Math Ed Podcast

Corey Drake from Michigan State University discusses the article, "Curriculum spaces for connecting to children’s multiple mathematical knowledge bases," written by Land, Bartell, Drake, Foote, Roth McDuffie, Turner, and Aguirre, published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies. Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220272.2018.1428365 Corey's Professional Webpage TEACH Math Project TCM article about curriculum spaces See the comments for referencesComplete list of episodes

Heather Johnson (@HthrLynnJ) from the University of Colorado at Denver discusses her article, "A link between students' discernment of variation in unidirectional change and their use of quantitative variational reasoning," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 97. (Co-author: Evan McClintock) Heather's Professional Webpage Heather's Academic Blog (and her rethinking time post) Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-017-9799-7 See the comments for referencesComplete list of episodes

This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:10) Thompson, P. W., Hatfield, N. J., Yoon, H., Joshua, S., & Byerley, C. (2017). Covariational reasoning among U.S. and South Korean secondary mathematics teachers. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 48, 95–111. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (08:28) Lobato, J., & Walters, C. D. (2017). A taxonomy of approaches to learning trajectories and progressions. In Cai, J. (Ed.), Compendium for research in mathematics education (pp. 74-101). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Summarized by Kimberly Morrow-Leong (20:10) Polly, D., Wang, C., Martin, C., Lambert, R., Pugalee, D., & Middleton, C. (2018). The influence of mathematics professional development, school-level, and teacher-level variables on primary students' mathematics achievement. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46, 31-45. Summarized by Sam Otten Complete list of episodes

Zal Usiskin from the University of Chicago discusses his career in mathematics education. Zal's UChicago Profile UCSMP Textbook Series http://ucsmp.uchicago.edu/ We Need Another Revolution collected volume See the comments for referencesComplete list of episodes

Muteb Alqahtani from SUNY Cortland discusses the article, "Mediational activities in a dynamic geometry environment and teachers' specialized content knowledge," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, volume 38. (Co-author: Arthur Powell) Muteb's Department Webpage Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732312317300299 See the comments for referencesComplete list of episodes

Laurie Rubel from Brooklyn College CUNY discusses her article, "Equity-directed instructional practices: Beyond the dominant perspective," published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, volume 10. She also addresses the personal attacks that have resulted from this work. Article: http://ed-osprey.gsu.edu/ojs/index.php/JUME/article/view/324 Laurie's professional webpage: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=441 Timeline of events: https://equitymathed.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/the-attack-on-dr-laurie-rubels-work-so-far/ #StandWithLaurieRubel See the comments for referencesComplete list of episodes

Ryota Matsuura from St. Olaf College discusses the article, "The search for hidden structure," published in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (Co-authors: Sword and Finkelstein). He also describes the Budapest Semester in Mathematics Education study-abroad program. Ryota's Professional Webpage BSME Website See comments for references from the episodeComplete list of episodes

This digest episode features the following summaries (timecodes indicated): (02:14) Blazar & Pollard. (2017). Does test preparation mean low-quality instruction? Educational Researcher, 46, 420-433. Summarized by Sam Otten (08:24) Lesser, L. M., Pearl, D. K., & Weber III, J. J. (2016) Assessing Fun Items' Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Results of a Randomized Experiment. Journal of Statistics Education, 24(2), 54-62. Summarized by Asal Aslemand (14:56) Kastberg, S. E., Tyminski, A. M., Lischka, A. E., & Sanchez, W. B. (Eds.). Building support for scholarly practices in mathematics methods. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc. Summarized by Jeremy Strayer (22:49) Louie, N. L. (2017). The Culture of Exclusion in Mathematics Education and Its Persistence in Equity-Oriented Teaching. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 48(5), 488-519. Summarized by Marty Fong (29:14) Follow-up conversation with author Nicole Louie. Interviewed by Chuck Munter Complete list of episodes

Zandra de Araujo from the University of Missouri discusses her article, "Connections between secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs and their selection of tasks for English language learners", published in Curriculum Inquiry, Volume 47. Zandra's Professional Website See the comments for referneces mentioned during the interviewComplete list of episodes

Emily Fyfe from Indiana University discusses her article, "Assessing formal knowledge of math equivalence among algebra and pre-algebra students," published in the Journal of Educational Psychology. Emily's professional webpage See comments for references mentioned during the interview.Complete list of episodes