Math Ed Podcast

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

• (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 Research in Mathematics Education, 49(4). Summarized by Chuck Munter
• (22:23) Kilpatrick, J. (2018). Where are we? The third take: Review of Compendium for Research in Mathematics Education. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 49(4). Summarized by Cara Haines

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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

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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

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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)

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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.Summarized by Chuck Munter. Math for Spatial Justice -- http://www.mathforspatialjustice.org/
• (17:58) Acheson, D. (2017). The Calculus Story: A mathematical adventure. Oxford University Press. Summarized by Sam Otten. David's musical YouTube page -- https://www.youtube.com/user/maths1089

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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

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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

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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

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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 education (pp. 74-101). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Summarized by Kimberly Morrow-Leong
• (20:10) Polly, D., Wang, C., Martin, C., Lambert, R., Pugalee, D., & Middleton, C. (2018). The influence of mathematics professional development, school-level, and teacher-level variables on primary students' mathematics achievement. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46, 31-45. Summarized by Sam Otten

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