Episode 10 – PISA Question #2

https://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-Episode10-PISA-Q2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreIn this episode, we continue to tackle the huge PISA report found at… http://www.oecd.org/publications/ten-questions-for-mathematics-teachers-and-how-pisa-can-help-answer-them-9789264265387-en.htm We focus on Question #2: Are some mathematics teaching methods more effective than others? Really, this episode focuses specifically on cognitive-action […]

Episode 9 – PISA Question 1

https://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Episode-09-PISA-Q1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More This episode is special because it is our first episode topic that was suggested by a listener. A huge shoutout to our friend Erick Lee (Twitter handle @TheErickLee) who suggested this great report […]

Tape diagrams, Bar models, tomato, toMAHto

Just this morning I found myself down the rabbit hole that is Twitter when I stumbled across this Twitter post… Here’s tomorrow’s challenge! It’s a tough one #barvember #teacherchallenge https://t.co/l51qbc6sFq pic.twitter.com/F3nWijagfk — White Rose Maths (@WhiteRoseMaths) November 6, 2017 BARVEMBER? What the heck is that?!?!? What does that curious word have to do with llamas […]

Episode 8 – How to Partner With Your Curriculum

http://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-Episode07-How-to-Partner-with-your-curriculum.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreDoes using a textbook necessarily mean you are a bad or lazy teacher? NO! Let’s rethink that age-old myth that to be a good teacher one must create or curate everything. It’s time to […]

GeoGebra Training

Interested in learning more about GeoGebra and how it can be used in ANY math class? Consider coming to Merced on January 11, 2018. We are going to have a blast learning the three phases of GeoGebra: Borrow from others Break an applet to learn how it was made Build your own applet from scratch […]

Episode 7 – Trauma Informed Mathematics

https://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017-Episode08-Trauma-Informed-Math.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe’re breaking from our normal two-week cycle because Maggie works in Santa Rosa right in the middle of those big fires[1] you likely heard about. We had taken a bit of a break from […]

Episode 6 – Nine Strategies for Motivating Students

http://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-Episode06-Nine-Strategies-to-Motivate-92517-6.12-PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreImagine your dream class. What does it look like? What does it sound like? What does it feel to be in such a class? I’m sure we would all have a long list of […]

Episode 5 – Math Anxiety and Timed Tests

http://theothermath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-Episode05-Math-Anxiety.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreIt is hard to imagine that in this day and age – with all the new brain research, neuroscience, sophisticated studies at hand – that we still have to convince people that math anxiety […]