Keith Weber from Rutgers University gave a presentation on research related to argumentation, justification, and proof in mathematics education. This was part of a working group at PMENA 37 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. The working group was organized by Michelle Cirillo, Megan Staples, Karl Kosko, Jill Newton, and Keith. Keith's Professional Webpage Working Group Paper from the PMENA Proceedings Listen to Episode 1520 for a panel discussion from this same working group....
Nov 16, 2015•26 min
Mike Shaughnessy from Portland State University discusses his career in mathematics and statistics education. Mike's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes
Oct 22, 2015•31 min
Sam Otten from the University of Missouri discusses the article, " Making the most of going over homework ," published in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , Volume 21. (Co-authors: Michelle Cirillo, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann). Sam's Professional Website TCR article with analytic details Mizzou's online master's program in math ed See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Sep 17, 2015•14 min
Marta Kobiela from McGill University (Canada) discusses the article, " The codevelopment of mathematical concepts and the practice of defining ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 46. (Co-author: Richard Lehrer) Marta's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Sep 14, 2015•24 min
Amy Ellis from the University of Wisconsin at Madison discusses the article, " Quantifying exponential growth: Three conceptual shifts in coordinating multiplicative and additive growth ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 39. (Co-authors: Ozgur, Kulow, Williams, Amidon) Amy's Professional Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Aug 23, 2015•32 min
Andy Norton from Virginia Tech talks about the article, " Students' units coordination activity: A cross-sectional analysis ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 39. (Co-authors: Boyce, Ulrich, Phillips) Andy's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Jul 31, 2015•23 min
Stanislaw Schukajlow from the University of Munster (Germany) discusses the article, " Effects of prompting multiple solutions for modelling problems on students' performance ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 89. Co-authors: Krug and Rakoczy. Stanislaw's professional webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Jul 11, 2015•19 min
Gloriana Gonzalez from the University of Illinois and Jennifer Eli from the University of Arizona discuss their article, " Prospective and in-service teachers' perspectives on launching a task ," published in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education . Gloriana's Professional Webpage Jennifer's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...
Jun 24, 2015•28 min
Kristen Bieda from Michigan State University discusses the article, " 'You are learning well, my dear': Shifts in novice teachers' talk about teaching during their internship ", published in the Journal of Teacher Education , Volume 66. (Co-authors: Sela and Chazan) Kristen's professional website ThEMaT project See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Jun 01, 2015•26 min
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics have recently launched an initiative to identify several grand challenges facing the field of mathematics education. This special episode collects thoughts from several past guests - Ed Silver, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Megan Franke, Judit Moschkovich, Barbara Reys, and James Tarr - about what they see as important areas for future research. See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
May 21, 2015•17 min
Sarah Powell from the University of Texas and Julie Nurnberger-Haag from Michigan State University discuss their article, " Everybody counts, but usually just to 10! A systematic analysis of number representations in children's books ," published in Early Education and Development . Sarah's Professional Webpage Julie's Program Page See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
May 04, 2015•25 min
Justin Dimmel from the University of Michigan discusses the article, " The semiotic structure of geometry diagrams: How textbook diagrams convey meaning ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 46. (Co-author: Patricio Herbst) Justin's Webpage GRIP Project Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Apr 24, 2015•31 min
Jim Hiebert from the University of Delaware received the 2014 Senior Scholar Award (soon to be renamed the Distinguished Scholar Award) from the Special Interest Group on Research in Mathematics Education (SIG-RME) at AERA in Chicago, IL. This special episode features the presentation he delivered at the SIG-RME business meeting in the Chicago Marriot on April 18th, 2015. Jim's Professional Webpage Jim's strong recommendation to read Bryk et al. (2014) "Learning to Improve" SIG/RME Website Dr. H...
Apr 16, 2015•45 min
Judit Moschkovich from the University of California at Santa Cruz discusses her research career in mathematics education, which focuses on mathematics discourse and English Learners. Judit's Professional Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Mar 14, 2015•25 min
Pat Campbell from the University of Maryland discusses the article, " The relationship between teachers' mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge, teachers' perceptions, and student achievement ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 45. (Co-authors: Nishio, Smith, Clark, Conant, Rust, DePiper, Frank, Griffin, Choi) Pat's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Mar 07, 2015•35 min
Corey Webel from the University of Missouri discusses the article, " The role of professional obligations in working to change one's teaching practices ," published in Teaching and Teacher Education , Volume 47 (Co-author: Douglas Platt). Corey's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Feb 27, 2015•23 min
Nick Wasserman from Teachers College discusses his article, " Mathematics and science teachers' use of and confidence in empirical reasoning: Implications for STEM teacher preparation ," published in School Science and Mathematics , Volume 115 (Co-author: Dara Rossi). Nick's Professional Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Feb 18, 2015•20 min
Sybilla Beckmann and Andrew Izsák from the University of Georgia discuss their article, " Two perspectives on proportional relationships: Extending complementary origins of multiplication in terms of quantities ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 46. Sybilla's Professional Webpage Andrew's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Jan 21, 2015•3 min
Bill Zahner from San Diego State University discusses his article, " The rise and run of a computational understanding of slope in a conceptually focused bilingual algebra class ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 88. SDSU Faculty Webpage CRMSE Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Jan 11, 2015•34 min
Chuck Munter from the University of Pittsburgh discusses his article, " Developing Visions of High-Quality Mathematics Instruction ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 45. Chuck's Professional Webpage MIST Project Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Dec 16, 2014•31 min
Sue Peters from the University of Louisville discusses her article, " Developing understanding of statistical variation: Secondary statistics teachers' perceptions and recollections of learning factors ," published in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education , Vol. 17. Sue's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Dec 05, 2014•32 min
Annie Wilhelm from Southern Methodist University discusses her article, " Mathematics teachers' enactment of cognitively demanding tasks: Investigating links to teachers' knowledge and conceptions ," from the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 45. MIST Project Website Annie's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Nov 03, 2014•24 min
Sean Yee from the University of South Carolina and Jonathan Bostic from Bowling Green State University discuss their article, " Developing a contextualization of students' mathematical problem solving ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior . Sean's Professional Webpage Jonathan's BGSU Faculty Webpage See comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Oct 12, 2014•26 min
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 Free access to Adding It Up See comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Oct 01, 2014•38 min
Keith Leatham from Brigham Young University discusses the article, " The case of the Case of Benny: Elucidating the influence of a landmark study in mathematics education ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 35. (Co-author: Tyler Winiecke) Keith's Professional Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Sep 15, 2014•29 min
Paul Dawkins from Northern Illinois University discusses his article, " When proofs reflect more on assumptions than conclusions ," published in For the Learning of Mathematics , Volume 34. Paul's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Sep 12, 2014•36 min
Mary Shepherd from Northwest Missouri State University discusses her article, " Reading mathematics for understanding - from novice to expert ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 35. (Co-author: Carla van de Sande) Mary's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Aug 30, 2014•25 min
Dov Zazkis from Oklahoma State University discusses the article, " Proof scripts as lens for exploring students' understanding of odd/even functions ", published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 35. Proof Comprehension Research Group at Rutgers See the comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Jul 13, 2014•29 min
Ed Silver from the University of Michigan discusses his career in mathematics education, including his work on the QUASAR project and his thoughts about key challenges facing the field of mathematics education. Ed's Professional Website See comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Jun 16, 2014•32 min
Anita Wager from the University of Wisconsin discusses her article, " Noticing children's participation: Insights into teacher positionality toward equitable mathematics pedagogy ," from the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 45. Anita's Professional Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
May 28, 2014•25 min
