chris discussing his  JRME  article on Black male persistence List of episodes

In honor of the life and work of Jeremy Kilpatrick, this is a rebroadcast of the episode that was originally posted October 1, 2014 . Jeremy Kilpatrick from the University of Georgia discusses his career in mathematics education, including his work on curriculum and the history of the field as well as the landmark report Adding It Up .   Jeremy's Professional Website Jeremy's interview with Polya...

Fran Arbaugh from Pennsylvania State University discusses the article, "Investigating secondary mathematics preservice teachers' instructional vision: Learning to teach through pedagogies of practice," published in the Journal of Teacher Education , Volume 72. Co-authors: Graysay, Freeburn, and Konuk. Article URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022487120965938   Fran's Professional...