Teaching Math Teaching Podcast

Keith Nabb shares his experiences in preparing teachers and teaching mathematics in two-year colleges. He has involved his students as co-authors in research. One example is a recent article about the Condo Problem, published in the September 2020 issue of Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (Volume 113, Issue 9). Keith is also interested in expanding the construct of Mathematical Kno...

Listen in as we learn how to teach mathematics teachers better in this discussion with Aris Winger, Assistant Professor of Mathematics from Georgia Gwinnett College. In the discussion we learn about how Aris uses his position and professional development opportunities to shape mathematics teaching toward a better, more just world. Books mentioned by Aris: Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan...

Carrie Cutler is an award-winning Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Houston. She talks about how being a parent of eight children has helped her become a better teacher of math teachers. She describes her journey to today, and offers good advice about being humble, creating routines, and maintaining connections with students. Carrie's...

Cathery talks about family activism; her family with others in her community created their own community-based organization, Los Alamitos Community United, and they in partnership with ACLU sued their own city. They won a lawsuit against the city's anti-sanctuary policies. In addition, they won the inclusion of ethnic studies curriculum implementation through K-12, as well as a High School graduat...

In our latest TMT podcast, we are talking with Lyndsi Hampton who is a 5th-grade math and science teacher and discusses various ways teachers can connect with students in their classroom, especially right now. She touches on • Homemade manipulatives • Place value chart • Hundreds-charts • Multiplication charts • Fraction bars • Creating videos and having students react to it • Youtube video with i...

This is a special cross-over episode, where we share a recording from the Math Ed Podcast. Math Ed Podcast is hosted by Sam Otten, and is available on most podcast apps and also at MathEdPodcast.com In this episode, guests Michelle Cirillo and Kristen Bieda discuss their recent article about alternative field experiences for secondary math teachers. More information about this episode is available...

Listen in as Dr. Jen Wolfe shares a MEGA-Resource that she has put together since her last appearance on the Teaching Math Teaching podcast. In this episode we discuss community building, collaborative learning, technology tutorials, and sample tasks for teaching during COVID-19 and beyond. Links: Resources for Collaboration Google Slides presentation (featured in podcast/video) Link to the Video...

In this episode, Dr. Curry, a former elementary mathematics teacher at Weinland Park Elementary and a current district instructional coach and leader, describes her four goals: Discover voices, Find a passion, Rewrite narrative, and Create a culture that everyone has something to contribute. Her goal is to utilize student voices, utilize their own thinking, as well as their identity. Special Guest...

Wrapping up the July edition of our Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Summer Book Club with a conversation about the book High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice with the book's lead authors, Robert Q. Berry III, Basil M. Conway IV, Brian R. Lawler, and John W. Staley. Links High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social I...

Theodore (Teddy) Chao is Associate Professor, in the Department of Teaching and Learning, at The Ohio State University. In the episode we engage in a broad discussion of topics including technology, twitter and maintaining a healthy balance in doing the work of teaching math teachers. Associated Links/Links mentioned in the episode Teddy's website Radical Cram School Special Guest: Theodore Chao.

Chris is a High School Math and Computer Science teacher. Wilson, his school, is currently the only Portland Public Schools high school offering a comprehensive Computer Science program. We have a "standard" 4-year program along with many opportunities for independent study/projects. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about what we do here and you are welcome to check out the...

Ruth Heaton is the Chief Executive Officer at Teachers Development Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving all students’ mathematical understanding and achievement through meaningful, effective professional development for teachers and school leaders. We discuss TDGs' professional development with Ruth. Special Guest: Ruth Heaton.

Dr. Nick Wasserman, Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, discusses his work in making explicit connections for secondary mathematics teachers about how the work of teaching (say, Algebra I) is related to advanced mathematics courses (such as Abstract Algebra). Among other items, we discuss the book he recently edited, Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary Mathematics, f...

Wrapping up the June edition of our Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Summer Book Club with a conversation about the book Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn with the book's author Amanda Jansen. Book --  https://www.stenhouse.com/content/rough-draft-math Mathematics Teacher Educator article --  https://www.nctm.org/Publications/Mathematics-Teacher-Educator/2016/Vol4/Issue2/Inviting-Prospec...

Don Berg is the Executive Director of Deeper Learning Advocates, which is on a mission to embed the psychology of learning in K-12 policy so that policy stops undermining learning. His expertise is in the psychology of motivation. It turns out that appropriate motivation is not a nice add-on for learning, it is a fundamental pre-requisite to the kind of learning we all want our children to do. I a...

Jackie Murawska talks about her position as a STEM Instructional Coach at a school district, along with resources that she has found helpful and the impact of professional networks and organizations. Jackie has also been a classroom teacher and university professor, and is the past president of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. During the podcast, Jackie mentioned these online resou...

What better way to grow as teachers of math teachers then to engage in professional learning together through the first ever Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Summer Book Club. In June we are reading Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn by Amanda Jansen and in July we are reading High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand and Respond to Social Injustice, by Robert Q. Berry III, Basil Conwa...

Lydia Klespis talks about her experiences as an Instructional Coach for math and science at an elementary school. She describes how she continues to support teachers once the school building closed and instruction moved online. In her 30-year career in education, she has embraced three responsibilities for good instructional coaching: (1) building strong interpersonal relationships with teachers,...

Patti talks about how to address Dyslexia, ADHD, processing speed etc in the mathematics classroom. She talks about how to adapt mathematics lessons to be inclusive in regular and online classrooms. Here are some links that Patti shared with us durin gthe conversation. Virtual manipulatives from Didax https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html Kami https://www.kamiapp.com/ Open Up Resou...

Jen Wolfe shares how she teaches her content courses for future elementary school teachers online. She discusses Complex Instruction in Synchronous Settings. Special Guest: Jennifer Wolfe.

Zandra discusses equity issues in synchronous online teaching. Links Two Minute Teacher's Guide Special Guest: Zandra de Araujo.

Mandy Jansen discusses the use of rough draft math in both regular classrooms and online classrooms. Links Mandy's book Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn Special Guest: Amanda Jansen.

Brian and Abi discuss a mutually beneficial collaborative partnership between a university math educator and a mathematics content specialist. The focus of this podcast is the overhaul of a school district's math program. Special Guests: Abi Leaf and Brian Lawler.

Examining the Trajectories of Black Mathematics Teachers seeks to better understand the promise and challenges of encouraging more black educators to choose mathematics teaching as a career. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Spe...

The three hosts of the podcast follow up on their experience teaching online over the last week. They share things that went well such as creating a reminder video, creating a self-grading check-list, etc. and things that they wish had gone better. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categri...