#82: Mathematics for Human Flourishing - An Interview with Francis Su

#19 Four Strategies to Help Students START Problems & Stick With Them: One of the biggest challenges WE teachers have right now is helping kids not give up when problem solving in math class. It troubles us when students are working on problems that are slightly different from classroom examples and they either SHUT... by Making Math Moments That Matter

58 min listen

#3: Fuel Sense Making With Our 4 Go-To Tools: Join Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as they take a dive into the Making Math Moments That Matter 3-Part Framework! In episode 3, they unpack 4 “Go-To” Tools for Fuelling Sense Making in math class. ... by Making Math Moments That Matter

62 min listen

#10: Mathematical Mindsets: An Interview With Dr. Jo Boaler: Our conversation begins with Jo sharing some of her memorable moments from math class followed by a rich discussion about the importance of thinking deeply to communicate mathematical understanding, ideas for differentiation in the math classroom,... by Making Math Moments That Matter

60 min listen

#7: Routines, Curiosity, and Assessment: A Math Mentoring Moment with Sarah-Jane Wells: In episode 7, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr talk with Making Math Moments That Matter online workshop participant, Sarah-Jane Wells about realizing her personal privilege has affected her teaching habits, how she’s been working on Sparking curiosity... by Making Math Moments That Matter

79 min listen

#12 How Do I Make Memorable Math Moments AND Cover The Curriculum?: In episode 12 Jon & Kyle address questions like: how to create a collaborative approach to teaching math AND cover curriculum standards? How to build resilient problem solver? How do I decide to adjust my unit plans when not all students... by Making Math Moments That Matter

53 min listen

#4: 3 Moves That Ignite Teacher Action: In this episode, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr share 3 moves to ignite TEACHER action in the classroom so you can spark curiosity and fuel sense making in your students. We outline how we’ve used these moves in our classrooms to make significant... by Making Math Moments That Matter

68 min listen

#28: How to Align Assessment with Teaching? A Math Mentoring Moment with Nathan Vaillancourt: In this episode we speak with another Math Moment Maker who reached out to us for a Math Mentoring Moment Episode. Nathan Vaillancourt, a jack of all trades teacher talks to us today about how he can change the way he assess his students. We discuss... by Making Math Moments That Matter

62 min listen

#14 : Pi Of Life: An interview with Sunil Singh: We’re bringing on a colleague, friend, and fellow Ontarian from the math education world. He’s the author of Pi of Life and his soon to be released book, Math Recess, an international keynote speaker and a part of the BuzzMath team. We talk about... by Making Math Moments That Matter

52 min listen

#6: Looking for Joy in Mathematics Joy: An Interview with James Tanton: This week we interview the great James Tanton. Author, curriculum writer, speaker, creator of Exploding Dots and spreader of joyous mathematics! We bet that you’ll find yourself smiling as you listen to James’ enthusiasm for joyous mathematics.... by Making Math Moments That Matter

72 min listen

#13 : Where Assessment & Practice fit in Curiosity Sparked Lessons: A Math Mentoring Moment with Sam Brotherton.: In episode 13 you’ll listen to Sam Brotherton, a teacher from St. Louis Missouri. Sam’s been teaching for 5 years and we chat with him on this Math Mentoring Moment episode of the Making Math Moments that Matter Podcast about struggling with the... by Making Math Moments That Matter

54 min listen

#9: Planning with Intentionality: A Math Mentoring Moment with Kirsten Dyck: In Episode 9 of the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast we have another Mentoring Moment episode coming your way with Kirsten Dyck, a grade 7/8/9 math teacher in rural Saskatchewan. Kirsten is working though how to bring out effective learning... by Making Math Moments That Matter

55 min listen

#61 How to Transform Your Textbook Into A Curiosity Machine: Ever felt like you were blindly teaching through the textbook to "cover" the curriculum? We have too! Teaching math exclusively from your textbook is like teaching with a bag over your head. The textbook doesn’t allow you to SEE your students. It... by Making Math Moments That Matter

72 min listen

#11 Play is the Engine of Learning: An Interview With Dan Finkel: Episode #11: PLAY IS THE ENGINE OF LEARNING: An Interview With Dan Finkel Show notes page: http://makemathmoments.com/episode11 Play is the engine of learning, that’s the mission of Dan Finkel and his team at MathForLove.com. Over the... by Making Math Moments That Matter

57 min listen

#2: Sparking Curiosity With The Curiosity Path: Join Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as they take a dive into the Making Math Moments That Matter 3-Part Framework! In episode 2, they dive into the first part: Sparking Curiosity and highlight one of their... by Making Math Moments That Matter

53 min listen

#38: How to Move Beyond Answer Getting. A Math Mentoring Moment: In this Math Mentoring Moment episode we speak with a year 1 (first grade) teacher Sierra Classen in her second year of teaching from Melbourne, Australia. Listen in as we work through this common struggle we have all faced - either currently or in... by Making Math Moments That Matter

58 min listen

#8: How We Can Redesign Success in Our Classrooms (and why we should). A Math Mentoring Moment with Katrien Vance.: In this episode we talk to Katrien Vance who is a veteran teacher that set a total different approach to give her students a sense of direction and help them stay focused. We outline why she did it, how she did it, and how it all worked out for the... by Making Math Moments That Matter

47 min listen

#5: Too Many Resources and Too Little Time - A Math Mentoring Moment with Nicole Martin: In our first Mentoring Moments episode we chat with Nicole Martin, a 3rd/4th grade math teacher in Las Vegas Nevada. Nicole was struggling with how to structure her math lessons in a way that is engaging yet meaningful when she has so many great... by Making Math Moments That Matter

64 min listen

#24 Landscapes of Learning : An Interview With Cathy Fosnot: On episode 24, we welcome the Queen of Context for Learning Mathematics, Cathy Fosnot! We are so excited for our Math Moment Maker Community to dig into this great episode with a Champion of Fuelling Sense Making in Math Class as she will share her... by Making Math Moments That Matter

72 min listen

#22: Common Math Class Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them.: In this Jon & Kyle only episode we’ll introduce math classroom challenges that we’ve heard from educators we’ve talked to in person, educators that have emailed us, and also Math Moment Makers who filled out filled out some of of our surveys... by Making Math Moments That Matter

60 min listen

#17 From Learning To Action: A Math Mentoring Moment With Matthew Makuch: On today’s show, we’re bringing on Matt Makuch from Victoria, British Columbia to share his mathematics professional learning journey thus far. Matt shares some of the influencers who inspired him initially to begin thinking differently about... by Making Math Moments That Matter

45 min listen

#30: The Most Effective PD You’re Not Doing: Join us on Episode 30 of the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast as we welcome Gabrielle Mejia and Jedidiah Butler as we take a deep dive into the Most Effective PD You’re Not Doing: Lesson Study. Sure, many of us have had an opportunity through... by Making Math Moments That Matter

52 min listen

#34: Step Into STEAM: An Interview With Sarah Bush: This week we chat with Sarah Bush, an Associate Professor of K-12 STEM Education University of Central, she’s on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and she’s co-authored the book Step Into STEAM. We sat down... by Making Math Moments That Matter

49 min listen

#36: How To Start The School Year Off Right: Summer vacation is soon coming to a close. If you’re like us, you've been thinking about that first day for that last week or so. You’ve prepared activities, organized classrooms, laminated everything you can get our hands on, and scrounged the... by Making Math Moments That Matter

65 min listen

#1: Welcome To The Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast!: Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Join Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as they team up for EPISODE #1 to uncover how we can... by Making Math Moments That Matter

39 min listen

#15: How to get the most out of the conferences you attend: Conference season is just around the corner for us at the time of this recording. We attend various conferences throughout the year and a big question that we always have is, “Is this going to be worth it?” In episode 15 we want to give you 5 TIPS... by Making Math Moments That Matter

57 min listen

#21 The Thinking Classroom: An interview with Peter Liljedahl: In this Math Moment Interview, we talk with Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University who has been researching ways to get students to become resilient problem solvers through ideas such as using vertical... by Making Math Moments That Matter

61 min listen

#23: They’re Engaged, NOW WHAT!? A Math Mentoring Moment.: In this Math Mentoring Moment episode, you’ll meet Bill Zbozny Del Percio, a Grade 3 teacher from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who always felt drawn to teaching, but feels like he’s struggling to squeeze as much mathematical thinking out of each task... by Making Math Moments That Matter

53 min listen

#42: How Do I Spiral My Math Standards Without Spiralling Out Of Control! [Part 2 of A Math Mentoring Moment]: This week Michael Rubin from our Math Mentoring Moment Episode #40 is back to continue the conversation from proceeding vs. pivoting to organizing his course content. Yes, this episode packs in a great conversation about Spiralling your math standards... by Making Math Moments That Matter

80 min listen

#20 Restoring Balance In Your Life: A Math Mentoring Moment with LISA GEGGIE: We speak with Lisa Geggie, a teacher of 24 years and self proclaimed perfectionist. and a brave, caring human being. Lisa, like many of us, spends countless hours of after school time, weekends, and evenings planning her lessons and activities for her... by Making Math Moments That Matter

53 min listen

#26 How To Overcome A Common Math Myth From K Through College: In this episode you’ll get to spend some time with Jon and I as we share the story of a recent school walk-through that we participated in recently while attending a conference. The story leads into a common math teaching myth about how we prepare... by Making Math Moments That Matter

60 min listen

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#82: Mathematics for Human Flourishing - An Interview with Francis Su

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