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Math Ed Podcast

Samuel Ottenwww.podomatic.com
Interviews with mathematics education researchers about recent studies. Hosted by Samuel Otten, University of Missouri.

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Episode 1707: Amanda Jansen & Dawn Berk

Mandy Jansen and Dawn Berk from the University of Delaware discuss their article, " Investigating alignment between elementary mathematics teacher education and graduates' teaching of mathematics for conceptual understanding ," from Harvard Educational Review . Co-author: Erin Meikle. Mandy's Professional Webpage Dawn's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...

Jun 16, 201737 min

Episode 1706: Susan Friel

Susan Friel from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discusses her career in mathematics and statistics education, her work on Connected Mathematics , and her part in the NCTM (1991) Professional Standards for Teaching. Susan's Professional Webpage Connected Mathematics middle school curriculum See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...

May 28, 201734 min

Episode 1705: Paul Cobb on Improving Teaching at Scale

Paul Cobb from Vanderbilt University received the 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award from the AERA Special Interest Group on Research in Mathematics Education. This special episode features the remarks he made at the SIG-RME business meeting in San Antonio, TX, on April 28, 2017. Thanks go to Janine Remillard for capturing the audio of this presentation. Paul's professional webpage SIG-RME website Chuck Munter Episode Kara Jackson Episode Dr. Cobb received his Ed.D. from the University of Georgia....

May 08, 201744 min

Episode 1704: Elizabeth Fennema

Eliz Fennema, emeritus professor from the University of Wisconsin, discusses her career in mathematics education, her research on gender-differences in mathematics, and her role on the Cognitively Guided Instruction project. Guest host: Susan Empson See the comments for references mentioned during the interview Complete list of past episodes...

Apr 30, 20171 hr 2 min

Episode 1703: Denise Spangler

Denise Spangler from the University of Georgia discusses the forthcoming chapter, "Research on core practices in K-12 mathematics teaching" (co-author: Victoria Jacobs), appearing in the Compendium of Research in Mathematics Education (NCTM). Denise's Professional Webpage Core Practice Consortium Table of Contents for the COMPENDIUM See the comments for references mentioned during the interview Complete list of past episodes...

Apr 23, 201738 min

Episode 1702: Charles Munter

Chuck Munter from the University of Missouri discusses his article, " Examining relations between mathematics teachers' instructional vision and knowledge and change in practice ," [ FREE PDF ] published in the American Journal of Education , Volume 123. (Co-author: Richard Correnti) Chuck's Professional Webpage MIST Project Website Complete list of past episodes See the comments for references mentioned during the interview...

Mar 17, 201728 min

Episode 1701: Luis Leyva

Luis Leyva from Vanderbilt University discusses his article, " An intersectional analysis of Latin@ college women's counter-stories in mathematics ," published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, Volume 9. http://ed-osprey.gsu.edu/ojs/index.php/JUME/article/view/295/201 Luis's professional webpage Note: Drawing on Gutiérrez (2013), the term Latin@ (which you will hear Luis pronouncing in the episode) decenters the patriarchal nature of the Spanish language that traditionally groups La...

Jan 04, 201727 min

Episode 1621: Megan Taylor

Megan Taylor from Trellis Education ( http://www.trelliseducation.org/ ) discusses her article, "From effective curricula toward effective curriculum use," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 47. See the comments for references mentioned during the interview.

Dec 26, 201628 min

Episode 1620: Kimberly Cervello Rogers

Kimberly Cervello Rogers from Bowling Green State University discusses the article, " Graduate teaching assistants' enactment of reasoning-and-proving tasks in a content course for elementary teachers ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 47. (Co-author: Michael Steele) Kim's Professional Website See the comment for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...

Dec 05, 201638 min

Episode 1619: Julie Nurnberger-Haag

Julie Nurnberger-Haag from Kent State University discusses her article, " A cautionary tale: How children's books (mis)teach shapes ," published in Early Education and Development . Julie's Professional Webpage Article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10409289.2016.1242993 Episode 1509 on Julie's number book study See comments for references mentioned during the interview ....

Nov 23, 201622 min

Episode 1618: Argumentation, Justification, and Proof Panel at PMENA

This special episode features a panel of scholars from the Argumentation, Justification, and Proof working group at the PMENA conference in Tucson, AZ . Featured are Eric Knuth from the University of Wisconsin, Orit Zaslavsky from New York University, and David Yopp from the University of Idaho. 2016 Conference Paper (via ResearchGate) 2016 White Paper (via ResearchGate) 2015 Conference paper (via ResearchGate) 2015 Podcast Recording of the Panel 2015 Podcast Recording of Keith Weber's Remarks S...

Nov 14, 201638 min

Episode 1617: Dave Coffey & John Golden

Dave Coffey and John Golden from Grand Valley State University discuss their scholarly use of blogs, Twitter, and YouTube in their thinking about mathematics education and teacher preparation. Dave's deltascape blog John's mathhombre blog #MTBoS (Math Twitter Blogosphere) See the comments for references mentioned during the episode ....

Nov 07, 201628 min

Episode 1616: Katy Ulrich

Katy Ulrich from Virginia Tech University discusses her two-part article series called "Stages in constructing and coordinating units additively and multiplicatively," published in For the Learning of Mathematics . Part 1 and Part 2 Katy's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview...

Oct 30, 201635 min

Episode 1615: Lyn English

Lyn English from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, discusses her career in mathematics education, her editorship of Mathematical Thinking and Learning , and current issues related to STEM education. Lyn's professional website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview...

Sep 27, 201635 min

Episode 1614: Nichole Kersting, Erik Jacobson, & Janine Remillard

This episode focuses on two chapters from the the forthcoming book Psychometric Models in Mathematics Education (listen to Episode 1611 for details). First, Nicki Kersting from the University of Arizona discusses "Examining and understanding dimensionality in the context of instrument development." Second, Erik Jacobson from Indiana University and Janine Remillard from the University of Pennsylvania discuss "The interaction between measure design and construct development: Building validity argu...

Aug 29, 201634 min

Episode 1613: Mimi Engel

Mimi Engel from Vanderbilt University discusses the article, " Mathematics content coverage and student learning in kindergarten ," published in Educational Researcher , Volume 45. (Co-authors: Claessens, Watts, and Farkas) Mimi's Professional Website National Center for Educational Statistics See the comments for references mentioned during the interview...

Aug 25, 201626 min

Episode 1612: Michael de Villiers

Michael de Villiers speaks with guest host, Michelle Cirillo, about his career in mathematics education. Dr. de Villiers is an emeritus professor from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and an honorary professor at the University of Stellenbosch. Michael's Dynamic Math Website Michael's Professional Webpage Proof with Dynamic Geometry Software...

Aug 15, 201647 min

Episode 1611: Andrew Izsák & Jonathan Templin

Andrew Izsák from the University of Georgia and Jonathan Templin from the University of Kansas discuss their forthcoming edited volume on psychometric models in mathematics education and also their chapter entitled, "Coordinating conceptualizations of mathematical knowledge with psychometric models." The book will be published this fall by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Andrew's professional webpage Jonathan's professional website See the comments for references mentioned durin...

Aug 08, 201624 min

Episode 1610: Gregory Larnell

Greg Larnell from the University of Illinois at Chicago discusses his article, "More than just skill: Mathematics identities, racialized narratives, and remediation among black undergraduates" (free PDF available) , published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 47. Greg's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview ....

Jul 30, 201639 min

Episode 1609: Sandra Fillebrown

Sandy Fillebrown from Saint Joseph's University discusses the article, " Courses on the beauty of mathematics: Our version of general educatino mathematics courses ," published in PRIMUS and written by Agnes Rash and Sandy. SJU General Education Sandy's Professional Webpage...

Jun 25, 201619 min

Episode 1608: Erin Turner

Erin Turner from the University of Arizona discusses the article, "Learning to leverage children's multiple mathematical knowledge bases in mathematics instruction," to be published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education . Co-authors: Foote, Stoehr, Roth McDuffie, Aguirre, Bartell, Drake Erin's Professional Website TEACH MATH Project Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview ....

May 31, 201636 min

Episode 1607: Thomas Carpenter

Tom Carpenter, emeritus professor from the University of Wisconsin and NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award winner, discusses his career in mathematics education. Wisconsin Faculty Page Brief Biography from NCTM See the comments for references mentioned during the interview ....

May 10, 201628 min

Episode 1606: Brent Davis NCTM Plenary

Brent Davis from the University of Calgary delivers his plenary, "How research into second-language learning might be useful for improving mathematics teaching practice," at the 2016 NCTM Research Conference , San Francisco, CA. Slides accompanying the presentation Brent's Professional Webpage Thanks to NCTM and to Raymond Johnson for helping make this episode possible....

Mar 27, 201653 min

Episode 1605: Rochelle Gutiérrez

Rochelle Gutiérrez from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign discusses her scholarly career in mathematics education. Rochelle's Professional Website Information about Rochelle's Noyce Project AMTE "Getting Personal" Video of Rochelle See the comments for references mentioned during the interview....

Mar 07, 201647 min

Episode 1604: Raymond Johnson

Raymond Johnson from the University of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Education discusses the article, " Teachers, tasks, and tensions: Lessons from a research-practice partnership ," published in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education . (Co-authors: Severance, Penuel, Leary) Open access preprint available through CU Raymond's Professional Webpage Inquiry Hub Partnership MathEd.Net MathEd wiki See the comments for references mentioned during the interview....

Feb 25, 201628 min

Episode 1603: Allison Hintz & Kersti Tyson

Allison Hintz from the University of Washington at Bothell and Kersti Tyson from the University of New Mexico discuss their article, " Complex listening: Supporting students to listen as mathematical sense-makers ," published in Mathematical Thinking and Learning , Volume 17. Allison's Professional Webpage Kersti's Researchgate Page Listening Study Group leader Andrea English (Andrea.English@ed.ac.uk) See the comments for references mentioned during the interview....

Feb 04, 201643 min

Episode 1602: Charles Hohensee

Charles Hohensee from the University of Delaware discusses his article, " Teachers' awareness of the relationship between prior knowledge and new learning ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , Volume 47. Charles's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview....

Jan 25, 201630 min

Episode 1601: Samuel Otten

Samuel Otten from the University of Missouri discusses the article " Univocal and dialogic discourse in secondary mathematics classrooms: The case of attending to precision ," published in ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education , Volume 47. (Co-authors: Chris Engledowl and Vickie Spain) Sam's Professional Website University of Missouri's PhD Program in Mathematics Education University of Missouri's Online Master's Program in Mathematics Education The concluding music is "The Hi...

Jan 18, 201616 min

Episode 1521: Laurie Zack

Laurie Zack from High Point University discusses the article, " Flipping freshman mathematics ," published in a PRIMUS special issue on flipped instruction at the college level. (Co-authors: Fuselier, Graham-Squire, Lamb, & O'Hara) High Point's Mathematics Department Website See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. List of episodes...

Dec 01, 201523 min

Episode 1520: Panel Discussion of Justification and Proof

Kristen Bieda (Michigan State University), Anna Conner (University of Georgia), and Pablo Mejia-Ramos (Rutgers University) formed a panel at the PMENA 37 working group on argumentation, justification, and proof. The working group was organized by Michelle Cirillo, Megan Staples, Karl Kosko, Jill Newton, and Keith Weber. Working Group Paper from the PMENA Proceedings Listen to Episode 1519 for Keith Weber's presentation from this same working group....

Nov 19, 201547 min
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