by buildmathminds | | Inspiration from Educators, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 8. Get ready to be inspired and informed from Jeni Veale, a sixth grade teacher who has made some major changes in her teaching over 30 years of being a teacher. Before you jump into the interview with Jeni, I want...
by buildmathminds | | Changing Instruction, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 7 where we are going to go Beyond Pizzas & Pies.Today I’m not going to read an insight from the book because the title says it all. Beyond Pizzas & Pies, Grades 3-5: 10 Essential Strategies for Supporting...
by buildmathminds | | Designing Lessons, Podcast, Teaching Through Story Problems
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 6 where we take a look at Contexts for Learning Fractions. Today we are talking about a quote from Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by Cathy Fosnot and Maarten Dolk. On...
by buildmathminds | | Changing Instruction, Instructional Theory, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 5 where we take a look at how Bandaids and Bandwagons are something you need to avoid when teaching mathematics.Today we are talking about a quote from Faster Isn’t Smarter by Cathy L. Seeley. In this book, Cathy...
by buildmathminds | | Inspiration from Educators, Instructional Theory, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 4. In this episode, we talk with Ann Elise Record to learn about her Recovering Traditionalist journey from being a 5th-grade teacher to helping other teachers build their math minds AND you’ll get her suggestion on...
by buildmathminds | | Instructional Theory, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 3 where we are going to look at what it takes to have a Balanced Instructional approach to the teaching of mathematics. Today we are taking a look at a quote from Balancing the Equation by Matt Larson & Timothy...
by Christina Tondevold | | Changing Instruction, Designing Lessons, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 2 where we will explore the 3-Phase Lesson Format that is essential to having a student-centered math classroom. In Episode 1 I shared about Cognitively Guided Instruction. A big part of CGI is teaching math...
by Christina Tondevold | | CGI, Changing Instruction, Podcast, Teaching Through Story Problems
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 1. Today we are looking at an insight I got from one of the books that forever changed my life, Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction. Now this book is full of goodness and you’re...
by Christina Tondevold | | Changing Instruction, Podcast
Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 0. Yes we are starting off counting with Zero, because Zero is a very important number in math but also because Zero is worth nothing and that’s what you are getting in this episode. You will get no mathematical...
