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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...
Hands-On Math Isn’t Just for the Little Kids

Hands-On Math Isn’t Just for the Little Kids

Building Number Sense, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Hands-On Math Isn’t Just for the Little Kids Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists; Hands-On Math Isn’t Just for the Little Kids {Plus Virtual Math Summit Preview} Today I want to revisit one of my favorite topics, something I haven’t...
Building Thinking Classrooms: The ONE Thing Math Coaches Need to Focus On

Building Thinking Classrooms: The ONE Thing Math Coaches Need to Focus On

Fact Fluency, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

Building Thinking Classrooms: The ONE Thing Math Coaches Need to Focus On Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 221 – Building Thinking Classrooms: The ONE Thing Math Coaches Need to Focus On Building Thinking Classrooms is powerful....
The Math Fluency Trap: Why Flexibility Isn’t Enough

The Math Fluency Trap: Why Flexibility Isn’t Enough

Fact Fluency, Podcast, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

The Math Fluency Trap: Why Flexibility Isn’t Enough Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 220 – The Math Fluency Trap: Why Flexibility Isn’t Enough If you’re a math coach, you’ve probably found yourself caught in the middle...
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