John Allen Paulos from Temple University discusses his career in mathematics and writing public books about mathematical perspectives, with particular attention to his pseudo-memoir A Numerate Life , published by Prometheus Books. John's Website Sam's review of John's book Irreligion Complete list of episodes...
Sam Otten and Chuck Munter from the University of Missouri discuss their experiences at the recent PME-NA conference in Greenville, SC, and provide brief summaries of the four plenary sessions. The plenary speakers are listed below, and the lead organizers of the 2018 PME-NA conference were Tommy Hodges, George Roy, and Andy Tyminski. Full 2018 PME-NA Conference Proceedings Marta Civil Laurie Rubel Corey Drake Elham Kazemi Maggie Niess Jeremy Roschelle Andy Norton Julie Sarama Meet us in St. Lou...
(2:08) Maria del Rosario Zavala, keynote at the TODOS 2018 Conference. https://www.todos-math.org/todos2018-conference Summarized by Kim Morrow Leong (10:44) NCTM Research Committee. (2018). Asset-based approaches to equitable mathematics education research and practice . Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , 49 (4). Summarized by Chuck Munter (23:50) Ellerton, N. F. (2018). NCTM's Compendium: Finding a balance between historical details, contemporary practices, and future resources . ...
Niral Shah from Michigan State University discusses the article " Equity analytics: A methodological approach for quantifying participation patterns in mathematics classroom discourse ," published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education , with first author Daniel L. Reinholz. EQUIP Website -- https://www.equip.ninja Complete list of episodes...
Bob Reys from the University of Missouri discusses his career in mathematics education. Bob's Professional Webpage AMTE's Principles to Guide the Design and Implementation of Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education report CSMC Website Barbara Reys (Episode 1316) Glenda Lappan (Episode 1411) Complete list of episodes...
Bruce May from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) discusses his paper, "Deepening-thinking-like problems: The case of two students," from the 20th Annual Congress of the Association for Mathematics Edcation of South Africa. (Co-author: Cyril Julie) Bruce's Professional Webpage AMESA Website Complete list of episodes...
Bheki Khuzwayo from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) discusses his chapter, "'Occupation of our minds': A metaphor to explain mathematics education in South Africa in the apartheid era," published in Numeracy as social practice (Yasukawa, Rogers, Jackson, & Street, Eds.). WARNING: This episode contains some disturbing quotes and offensive terminology from historical figures in South Africa. Bheki's Professional Webpage Ubuntu Wikipedia page Complete list of episodes...
Susan Elrod from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater discusses her research on institutional change as it relates to improving STEM education. We include clips from her keynote address at the 2018 Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTE-P) Conference and discuss implications for improving university mathematics education. Guest host: Jeremy Strayer Elrod, S., & Kezar, A. (2017). Increasing student success in STEM: Summary of a guide to systemic institutional change. Change: The M...
(02:04) Lindorff, A., & Sammon, P. (2018). Going beyond structured observations: looking at classroom practice through a mixed method lens. ZDM Mathematics Education, 50. Summarized by Marty Fong (06:43) Trocki, A., & Hollebrands, K. (2018). The Development of a Framework for Assessing Dynamic Geometry Task Quality. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. Summarized by Sam Otten (13:32) Inglis, M., & Foster, C. (2018). Five decades of mathematics education research. Journal for...
David Pimm from Simon Fraser University (Canada) discusses his career spanning mathematics, mathematics education, linguistics, and more. David's Professional Webpage Speaking Mathematically book For the Learning of Mathematics journal Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education journal See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
Michael Steele from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and Craig Huhn from Holt High School (Michigan) discuss their new book, A Quiet Revolution: One District's Story of Radical Curricular Change in High School Mathematics , published by Information Age. Mike's Professional Webpage Craig's District Webpage See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
Jere Confrey from North Carolina State University discusses her career in mathematics education, including her ideas about children's mathematical thinking, learning progressions, and the Common Core State Standards. Guest host: Kim Morrow Leong Jere's Professional Webpage Turn on CC Math Scaling Up Digital Design Studies (SUDDS) See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (2:06) Doerr, H. M., DelMas, R., & Makar, K. (2017). A modeling approach to the development of students’ informal inferential reasoning. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16 (2), 86–115. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (6:47) Rubel, L. H., Hall-Wieckert, M., & Lim, V. Y. (2017). Making Space for Place: Mapping Tools and Practices to Teach for Spatial Justice. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 26 (4), 643-687. S...
Jim Hiebert from the University of Delaware discusses his career in mathematics education, from children's mathematical thinking to conceptually-rich teaching to systems of instructional change. Jim's Professional Website Jim's Remarks to SIG-RME The Teaching Gap See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
Corey Drake from Michigan State University discusses the article, " Curriculum spaces for connecting to children’s multiple mathematical knowledge bases ," written by Land, Bartell, Drake, Foote, Roth McDuffie, Turner, and Aguirre, published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies . Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220272.2018.1428365 Corey's Professional Webpage TEACH Math Project TCM article about curriculum spaces See the comments for references Complete list of episod...
Heather Johnson (@HthrLynnJ) from the University of Colorado at Denver discusses her article, " A link between students' discernment of variation in unidirectional change and their use of quantitative variational reasoning ," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics , Volume 97. (Co-author: Evan McClintock) Heather's Professional Webpage Heather's Academic Blog (and her rethinking time post ) Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-017-9799-7 See the comments for ref...
This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:10) Thompson, P. W., Hatfield, N. J., Yoon, H., Joshua, S., & Byerley, C. (2017). Covariational reasoning among U.S. and South Korean secondary mathematics teachers . Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 48 , 95–111. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (08:28) Lobato, J., & Walters, C. D. (2017). A taxonomy of approaches to learning trajectories and progressions. In Cai, J. (Ed.), Compendium for research in mathematics...
Zal Usiskin from the University of Chicago discusses his career in mathematics education. Zal's UChicago Profile UCSMP Textbook Series http://ucsmp.uchicago.edu/ We Need Another Revolution collected volume See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
Muteb Alqahtani from SUNY Cortland discusses the article, " Mediational activities in a dynamic geometry environment and teachers' specialized content knowledge ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , volume 38. (Co-author: Arthur Powell) Muteb's Department Webpage Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732312317300299 See the comments for references Complete list of episodes...
Laurie Rubel from Brooklyn College CUNY discusses her article, " Equity-directed instructional practices: Beyond the dominant perspective ," published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education , volume 10. She also addresses the personal attacks that have resulted from this work. Article: http://ed-osprey.gsu.edu/ojs/index.php/JUME/article/view/324 Laurie's professional webpage: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=441 Timeline of events: https://equ...
Ryota Matsuura from St. Olaf College discusses the article, " The search for hidden structure ," published in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (Co-authors: Sword and Finkelstein). He also describes the Budapest Semester in Mathematics Education study-abroad program. Ryota's Professional Webpage BSME Website See comments for references from the episode Complete list of episodes...
This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:14) Blazar & Pollard. (2017). Does test preparation mean low-quality instruction? Educational Researcher, 46 , 420-433. Summarized by Sam Otten (08:24) Lesser, L. M., Pearl, D. K., & Weber III, J. J. (2016) Assessing Fun Items' Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Results of a Randomized Experiment . Journal of Statistics Education, 24 (2), 54-62. Summarized by Asa...
Zandra de Araujo from the University of Missouri discusses her article, " Connections between secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs and their selection of tasks for English language learners ", published in Curriculum Inquiry , Volume 47. Zandra's Professional Website See the comments for referneces mentioned during the interview Complete list of episodes...
Emily Fyfe from Indiana University discusses her article, " Assessing formal knowledge of math equivalence among algebra and pre-algebra students ," published in the Journal of Educational Psychology . Emily's professional webpage See comments for references mentioned during the interview . Complete list of episodes...
Teddy Chao from Ohio State University discusses his co-authored chapter, "Experiences using clinical interviews in mathematics methods courses to empower preservice teachers: A conversation among three critical mathematics educators," from the AMTE professional book series (co-authors: ). Guest hosted by Cara Haines. Teddy's STEAM Factory page TeachMath.info See comments for references mentioned during the interview Complete list of episodes...
This special episode features a look back at math ed articles and books that have inspired us. Thanks to Joel Amidon, Lynette Guzman, Chris Austin, Sheunghyun Yeo, Jeremy Strayer, Dave Coffey, and Dan Meyer for their contributions. References are in the comments on MathEdPodcast.com. If you're interested in being a podcast contributor in the future, please contact Sam at ottensa@missouri.edu. Complete list of episodes...
Beth Herbel-Eisenmann from Michigan State University and Michelle Cirillo from the University of Delaware talk about their forthcoming set of professional development materials, Mathematics Discourse in Secondary Classrooms (MDISC) , published by Math Solutions. Co-authors: Michael Steele, Samuel Otten, and Kate Johnson MDISC Project Page Math Solutions Product Page Complete list of episodes...
Matthew Inglis from Loughborough University (UK) discusses his book, Does mathematical study develop logical thinking? Testing the Theory of Formal Discipline , published by World Scientific (with co-author Nina Attridge). Matthew's Personal Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview Complete list of episodes *Send in your audio submissions for the 100th episode special to ottensa AT missouri DOT edu by October 10th....
Aimee Ellington from Virginia Commonwealth University discusses the article, " Effectively coaching middle school teachers: A case for teacher and student learning ," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior , Volume 46. (Co-authors: Whitenack and Edwards) Aimee's Professional Webpage See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes...
Les Steffe from the University of Georgia talks about his career in mathematics, including graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, the theory of radical constructivism, and research on students' understanding of number. Guest host: Kevin Moore See the comments for references mentioned during the interview. Complete list of episodes
