Math Ed Podcast

Denise Spangler from the University of Georgia presents the Judith E. Jacobs lecture at the annual conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). Her address was entitled "Fundamental commitments of my work as a mathematics teacher educator." Denise's slides for this presentation Denise's professional webpage AMTE's conference website Complete list of episodes

Zandra de Araujo from the University of Missouri discusses the article " English learners in K-12 mathematics education: A review of the literature ," published in Review of Educational Research (Vol. 88), with co-authors Sarah Roberts, Craig Willey, and Bill Zahner. Zandra's Website CEMELA Website Two-Minute Teacher's Guide (Zandra and Sam's pet project) PME-NA 2019 BSME Mizzou Online Programs Co...

John Allen Paulos from Temple University discusses his career in mathematics and writing public books about mathematical perspectives, with particular attention to his pseudo-memoir A Numerate Life , published by Prometheus Books. John's Website Sam's review of John's book Irreligion Complete list of episodes

Sam Otten and Chuck Munter from the University of Missouri discuss their experiences at the recent PME-NA conference in Greenville, SC, and provide brief summaries of the four plenary sessions. The plenary speakers are listed below, and the lead organizers of the 2018 PME-NA conference were Tommy Hodges, George Roy, and Andy Tyminski. Full 2018 PME-NA Conference Proceedings Marta Civil Laurie Rube...

(2:08) Maria del Rosario Zavala, keynote at the TODOS 2018 Conference. https://www.todos-math.org/todos2018-conference Summarized by Kim Morrow Leong (10:44) NCTM Research Committee. (2018). Asset-based approaches to equitable mathematics education research and practice . Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , 49 (4). Summarized by Chuck Munter (23:50) Ellerton, N. F. (2018). NCTM's Compe...

Niral Shah from Michigan State University discusses the article " Equity analytics: A methodological approach for quantifying participation patterns in mathematics classroom discourse ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , with first author Daniel L. Reinholz. EQUIP Website -- https://www.equip.ninja Complete list of episodes

Bob Reys from the University of Missouri discusses his career in mathematics education. Bob's Professional Webpage AMTE's Principles to Guide the Design and Implementation of Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education report CSMC Website Barbara Reys (Episode 1316) Glenda Lappan (Episode 1411) Complete list of episodes

Bruce May from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) discusses his paper, "Deepening-thinking-like problems: The case of two students," from the 20th Annual Congress of the Association for Mathematics Edcation of South Africa. (Co-author: Cyril Julie) Bruce's Professional Webpage AMESA Website Complete list of episodes

Bheki Khuzwayo from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) discusses his chapter, "'Occupation of our minds': A metaphor to explain mathematics education in South Africa in the apartheid era," published in Numeracy as social practice (Yasukawa, Rogers, Jackson, & Street, Eds.). WARNING: This episode contains some disturbing quotes and offensive terminology from historical figures in...

Susan Elrod from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater discusses her research on institutional change as it relates to improving STEM education. We include clips from her keynote address at the 2018 Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTE-P) Conference and discuss implications for improving university mathematics education. Guest host: Jeremy Strayer Elrod, S., & Kezar, A. (2017). In...

(02:04) Lindorff, A., & Sammon, P. (2018). Going beyond structured observations: looking at classroom practice through a mixed method lens. ZDM Mathematics Education, 50. Summarized by Marty Fong (06:43) Trocki, A., & Hollebrands, K. (2018). The Development of a Framework for Assessing Dynamic Geometry Task Quality. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. Summarized by Sam Otten (13:...

David Pimm from Simon Fraser University (Canada) discusses his career spanning mathematics, mathematics education, linguistics, and more. David's Professional Webpage Speaking Mathematically book For the Learning of Mathematics journal Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education journal See the comments for references Complete list of episodes

Michael Steele from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and Craig Huhn from Holt High School (Michigan) discuss their new book, A Quiet Revolution: One District's Story of Radical Curricular Change in High School Mathematics , published by Information Age. Mike's Professional Webpage Craig's District Webpage See the comments for references Complete list of episodes

Jere Confrey from North Carolina State University discusses her career in mathematics education, including her ideas about children's mathematical thinking, learning progressions, and the Common Core State Standards. Guest host: Kim Morrow Leong Jere's Professional Webpage Turn on CC Math Scaling Up Digital Design Studies (SUDDS) See the comments for references Complete list of episodes

This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (2:06) Doerr, H. M., DelMas, R., & Makar, K. (2017). A modeling approach to the development of students’ informal inferential reasoning. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16 (2), 86–115. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (6:47) Rubel, L. H., Hall-Wieckert, M., & Lim, V. Y. (2017). Making Space for Place: Mapping To...

Jim Hiebert from the University of Delaware discusses his career in mathematics education, from children's mathematical thinking to conceptually-rich teaching to systems of instructional change. Jim's Professional Website Jim's Remarks to SIG-RME The Teaching Gap See the comments for references Complete list of episodes

Corey Drake from Michigan State University discusses the article, " Curriculum spaces for connecting to children’s multiple mathematical knowledge bases ," written by Land, Bartell, Drake, Foote, Roth McDuffie, Turner, and Aguirre, published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies . Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220272.2018.1428365 Corey's Professional Webpage TEACH Math...

Heather Johnson (@HthrLynnJ) from the University of Colorado at Denver discusses her article, " A link between students' discernment of variation in unidirectional change and their use of quantitative variational reasoning ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 97. (Co-author: Evan McClintock) Heather's Professional Webpage Heather's Academic Blog (and her rethinking time post...

This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:10) Thompson, P. W., Hatfield, N. J., Yoon, H., Joshua, S., & Byerley, C. (2017). Covariational reasoning among U.S. and South Korean secondary mathematics teachers . Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 48 , 95–111. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (08:28) Lobato, J., & Walters, C. D. (2017). A taxonomy of approaches...

Zal Usiskin from the University of Chicago discusses his career in mathematics education. Zal's UChicago Profile UCSMP Textbook Series http://ucsmp.uchicago.edu/ We Need Another Revolution collected volume See the comments for references Complete list of episodes

Muteb Alqahtani from SUNY Cortland discusses the article, " Mediational activities in a dynamic geometry environment and teachers' specialized content knowledge ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , volume 38. (Co-author: Arthur Powell) Muteb's Department Webpage Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732312317300299 See the comments for references Complete l...

Laurie Rubel from Brooklyn College CUNY discusses her article, " Equity-directed instructional practices: Beyond the dominant perspective ," published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education , volume 10. She also addresses the personal attacks that have resulted from this work. Article: http://ed-osprey.gsu.edu/ojs/index.php/JUME/article/view/324 Laurie's professional webpage: http://www.bro...

Ryota Matsuura from St. Olaf College discusses the article, " The search for hidden structure ," published in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (Co-authors: Sword and Finkelstein). He also describes the Budapest Semester in Mathematics Education study-abroad program. Ryota's Professional Webpage BSME Website See comments for references from the episode Complete list of episodes

This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:14) Blazar & Pollard. (2017). Does test preparation mean low-quality instruction? Educational Researcher, 46 , 420-433. Summarized by Sam Otten (08:24) Lesser, L. M., Pearl, D. K., & Weber III, J. J. (2016) Assessing Fun Items' Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Re...

Zandra de Araujo from the University of Missouri discusses her article, " Connections between secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs and their selection of tasks for English language learners ", published in Curriculum Inquiry , Volume 47. Zandra's Professional Website See the comments for referneces mentioned during the interview Complete list of episodes