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...