Season 2 | Episode 9 – Instructional & Assessment Practices

Guest: Dr. Kim Morrow-Leong

Mike Wallus: 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, Ki...

Season 2 | Episode 8 – It's a Story, Not a Checklist!

Guest: Dr. John Staley

Mike Wallus: 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 they capture our imagination. Dr. John Staley thinks a lot about stories. On this episode of Rounding Up, we'll talk with...

Season 2 | Episode 7 – Making Sense of Fractions

Guest: Dr. Susan Empson

Mike Wallus: 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 Em...

Season 2 | Episode 6 – Multiplicative Thinking

Guest: Dr. Anderson Norton

Mike Wallus: 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 ta...

Season 2 | Episode 5 – Horizontal Enrichment

Guest: Tisha Jones

Mike Wallus: At their best, programs with titles such as “gifted and talented” seek to provide enrichment to a subset of learners. That said, these initiatives sometimes have unintended consequences, sending messages about which students are, or are not, capable doers of mathematics. What if there wa...

Season 2 | Episode 3 – Student Engagement

Guest: Dr. Meghan Shaughnessy

Mike Wallus: 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 that we can see or hear. What does engagement really mean, particula...

Season 2 | Episode 2 – Empathy Interviews

Guest: Dr. Kara Imm

Mike Wallus: 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 stu...

Season 2 | Episode 1 – Practical Ways to Build Strengths-based Math Classrooms

Guest: Beth Kobett

Mike Wallus: 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 clouds have on students’ learning experience? T...

Season 1 | Episode 20 – Work Places

Guest: Lori Bluemel

Mike Wallus: When I meet someone new at a gathering and tell them that I work in math education, one of the most common responses I hear is, “I was never good at math in school.” When I probe a bit further, this belief often originated in the person's experience memorizing basic facts. How can we build stude...

Season 1 | Episode 19 – Building a Broader Definition of Participation

Guest: Juanita Silva

Mike Wallus: Participation is an important part of learning to make sense of mathematics. But stop and ask yourself, “What counts as participation?” In this episode, we'll talk with Dr. Juanita Silva from Texas State University about an expanded definition of participation...