Episode Details

In this episode Pam and Kim want to help you develop a cool multiplication strategy. Which multiplication strategy? We aren't going to tell you until the end of the episode : -). We believe in developing strategies as natural outcomes, and then giving it a name. How do we do it? With Problem Strings! Listen in as Pam and Kim go through a Problem String to develop this super efficient multiplication strategy.
Talking points:

• What does it mean to do mental math?
• We can purposefully help people reason and mathematize mentally.
• How mathematicians solve computational problems, Ann Dowker's research
• What is a Problem String?
• A multiplication Problem String example
• Another multiplication Problem String example with decimals!
• The big reveal: The _____ strategy