How To Make Math Moments - A Discussion on the Unprofessional Development Podcast

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#29: Concept-Based Mathematics: An interview With Jennifer Chang Wathall: In this episode, we’ll dive into a great conversation about shifting mathematics teaching from what many of us remember from our K-12 learning journey to a more progressive, inquiry approach to teaching mathematics conceptually. In particular,... by Making Math Moments That Matter

66 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

#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

#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

#18 How To Make Math Irresistible: An interview with Raj Shah: We chat with Dr. Raj Shah from Math Plus Academy about how how to harness the elements of video games that make them so addictive and how we can apply them to our math classes. We chat about how to build a culture of discussion, creativity and problem... by Making Math Moments That Matter

59 min listen

#16: How To Create Authentic Conversations In Math Class: An Interview with Marian Small: Join us while we chat with the great Marian Small. For us, Marian has been a rock and a foundation for how we’ve changed our teaching practice! She’s an author, math education influencer, and Open question guru! In this discussion we talk with... by Making Math Moments That Matter

45 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

#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

#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

#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

#32 The Formative Five: An Interview with Skip Fennell: In this episode we speak with Skip Fennell, math teacher, principal, A Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Educator of the Year , Past NCTM President, He's also the author of dozens of articles and books and is a coauthor of the book The... by Making Math Moments That Matter

69 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

#33 The 5 Practices: An Interview with Peg Smith: We want to welcome NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient and co-author of one of the books we reference MOST OFTEN on this podcast: 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions The wonderful Dr. Peg Smith. Listen in as... by Making Math Moments That Matter

61 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

#55 - Seeing Before Showing: An Interview with Sara VanDerWerf: This week we chat with Sara VanDerWerf, former K-12 Math Lead with Minneapolis Public Schools who taught grades 7 through 12, the President of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and independent mathematics consultant. Lean in as we chat... by Making Math Moments That Matter

59 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

#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

#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

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