Rounding Up

Instructional Routines That Support Mathematics Identity Development with Dr. Fawnda Norman ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 5 Supporting students' math identity has become a priority for many elementary mathematics teachers. But recognizing the importance of helping students build a positive math identity is not the same as knowing how to make that happen on a day-to-day basis. During this episode...

The How, When & Why of Physical & Digital Manipulatives with Natalie Crist & Patrick Vennebush ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 4 Recently, there's been a great deal of debate around the role digital manipulatives should play in an elementary math classroom. In this episode, we'll talk with Patrick Vennebush and Natalie Crist about the role physical and digital manipulatives can play in a classroom...

See It! Say It! Symbolize It! with Dr. Patrick Sullivan ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 3 Representations, language, and symbols are all important ingredients in building students' conceptual understanding and fluency. But how can we understand the relationship between those three ingredients? And what happens if we leave any one of them out of the recipe?  In this episode, we explore these questi...

Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 2, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 2 Repositioning the classroom board as a shared space for teachers and students can create opportunities for deeper student learning and have a subtle but significant impact on students' math identities. In part 2 of this two-part series, Mike talks with Tutita Ca...

Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 1, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 1 Classroom boards have traditionally been a space that belongs to the teacher, even as technology changes. What would it look like to rethink our relationship with the board, repositioning it as a shared space for teachers and students alike? In part 1 of this tw...

Looking Ahead to Season 5 Rounding Up returns next week for its fifth season, examining even more ideas, concepts, and practices that shape teaching and learning in elementary mathematics classrooms. This season, we invite our listeners to engage with us by leaving a comment on our website, mathlearningcenter.org/podcast . We look forward to hearing from you! TRANSCRIPT Mike Wallus: Rounding Up re...

Recording Student Thinking During a Mathematics Discussion with Nicole Garcia ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 24 Learning to record students' mathematical thinking might best be described as "on-the-job training" with a great deal of trial and error and a lot of practice.  In this rereleased episode from Season 1, Nicole Garcia from the University of Michigan talks about the practice of recording...

Making Sense of Fractions with Susan Empson, PhD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 23 For quite a few adults, fractions were a stumbling block in their education, causing them to lose their footing and begin to doubt their ability to make sense of math. But this doesn't have to be the case for our students! In this rerelease of an episode from Season 2, we're talking with Susan Empson, PhD, about bi...

Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma with Kasi Allen, PhD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 22 If you are an educator, you've likely heard people say things like "I'm not a math person." While this may make you cringe, if you dig a bit deeper, many people can identify specific experiences that convinced them that this was true. In fact, some of you might secretly wonder if you are a math person as well...

The Big Place Value Episode with Eric Sisofo, EdD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 21 If you ask an educator to share some of the most important ideas in elementary mathematics, most would include place value on that list. But what does it mean to understand place value, really? And what types of language, practices, and tools support students as they build understanding?   In this rerelease of an...

Practical Ways to Build a Strengths-Based Elementary Math Classroom with Dr. Beth Kobett ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 20 What if it were possible to capture all of the words teachers said or thought about students and put them in word clouds that hovered over each student throughout the day? What impact might the words in the cloud have on the student's learning experience? These are the questi...

Posing Purposeful Questions with Dr. DeAnn Huinker ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 19 Educational theorist Charles De Garmo once said, "To question well is to teach well. In the skillful use of the question, more than anything else, lies the fine art of teaching."  In this re-release of an episode from Season 1, our guest is Dr. DeAnn Huinker, one of the coauthors of Taking Action: Implementing Ef...

Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts with Dr. Jenny Bay-Williams ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 18 This summer we're replaying favorite listener episodes from the first four seasons of Rounding Up —like this one from Season 1. We'll return with all new episodes in early September. Ensuring students master their basic facts remains a shared goal among parents and educators. That said,...

ROUNDING UP: Supporting Multilingual Learners During Number Talks with Jana Dean & Heather Byington What might it be like to engage in a number talk as a multilingual learner? How would you communicate your ideas, and what scaffolds might support your participation?  Today, we're talking with Jana Dean and Heather Byington about ways educators can support multilingual learners' engagement and part...

ROUNDING UP: Understanding the Roots of Fluency with Addition & Subtraction with Kristin Frang Research suggests that supporting students' fluency with addition and subtraction hinges on understanding how children's mathematical thinking develops. So what are the concepts and ideas that play a part in fluency with combinations to 10, 20, and beyond?  Today, we'll explore this question with Kristin...

ROUNDING UP: Math Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 2* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges Research confirms that early mathematics experiences play a more significant role than we once imagined. Studies suggest that specific number competencies in 4-year-olds are strong predictors of fifth grade mathematics success. So what does it look like to provide meaningful mathematical experien...

ROUNDING UP: Math Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 1* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges Research confirms that early mathematics experiences play a more significant role than we once imagined. Studies suggest that specific number competencies in 4-year-olds are strong predictors of fifth grade mathematics success. So what does it look like to provide meaningful mathematical experien...

ROUNDING UP: Pacing Discourse-Rich Lessons with Dr. Mike Steele As a classroom teacher, pacing lessons was often my Achilles' heel. If my students were sharing their thinking or working on a task, I sometimes struggled to decide when to move on to the next phase of a lesson.  Today we're talking with Mike Steele from Ball State University about several high-leverage practices that educators can us...

ROUNDING UP: Building a Meaningful Understanding of Properties Through Fact Fluency Tasks with Kyndall Thomas Building fluency with multiplication and division is essential for students in the upper elementary grades. This work also presents opportunities to build students' understanding of the algebraic properties that become increasingly important in secondary mathematics.  In this episode, we'r...

ROUNDING UP: Understanding Units Coordination with Dr. Amy Hackenberg Units coordination describes the ways students understand the organization of units (or a unit structure) when approaching problem-solving situations—and how students' understanding influences their problem-solving strategies. In this episode, we're talking with Amy Hackenberg from the University of Indiana about how educators c...

ROUNDING UP: What Counts as Counting? with Dr. Christopher Danielson What counts as counting? The question may sound simple, but take a moment to think about how you would answer. After all, we count all kinds of things: physical quantities, increments of time, lengths, money, as well as fractions and decimals.  In this episode, we'll talk with Christopher Danielson about what counts as counting a...

ROUNDING UP: Enacting Talk Moves with Intention with Dr. Todd Hinnenkamp All students deserve a classroom rich in meaningful mathematical discourse. But what are the talk moves educators can use to bring this goal to life in their classrooms?  Today, we're talking about this question with Todd Hinnenkamp from the North Kansas City Schools. Whether talk moves are new to you or already a part of you...

ROUNDING UP: Exploring the Seeds of Algebraic Thinking with Janet Walkoe & Margaret Walton Algebraic thinking is defined as the ability to use symbols, variables, and mathematical operations to represent and solve problems. This type of reasoning is crucial for a range of disciplines.  In this episode, we're talking with Janet Walkoe and Margaret Walton about the seeds of algebraic thinking found...

ROUNDING UP: Developing Student Agency: The Strategy Showcase with Tutita Casa, Anna Strauss, Jenna Waggoner, and Mhret Wondmagegne When students aren't sure how to approach a problem, many of them default to asking the teacher for help. This tendency is one of the central challenges of teaching: walking the fine line between offering support and inadvertently cultivating dependence.  In this epis...

ROUNDING UP: The Case for Choral Counting with Fractions with Christy Pettis & Terry Wyberg How can educators help students recognize similarities in the way whole numbers and fractions behave? And are there ways educators can build on students' understanding of whole numbers to support their understanding of fractions?  The answer from today's guests is an emphatic yes. Today we're talking with T...