Learning to teach better with Dr. Leah Tiisler as she shares her dissertation research on how board and card games can help kindergarten students build math confidence and prevent early struggles with learning. Plus the Album of the Episode, Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your Read more
Learning to teach better with Dr. Eva Thanheiser, Professor and Chair of the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Portland State University, and Dr. Courtney Koestler, Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Ohio University, as we discuss the book they edited, Building Community to Center Read more
Learning to teach better with Dr. Jen Wolfe, Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona and co‑host of the Teaching Math Teaching podcast. In this episode — part one of a two‑part series — we talk about two chapters we co‑authored for the newest Association of Mathematics Teacher Read more
Learning to teach better with Dr. Jennifer Osuna, Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, as we discuss her article, Exploring the Role of Off-Task Activity on Students’ Collaborative Dynamics, from the Journal of Educational Psychology. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Shop Read more
I was worried. How would they handle the gravity of the task before them… As I gazed into the eyes of the 20 kindergarteners in front of me, I played for them the message on my phone. They grinned in excitement as the message played and the math lesson began. Read more
I saved the day. The math problem had a small detail in it that if my students were not paying attention, it would mess up their work. So I darted around the room and pointed out the detail at the precise moment each group encountered it. No one got confused. Read more
Preparing elementary teachers to teach math can be daunting. Most noteworthy, is the vast amount of content and the little amount of time to teach. But does it matter what happens in a math methods classroom? In Episode 1707 of the Math Ed Podcast, Sam Otten (@ottensam)talks with math teacher Read more