Math Ed Podcast

Originally posted August 26, 2018. Herbert "Bheki" Khuzwayo from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) discusses his chapter, "'Occupation of our minds': A metaphor to explain mathematics education in South Africa in the apartheid era," published in Numeracy as social practice (Yasukawa, Rogers, Jackson, & Street, Eds.).WARNING: This episode contains some disturbing quotes and offensive terminology from historical figures in South Africa.

Julie Nurnberger-Haag from Kent State University discusses her research on children's books. Her analysis of counting books has been published in Mathematical Thinking and Learning and her analysis of shape books used in teacher education has been published in the International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education. Co-authors: Anita Alexander, Sarah Powell, Rashmi Singh, Jamie Wernet Julie's professional webpage: https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/tlcs/eced/profile/julie-nurnberger-haag   MTL article on counting books: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10986065.2020.1777365  MTL article video abstract (YouTube): https://youtu.be/upRVrKUuto8   IEJME article on shape books in teacher ed (open access): https://www.iejme.com/article/books-i-used-as-a-child-were-mathematically-incorrect-reasons-to-use-childrens-shape-related-books-10941  Traffic light rubric for evaluating children's shape books (open access): https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/OJSM/article/view/6041  Complete list of episodes

Daniel Heck and Kristen Malzahn from Horizon Research, Inc., discuss their new book, co-authored with Paola Sztajn, Activating Math Talk: 11 Purposeful Techniques for Your Elementary Students (Corwin).Book URL: https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/activating-math-talk/book263223 Horizon Research Website: http://www.horizon-research.com/about-hri/staff Complete list of episodes

Melania Bernabeu Martinez from Universidad de Alicante (Spain) discusses the article, "Primary school students' understanding of polygons and the relationships between polygons," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 106. Co-authors: Moreno and Llinares.Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-020-10012-1 Melania's university webpageComplete list of episodes

Danyal Farsani from Universidad Finis Terrae discusses his article, "¿Cómo los gestos de los maestros afectan a la atención visual de las estudiantes durante el discurso matemático?," published in REDIMAT: Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, Volume 9. English title: How do teachers' gestures affect students' (girls') visual attention during mathematical discourse? Co-authors: Breda and Sebastià. Article URL: https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/redimat/article/view/5185  Danyal's ResearchGate Page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danyal-Farsani Complete list of episodes

Originally posted April 17, 2019. Luz Valoyes-Chávez from the University of Chile discusses her article, "On the making of a new mathematics teacher: Professional development, subjectivation, and resistance to change," published in Educaitonal Studies in Mathematics, Volume 100. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-018-9869-5

Anna Baccaglini-Frank from the University of Pisa discusses her article, "To tell a story, you need a protagonist: How dynamic interactive mediators can fulfill this role and foster explorative participation to mathematical discourse," published open access in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 106. Anna's Professional Webpage  Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-020-10009-w Complete list of episodesUniversity of Missouri PhD Program | MizzouMathEd.org

Jamaal Young from Texas A&M University discusses the article, "Mathematics dispositions and the mathematics learning outcomes of Black students: How are they related?" published in Investigations in Mathematics Learning. Co-authors: Cunningham, Ortiz, Frank, Hamilton & Mitchell. Jamaal's Professional Webpage Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19477503.2020.1845537 Complete list of episodes

Michael Weiss from the University of Michigan discusses his new book, Secondary Mathematics for Mathematicians and Educators: A View from Above, published by Routledge. Michael's professional webpage Routledge's webpage: https://www.routledge.com/Secondary-Mathematics-for-Mathematicians-and-Educators-A-View-from-Above/Weiss/p/book/9781138294677  Complete list of episodes

In a break from mathematics education research, Sam Otten talks with Zandra de Araujo about his new children's picture book, Missing Letters: An Alphabet Book, published by Olympia Publishers with illustrations by Leon Thomas. www.MissingLettersBook.com Missing Letter Activity Sheets for Teachers https://missingletters687298379.wordpress.com/lessons/ Kids' Contest and Book Giveaway www.MissingLettersGame.com