Best Mlc Mike Wallus Podcasts (2025)

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Season 3 | Episode 17 - Understanding the Role of Language in Math Classrooms - Guest: William Zahner 23:57

21h ago23:57

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William Zahner, Understanding the Role of Language in Math Classrooms ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 17 How can educators understand the relationship between language and the mathematical concepts and skills students engage with in their classrooms? And how might educators think about the mathematical demands and the language demands of tasks when…

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Season 3 | Episode 16 - Assessment as a Shared Journey: Cultivating Partnerships with Families and Caregivers - Guest: Tisha Jones 19:43

24d ago19:43

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Tisha Jones, Assessment as a Shared Journey: Cultivating Partnerships with Families & Caregivers ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 16 Families and caregivers play an essential role in students’ success in school and in shaping their identities as learners. Therefore, establishing strong partnerships with families and caregivers is crucial for equitab…

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Season 3 | Episode 15 – What If I Don’t Understand Their Thinking? - Guest: Ryan Flessner 22:14

1M ago22:14

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Ryan Flessner, What If I Don’t Understand Their Thinking? ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 15 “What do I do if I don’t understand my student’s strategy?” This is a question teachers grapple with constantly, particularly when conferring with students during class. How educators respond in moments like these can have a profound impact on students’ lea…

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Season 3 | Episode 14 – Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms - Guest: Dr. Cathery Yeh 26:24

2M ago26:24

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Dr. Cathery Yeh, Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 14 What meaning does the term neurodiverse convey and how might it impact a student’s learning experience? And how can educators think about the work of designing environments and experiences that support neurodiverse students lear…

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Season 3 | Episode 13 – Assessment in the Early Years - Guest: Shelly Scheafer 30:08

2M ago30:08

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Assessment in the Early Years Guest: Shelly Scheafer ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 13 Mike (00:09.127) Welcome to the podcast Shelley. Thank you so much for joining us today. Shelly (00:12.956) Thank you, Mike, for having me. Mike (00:16.078) So I'd like to start with this question. What makes the work of assessing younger children, particularly …

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Season 3 | Episode 12 – Inside Out: Examining the Meaning and Purpose of our Questions - Guest: Dr. Victoria Jacobs 23:00

3M ago23:00

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Dr. Victoria Jacobs, Examining the Meaning and Purpose of our Questions ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 12 Mike (00:03): The questions educators ask their students matter. They can have a profound impact on students' thinking and the shape of their mathematical identities. Today we're examining different types of questions, their purpose and the me…

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Season 3 | Episode 11 – Affirming Students’ Mathematics Identities - Guest: Dr. Karisma Morton 18:42

3M ago18:42

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Dr. Karisma Morton, Understanding and Supporting Math Identity ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 11 In this episode, we will explore the connection between identity and mathematics learning. We’ll examine the factors that may have shaped our own identities and those of our students. We’ll also discuss ways to practice affirming students' identities i…

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Season 3 | Episode 10 – Building Productive Partnerships - Guests: Sue Kim and Myuriel von Aspen 33:56

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Sue Kim and Myuriel Von Aspen, Building Productive Partnerships ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 10 In this episode, we examine the practice of building productive student partnerships. We’ll talk about ways educators can cultivate joyful and productive partnerships and the role the educator plays once students are engaged with their partner. BIOGRA…

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Season 3 | Episode 9 – Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma - Guest: Dr. Kasi Allen 26:30

4M ago26:30

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Dr. Kasi Allen, Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 9 If you are an educator, you’ve likely heard people say things like “I’m a math person.” While this may make you cringe, if you dig a bit deeper, many people can identify specific experiences that convinced them that this was true. In fact, some of you might secretly…

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Season 3 | Episode 8 – Helping Our Students Build a Meaningful Understanding of Geometry - Guest: Dr. Rebecca Ambrose 35:50

5M ago35:50

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Dr. Rebecca Ambrose, Helping Our Students Build a Meaningful Understanding of Geometry ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 8 As a field, mathematics education has come a long way over the past few years in describing the ways students come to understand number, quantity, place value, and even fractions. But when it comes to geometry, particularly conce…

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Season 3 | Episode 7 – How You Say It Matters: Teacher Language Choices That Support Number Sense - Guest: Dr. James Brickwedde 26:28

5M ago26:28

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Dr. James Brickwedde, How You Say It Matters: Teacher Language Choices That Support Number Sense ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 7 Carry the 1. Add a 0. Cross multiply. All of these are phrases that educators heard when they were growing up. This language is so ingrained that many educators use it without even thinking. But what’s the long-term imp…

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Season 3 | Episode 5 - Building Asset-Focused Professional Learning Communities - Guests: Summer Pettigrew and Megan Williams 17:54

6M ago17:54

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Summer Pettigrew and Megan Williams, Building Asset-Focused Professional Learning Communities ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 5 Professional learning communities have been around for a long time, in many different iterations. But what does it look like to schedule and structure professional learning communities that help educators understand and re…

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Season 3 | Episode 6 – Nurturing Mathematical Curiosity: Supporting Mathematical Argumentation in the Early Grades - Guests: Drs. Jody Guarino and Chepina Rumsey 23:44

6M ago23:44

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Drs. Jody Guarino and Chepina Rumsey, Nurturing Mathematical Curiosity: Supporting Mathematical Argumentation in the Early Grades ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 6 Argumentation, justification, conjecture. All of these are practices we hope to cultivate, but they may not be practices we associate with kindergartners, first-, or second graders. What…

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Season 3 | Episode 4 - Making Sense of Unitizing: The Theme That Runs Through Elementary Mathematics - Guest: Beth Hulbert 30:27

7M ago30:27

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Beth Hulbert, Making Sense of Unitizing: The Theme That Runs Through Elementary Mathematics ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 4 During their elementary years, students grapple with many topics that involve relationships between different units. In fact, unitizing serves as a foundation for much of the mathematics students encounter during their eleme…

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Season 3 | Episode 3 - Choice as a Foundation for Student Engagement - Guest: Drs. Zandra De Arajuo and Amber Candela 23:16

7M ago23:16

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Drs. Zandra De Arajuo and Amber Candela, Choice as a Foundation for Student Engagement ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 3 As educators, we know offering students choice has a big impact on their engagement, identity, and sense of autonomy. That said, it's not always clear how to design choice into activities, especially when using curriculum materia…

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Season 3 | Episode 2 - Principles for Responsive Curriculum Use - Guest: Dr. Corey Drake 29:53

8M ago29:53

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Dr. Corey Drake, Principles for Responsive Curriculum Use ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 2 When it comes to curriculum, educators are often told to implement with fidelity. But what does fidelity mean, and where does that leave educators who want to be responsive to the students in their classrooms? Today we’re talking with Dr. Corey Drake about p…

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Season 3 | Episode 1 - Grouping Practices That Promote Efficacy & Knowledge Transfer - Guest: Dr. Peter Liljedahl 44:24

8M ago44:24

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Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Grouping Practices That Promote Efficacy & Knowledge Transfer ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 1 We know from research that student collaboration can have a powerful impact on learning. That said, how we group students for collaboration matters — a lot. Today we’re talking with Dr. Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Cl…

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Season 2 | Episode 18 - The Promise of Counting Collections - Guest: Danielle Robinson and Dr. Melissa Hedges 28:20

12M ago28:20

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 18 Earlier this season, we released an episode focused on the complex and interconnected set of concepts that students engage with when they learn to count. In this follow-up episode, we’re going to examine a powerful routine called counting collections. We’ll be talking with Danielle Robinson and Dr. Melissa Hedges …

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Season 2 | Episode 17 – Making Sense of Spatial Reasoning - Guest: Dr. Robyn Pinilla 24:29

1y ago24:29

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 17 Spatial reasoning can be a nebulous concept that is hard for many educators to define. In this episode, we’re talking about spatial reasoning with Dr. Robyn Pinilla from the University of Texas at El Paso. We’ll examine the connections between spatial reasoning and other mathematical concepts and explore different…

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Season 2 | Episode 16 – Strengthening Tasks Through Student Talk - Guest: Drs. Amber Candela and Melissa Boston 16:23

1y ago16:23

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 16 In this episode, we are talking with Drs. Amber Candela and Melissa Boston about powerful but practical strategies for supporting student talk in the elementary math classroom. RESOURCES Discourse Actions to Promote Student Access Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching to Inform Instructional Quality 5 Practices…

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Season 2 | Episode 15 – Making Sense of Story Problems - Guest: Drs. Aina Appova and Julia Hagge 32:13

1y ago32:13

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 15 Contextualized story problems are an important tool that educators use to bring mathematics to life for their students. That said, navigating the meaning and language found in story problems is a challenge for many students. Today we’re talking with Aina Appova and Julia Hagge from The Ohio State University about …

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Season 2 | Episode 14 – Mathematizing and Modeling The World Around Us - Guest: Erin Turner, Ph.D. 37:59

1y ago37:59

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 14 Many resources for supporting multilingual learners are included with curriculum materials. What's too often missing, though, is clear guidance for how to use them. In this episode, we're going to talk with Dr. Erin Turner about three resources that are often recommended for supporting multilingual learners. We'll…

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Season 2 | Episode 13 – Rough Draft Math - Guest: Dr. Amanda Jansen 21:48

1y ago21:48

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 13 What would happen if teachers consistently invited students to think of their ideas in math class as a rough draft? What impact might this have on students' participation, their learning experience, and their math identity? Those are the questions we'll explore today with Dr. Mandy Jansen, the author of “Rough Dra…

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Season 2 | Episode 12 – Counting - Guest: Dr. Kim Hartweg 19:16

1y ago19:16

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 12 Counting is a process that involves a complex and interconnected set of concepts and skills. This means that for most children, the path to counting proficiency is not linear. Today we are talking with Dr. Kim Hartweg from Western Illinois University about the big ideas and skills that are a part of counting and w…

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Season 2 | Episode 11 – Translanguaging - Guest: Tatyana Kleyn, Ed.D. 20:51

1+ y ago20:51

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 11 Over the past two years, we’ve done several episodes on supporting multilingual learners in math classrooms. In this episode, we’re going back to the topic of support for multilingual learners to talk about translanguaging, an asset-focused approach that invites students to bring their full language repertoire int…

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Season 2 | Episode 10 – The Big Place Value Episode - Guest: Eric Sisofo, Ed.D 37:20

1+ y ago37:20

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 10 If you ask an educator to share some of the most important ideas in elementary mathematics, most would include place value on that list. But what does it mean to understand place value, really? And what types of language, practices, and tools support students as they build their understanding? On this week’s podca…

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Season 2 | Episode 9 – Responsive Interpretations of Student Thinking - Guest: Kim Morrow Leong, PhD 23:25

1+ y ago23:25

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 9 What are the habits of mind that educators can adopt to be more responsive to our students' thinking? And how can we turn these habits of mind into practical steps that we can take on a regular basis? Dr. Kim Morrow-Leong has some thoughts on this topic. Today, Kim joins the podcast, and we'll talk with her about t…

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Season 2 | Episode 8 – It's a Story, Not a Checklist! - Guest: Dr. John Staley 32:40

1+ y ago32:40

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 8 There’s something magical about getting lost in a great story. Whether you’re reading a book, watching a movie or listening to a friend, stories impart meaning and capture our imagination. Dr. John Staley thinks a lot about stories. On this episode of Rounding Up, we’ll talk with John about the ways he thinks that …

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Season 2 | Episode 7 – Making Sense of Fractions - Guest: Susan Empson, PhD 23:11

1+ y ago23:11

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 7 For quite a few adults, fractions were a stumbling block in their education that caused many to lose their footing and begin to doubt their ability to make sense of math. But this doesn’t have to be the case for our students! Today on the podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Susan Empson about big ideas in fractions and…

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Season 2 | Episode 6 – Making the Shift: Moving From Additive to Multiplicative Thinking - Guest: Anderson Norton, Ph.D. 17:25

1+ y ago17:25

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 6 One of the most important shifts in students’ thinking during their elementary years is also one of the least talked about. I’m talking about the shift from additive to multiplicative thinking. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, I suspect you’re not alone. Today, we talk with Dr. Anderson Norton about this …

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Season 2 | Episode 5 – Enrichment for All - Guest: Tisha Jones 17:09

1+ y ago17:09

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 5 At their best, programs with titles such as “gifted and talented” seek to provide enrichment to a subset of learners. That said, these initiatives can have unintended consequences, sending messages about which students are (or are not) capable doers of mathematics. What if there was a way educators could offer prob…

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Season 2 | Episode 4 – Constructing Joyful Mathematics Classrooms - Guest: Amy Parks, Ph.D. 16:17

1+ y ago16:17

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 4 Teaching is a complex and challenging job. It’s also one where educators experience moments of deep joy and satisfaction. What might it look like to build a culture of joy in an elementary mathematics classroom? Michigan State professor Amy Parks has some ideas. Today on the podcast we explore ways educators can co…

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Season 2 | Episode 3 – Extending Opportunities for Engagement - Guest: Meghan Shaughnessy, PhD 25:01

1+ y ago25:01

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 3 When we say students are engaged in a discussion or a task, what do we really mean? There are observable behaviors that we often code as engaged, but those are just the things we can see or hear. What does engagement really mean, particularly for students who may not verbally participate on a regular basis? RESOURC…

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Season 2 | Episode 2 – Empathy Interviews - Guest: Kara Imm, PhD. 31:04

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 2 If there were a list of social skills we hope to foster in children, empathy is likely close to the top. Empathy matters. It helps us understand how others are feeling so we can respond appropriately, and it can help teachers understand the way their students are experiencing school. Today on a podcast, we talk wit…

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Season 2 | Episode 1 – Practical Ways to Build Strength-Based Math Classroom - Guest: Beth Kobett, EdD 24:28

1+ y ago24:28

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 2 | EPISODE 1 What if it were possible to capture all of the words teachers said or thought about students and put them in word clouds that hovered over each student throughout the day? What impact might the words in the cloud have on the student’s learning experience? This is the question that Beth Kobett and Karen Karp pose to…

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Season 1 | Episode 20 – Building Fluency and Procedural Understanding with Work Places - Guest: Lori Bluemel 13:18

2y ago13:18

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 20 Many elementary educators recognize that timed memorization activities have the potential to seriously derail a child’s identity as a doer of mathematics. But if we want to build fluency, what alternatives are there? Today on the podcast, we talk with Lori Bluemel, a curriculum consultant at The Math Learning Cent…

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Season 1 | Episode 19 –Building a Broader Definition of Participation - Guest: Dr. Juanita Silva 20:54

2y ago20:54

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 19 Participation is an important part of learning to make sense of mathematics. But ask yourself, “What counts as participation?” In this episode, we talk with Dr. Juanita Silva from Texas State University about an expanded definition of participation—and what it might mean for how we engage with and value our studen…

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Season 1 | Episode 18 – Why Progressions Matter - Guest: Graham Fletcher 18:00

2y ago18:00

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 19 Participation is an important part of learning to make sense of mathematics. But ask yourself, “What counts as participation?” In this episode, we talk with Dr. Juanita Silva from Texas State University about an expanded definition of participation—and what it might mean for how we engage with and value our studen…

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Season 1 | Episode 17 – Asset-Based Assessment - Guest: Tisha Jones 13:28

2y ago13:28

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 17 When you look at the results of your students' work, what types of things are you attending to? Many of us were trained to look for the ways that students were not understanding concepts or ideas. But what if we flipped that practice on its head and focused on the things students did understand? Today on the podca…

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Season 1 | Episode 16 – Math Talk in Kindergarten & Beyond - Guest: Dr. Hala Ghousseini 26:54

2y ago26:54

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 16 Kindergarten is a joyful, exciting and challenging grade level to teach. It’s also a time when educators can develop a set of productive norms and routines around discourse that can have a long-lasting effect on students. On today’s podcast, we talk with Dr. Hala Ghousseini, a professor at the University of Wiscon…

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Season 1 | Episode 15 – Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts - Guest: Dr. Jenny Bay Williams 25:40

2y ago25:40

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Rounding Up Season 1 | Episode 15 – Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts Guest: Dr. Jennifer Bay-Williams Mike Wallus: Ensuring students master their basic facts remains a shared goal among parents and educators. That said, many educators wonder what should replace the memorization drills that cause so much harm to their students' math…

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Season 1 | Episode 14 – Enhancing Tasks for Multilingual Learners - Guest: Dr. Zandra de Araujo 14:29

2y ago14:29

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 14 How can educators take concrete steps to enhance tasks for multilingual learners? That’s the subject of today’s podcast. Today we’ll talk with Dr. Zandra de Araujo , the chief equity officer at the University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning about three ways to enhance tasks for multilingual learners and…

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Season 1 | Episode 13 – Keep Calm and Press for Reasoning - Guest: Nancy Anderson, EdD 21:59

2y ago21:59

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 13 We often ask students to share their strategies. But what does it look like to uncover and highlight the reasoning that informs that strategy? Today on the podcast, we’ll talk with Nancy Anderson , a classroom teacher and professional learning developer about strategies to elicit the reasoning at the heart of a st…

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Season 1 | Episode 12 – Open Tasks - Guest: Dr. Kim Markworth 17:53

2y ago17:53

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 12 Today we talk with Kim Markworth, director of content development at The Math Learning Center about using and designing rich tasks to support student learning. TRANSCRIPT Mike Wallus: Lately, terms like “rich tasks,” “multiple entry points,” and “low floor, high ceiling” are being used so often in the world of mat…

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Season 1 | Episode 11 – Navigating a Successful Curriculum Adoption - Guest: Dana Nathanson 24:49

2y ago24:49

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 11 Adopting a new curriculum can be challenging. Beyond the materials themselves, a curriculum adoption may represent changes to long-standing practices, beliefs and classroom culture. On today’s podcast, Dana Nathanson, an elementary math coordinator in Leander, TX, talks about how leaders can effectively design, ma…

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Season 1 | Episode 10 – Building Asset Based Learning Environments - Guest: Dr. Jessica Hunt 17:04

2+ y ago17:04

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 10 Take a moment to think about the students in your most recent class. What assets do each of them bring to your classroom, and how might those assets provide a foundation for their learning? Today we’re talking with Dr. Jessica Hunt about asset-based learning environments. We’ll talk about how educators can build a…

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Season 1 | Episode 9 – Multilingual Learners - Guest: Jean Harvey, Shannon Lindstedt and Christa Beebe of TNTP (The New Teacher Project) 13:58

2+ y ago13:58

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 9 Today on the Podcast, a team of educational leaders from TNTP , an organization dedicated to great teaching, talks about myths surrounding multilingual learners and introduces specific strategies educators can use to leverage their assets and support meaningful understanding of mathematics. RESOURCES If you’re inte…

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Season 1 | Episode 8 – Exploring a Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom - Guest: Dr. Pamela Seda and Dr. Kyndall Brown 19:57

2+ y ago19:57

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 8 Today on the podcast, Pamela Seda and Kyndall Brown, authors of Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom, talk about what culturally relevant mathematics instruction looks like and identify practical steps educators can take to start this important work in their classrooms. RESOURCES If you’re …

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Season 1 | Episode 7 – Cognitively Guided Instruction: Turning Big Ideas into Practice - Guest: Dr. Kendra Lomax 24:30

2+ y ago24:30

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ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 7 Today on the podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Kendra Lomax from the University of Washington about a body of research called Cognitively Guided Instruction and the promise it holds for elementary educators and students. RESOURCES If you’re interested in more on this topic, consider the following article for further …

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Season 1 | Episode 6 – Cultivating Positive Math Identity - Guest: Nataki McClain and Annelly Rodas 24:40

2+ y ago24:40

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Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 6 Close your eyes and picture your childhood self learning math in elementary school. What memories and feelings come to mind? When you reflect on those memories, what unspoken messages did you absorb about what it meant to be good at math? And, how did those early experiences with mathematics shape your belief about…

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