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Back to SearchEp 95: If Not the Addition Algorithm, Then What?
Episode 95
What are the major strategies students need to know to solve any addition problem that is reasonable to solve without a calculator? In this episode P…
4 years ago
Ep 94: If Not Algorithms, Then What?
Episode 94
We want students to be real problem solvers, and we know that means much more than helping them get correct answers. But we never want to put student…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 93: Partnering With Parents: Do Correct Answers Matter?
When we feel passionately about the way we teach, we can sometimes inadvertently miscommunicate when speaking with parents. In this episode, Pam and …
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 92: Partnering With Parents: Math Night!
Episode 92
Partnering with parents can be a blast! In this episode Pam and Kim describe how they organize and run math nights to help parents experience mathema…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 91: Partnering With Parents: Over Communicate
Episode 91
How can we proactively partner with and support parents? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss ways they over communicate to parents to keep parents in…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 90: Partnering With Parents: Listening
Parents are so important, and sometimes they get concerned when their child isn't being taught math they way they were expecting. In this episode Pam…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 89: Playing With Fraction Multiplication
Episode 89
Kim has a story to tell that Pam hasn't heard yet! Listen in to get a feel of how math can be when students understand that Math is Figure-Out-Able.
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4 years, 2 months ago
Ep 88: Getting Correct Answers or Building Relationships?
Episode 88
Most of us are probably teaching the way we were taught, to get correct answers to problems. But we aren't actually helping students understand and r…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep 87: But I'm Required to Teach Algorithms
Episode 87
Do your standards require you to teach algorithms? What then? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss how they prepare their students for success on high…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep 86: Are Algorithms Necessary?
Episode 86
What purpose has and should algorithms have in mathematics education? Are step by step What purpose has and should algorithms have in mathematics edu…
4 years, 2 months ago