Math Ed Podcast

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 Homepage

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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

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*Send in your audio submissions for the 100th episode special to ottensa AT missouri DOT edu by October 10th.

The 100th episode is just a few weeks away and you are invited to participate. Just think about an article or book in mathematics education that has been especially meaningful to your teaching practice, your research, your thinking, or your career as a mathematics educator. Then record an approximately 2-4 minute audio file where you include the following:

1. Introduce yourself
2. Identify the article or book (or other resource) you will be speaking about
3. Tell us how it has inspired or influenced you (the more personal or specific the story, the better!)

Then just send your audio file along with the citation information for your article/book to Samuel Otten at ottensa@missouri.edu by October 13th, 2017.

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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

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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

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In Episode 1703, Denise Spangler described her chapter in the Compendium for Research in Mathematics Education, a forthcoming book published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The editor of the volume, Jinfa Cai from the University of Delaware, has now shared with me the table of contents. So if you are interested in seeing the scope of the Compendium, please download this PDF:
http://www.nctm.org/Handlers/AttachmentHandler.ashx?attachmentID=wbR6ZsYChE4%3d

Here is where you can order the volume from NCTM: http://www.nctm.org/Store/Products/Compendium-for-Research-in-Mathematics-Education/

The Compendium is approximately 1000 pages, divided into five sections. Those sections are as follows:

1. Foundations
2. Methods
3. Mathematical Processes and Content
4. Students, Teachers, and Learning Environments
5. Futuristic Issues

Thank you to Dr. Cai for allowing me to share this preview of what will be an important volume in our field.

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

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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

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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.

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

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