Math Ed Podcast

This episode contains summaries of the articles in the Education Sciences special issue on incremental PD for mathematics teachers. All articles are open access in this special issue and available on the journal website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/YBV49M7Q71  It has also been collected into a book, as well, from MDPI, if you prefer either the free PDF of the collected volume or a physical book.

Yusuke Uegatani from Hiroshima University High School (Fukuyama, Japan) discusses the article "Decentralising mathematics: Mutual development of spontaneous and mathematical concepts via informal reasoning," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Hiroki Otani, Taro Fujita.

• Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10366-w 
• Yusuke's ORCID scholar page

Alina Kadluba from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) discusses the article, "How much C is in TPACK? A systematic review on the assessment of TPACK in mathematics," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Anselm Strohmaier, Christian Schons, Andreas Obersteiner.

• Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10357-x
• Alina's professional webpage

In this episode, Sam is joined by two separate guests. Sarah Powell (University of Texas) describes the origins and aims of the Science of Math efforts, and Rachel Lambert (University of California, Santa Barbara) shares some critiques and concerns about the Science of Math as it is currently instantiated.

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Origins with Sarah (0:03:12)
Critiques with Rachel (0:22:26)
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Jodie Hunter from Massey University (New Zealand) discusses the article, "Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 116. Co-author: Roberta Hunter

• Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-023-10256-7 
• Jodie's professional webpage: https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=463201 

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For this 200th official episode of the podcast, Samuel Otten from the University of Missouri discusses the main ideas from some of his most highly-cited articles and also from some of his "underrated" articles.

• Sam's website
• IJRME article on video vs live lesson observations: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2350068 
• JMB article on citations of Stein and Lane (1996): https://www.sciencedirect.c...

Drew Nucci (dnucci@wested.org) from WestEd discusses his article, "The role of an online learning environment in teacher care for secondary mathematics students," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 117. We also discuss Colleague.AI, which is a curriculum and assessment tool for teachers.

• WestEd's website
• Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10350-4 
• Colleague.AI: https:...

Priya V. Prasad from the University of Texas at San Antonio discusses her NSF-project working with college algebra instructors and previews some research that will be shared at the PME-NA conference in a report entitled "Factors contributing to instructional shifts at the college level," co-author Jessica Gehrtz.

• Priya's professional webpage https://sciences.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/prasad-priya.html 

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Sigal-Hava Rotem from Utrecht University (The Netherlands) discusses the article, "Using critical incidents as a tool for promoting prospective teachers' noticing during reflective discussions in a fieldwork-based university course," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 117). Co-authors: Potari and Psycharis

• Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10336-2 
• Sigal's professional...

Dave Coffey and Kathy Coffey from Grand Valley State University discuss their new book, Designing Math Adventures: Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics, available through Amazon.

• Book URL: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Math-Adventures-Thinking-Mathematics/dp/B0D36HKT3X/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2
• Dave's Delta Scape Blog http://deltascape.blogspot.com/ 

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Travis Weiland from the University of Houston (but soon to be at UNC-Charlotte) discusses the chapter "Preparing teachers of statistics: A critical read of standards, review of past research, and future directions" published in The AMTE Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education (Vol. 5), with chapter co-authors Chris Engledowl and Susan Cannon.

• Book available from Information Age https://www.infoagepub.com/products/The...

Zandra de Araujo (University of Florida), Amber Candela (University of Missouri, St Louis), and Paul Wonsavage (University of Florida) join Sam Otten (University of Missouri, Columbia) to discuss their NSF-funded project entitled Practice-Driven Professional Development (PDPD). They share thoughts on why they are pursuing an incremental approach rather than a transformational approach in supporting math teachers.

Luis Leyva from Vanderbilt University discusses his article, "Queer of Color Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics Education," published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 71.

• Article URL https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2875 
• Episode 1701 with Luis https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mathed/episodes/2017-01-04T12_03_01-08_00 
• Other related work
  • Black queer students’ counter-stories of inv...

Melissa Gallagher from the University of Houston (soon to be at U.S. Math Recovery Council) discusses the article, "Adaptive teaching in mathematics: A review of the literature," published in Educational Review, Volume 7. Co-authors: Parsons and Vaughn.

• Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00131911.2020.1722065
• Math with Melissa website https://www.mathwithmelissa.org/ 
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Nathalie Sinclair from Simon Fraser University in Canada discusses her article, "Knowing as remembering: Methodological experiments in embodied experiences of number," published in Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. 

• Article URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40751-023-00132-7
• Nathalie's professional webpage https://www.sfu.ca/education/faculty-profiles/nsinclair.html 

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