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Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit

Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to the  Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit When I set out to plan this summit, I had one goal in mind: help educators move from memorization to...
The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education

The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education Okay, I want you to picture two teachers. Teacher one runs a tight ship. I do, we do, you do. Here’s the...
What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students

What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students I’ve been doing this – teaching about math, talking with teachers and coaches – for a lot of years now. And I recently...
The New Math Fluency Standards That Were 26 Years in the Making

The New Math Fluency Standards That Were 26 Years in the Making

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: The New Math Fluency Standards That Were 26 Years in the Making For the past 15+ years I’ve been doing trainings on how number sense impacts students’ math fluency and in every single presentation I reference...
Mathematical Residue – What Stuck After the Virtual Math Summit

Mathematical Residue – What Stuck After the Virtual Math Summit

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists: Mathematical Residue – What Stuck After the Virtual Math Summit Now there’s this phrase called “mathematical residue,” and I honestly cannot remember what book that’s from. If I probably did some digging, I...
You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone

You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists: You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone (And That’s the Real Reason to Come to the Virtual Math Summit) The 2026 Virtual Math Summit starts this next weekend. And I know a lot of you are on the fence about...
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