Best Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer Podcasts (2024)

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Beyond My Years podcast trailer 3:05

16d ago3:05

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Listen to this trailer for our new podcast, Beyond My Years, launching August 14th. Every day headlines tout something “new” in education—the latest research, the hottest tech, the trendiest new hacks for organizing your classroom. However, beyond all the hype there’s one underestimated resource that’s truly deserving of our attention: educators wh…

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Preview: Winning teacher moves 0:54

3M ago0:54

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After watching so much great basketball analysis throughout March and April, Dan has been inspired to put the spotlight on a different kind of superstar: exceptional math educators. Check out a little preview of Dan's new project with Kelly Serpa Howe. Check out the full videoBy Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer

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Season finale: Key takeaways and looking ahead 56:33

5M ago56:33

56:33

Listen to the final episode of Math Teacher Lounge! We’ll walk through the past 10 episodes on math fluency and pull out the key takeaways from our amazing hosts–such as tips on defining and assessing fluency, fluency development in a bilingual setting, and the potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on so-called fake fluency. We’ll also talk abo…

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S6-E10: Supercharge math fluency through problem-solving 38:29

6M ago38:29

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Tune into this episode of Math Teacher Lounge, featuring math teaching and learning specialist and friend of the podcast, Fawn Nguyen. Listen as Nguyen dives into the unique and powerful relationship between math fluency and problem-solving, and learn about how problem-solving activities can be leveraged to engage all students and fuel math fluency…

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S6-E09: Unlocking a systematic approach to math-fluency instruction 38:19

6M ago38:19

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Join us for Episode 9, in which Bethany sits down with former classroom teacher Myuriel von Aspen to talk about the importance of a systematic approach to math-fluency instruction. Listen as von Aspen discusses how effective fluency instruction takes students beyond fact memorization into deeper learning through mathematical discourse. To hear more…

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S6-E08: Cultivating schoolwide math fact fluency 43:03

7M ago43:03

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Tune in to Episode 8, where we chat with guest and former grade 1 teacher, Jody Guarino, Ed.D., about how math teachers can collaborate to develop math fact fluency at the building level. Listen as Dr. Guarino talks about what it takes for schools to do this successfully, and her key takeaways from her own experience. For more from Dr. Guarino, che…

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S6-E07: Building math fluency through games 56:54

7M ago56:54

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Join Math Teacher Lounge as we continue our season-long discussion on math fluency with a special live recording at NCTM 2023. In this episode, our guest, Jennifer Bay-Williams Ph.D., and Dan dive into math fluency games to discuss how we bring joy into the classroom while building math fluency. For more from Jennifer, check out the following resou…

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S6-E06: Nurturing fluency through student strengths 51:28

8M ago51:28

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Join us for Episode 6, where we discuss how to take an asset-based approach to building math fluency with John W. Staley, Ph.D., who has spent decades in math classrooms. In this episode Dr. Staley shares his experiences and research to provide strategies on how to utilize student strengths to encourage growth. For more from Dr. Staley, check out t…

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S6-E05: Cultivating community and fluency 33:07

8M ago33:07

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Tune in to Episode 5, where we dive back into our season-long discussion of math fluency with classroom teacher Lauren Carr. Listen as Lauren shares how she allows her students to approach mathematical thinking and learning with joy and fun to encourage the development of math fluency. For more from Lauren Carr, follow her on X!…

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S6-E04: "Making Black Girls Count," with Dr. Nicole Joseph 36:25

9M ago36:25

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Join us for a special episode of Math Teacher lounge where we take a break from our focus on math fluency to talk with scholar and author Nicole M. Joseph Ph.D. Tune in to this important conversation where Dr. Joseph shares her research and discusses how we can begin to uplift Black girls and empower them in our math classrooms. For more from Dr. J…

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S6-E03: Consciously foster math fluency 41:01

9M ago41:01

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Tune in to the latest episode of Math Teacher Lounge where we learn how to intentionally foster fluency with Dr. Art Baroody, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Listen as Baroody shares strategies on how to utilize a student’s natural problem-solving skills and desire to learn to build fluency.…

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S6-02: Assessing fluency 36:49

10M ago36:49

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Tune in to our latest episode where we sat down with Dr. Valerie Henry to discuss how math fluency assessments can be redesigned to provide teachers with better data and students with better learning experiences. Listen today and don’t forget to grab your MTL study guide to track key strategies and make the most of this episode! For more from Valer…

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S6-01: Defining math fluency 32:18

10M ago32:18

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Welcome to Season 6 of Math Teacher Lounge! This season, we’ll be digging deep into math fluency—exploring what it is, looking into the research around it, and sharing practical tips for building it in math classrooms. Join us as we kick things off with Jason Zimba, Amplify’s chief academic officer of STEM! We sat down with Jason to get a clear und…

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S5-08: Utilizing AI as a teaching tool 29:42

11M ago29:42

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Join us as we continue our summer mini-series where we discuss how to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) as a teaching tool. In this episode of Math Teacher Lounge, we sit down with educator Kristen Moore to discuss how she is using Chat GPT as a tool to revolutionize student learning and streamline lesson planning. Listen today and don’t forget …

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S5-07: Discerning the role of AI in education 33:28

12M ago33:28

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Join us for our summer mini-series where we’ll be talking about artificial intelligence (AI): what it is, how it is already being used in education, and how it will continue to transform education in the future. In this kickoff episode, we sat down with Jennifer Carolan, general partner at Reach Capital, to chat about the current state of AI in edu…

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S5-06: Season takeaways for tackling math anxiety 39:37

1y ago39:37

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As we wrap up this season of Math Teacher Lounge, we’re sharing our biggest takeaways from our incredible discussions around tackling math anxiety. We’ve been able to speak to five great thinkers on math and the anxieties that can affect students, teachers, and even caregivers. From acknowledging math anxiety and finding ways to immediately start r…

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S5-05: Technology & math anxiety: research-based tips for caregivers 31:52

1y ago31:52

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So far in this season of Math Teacher Lounge, we’ve been very lucky to have had so many prolific and brilliant researchers on our show, and our next guest is no exception. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Marjorie Schaeffer to discuss how the attitudes of adults affect children and their anxiety levels, the need for meaningful, positive intera…

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S5-04: Coaching tips for managing math anxiety in teachers 43:05

1y ago43:05

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So far this season, we’ve investigated math anxiety in students and its causes with passionate researchers and curriculum experts, including Sesame Workshop! Now we hear from Dr. Heidi Sabnani, consultant, coach, and co-host of Math 4 All, as she gives us research-based tips for teachers who are facing math anxiety themselves! Listen as we discuss …

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S5-03: Cultivating a joy of learning with Sesame Workshop 40:18

1y ago40:18

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Listen as we chat with Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, senior vice president of curriculum and content for Sesame Workshop! Continuing our theme of math anxiety this season, we sat down with Dr. Truglio to chat about Sesame Street and her thoughts on how to spread a growth mindset to young children and put them on course to academic achievement and long-ter…

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S5 - 02. Uncovering the causes of math anxiety 44:43

1y ago44:43

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We’re continuing our season's theme of tackling math anxiety, going beyond the basics, diving deeper into what causes it, and how we can help students move forward. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Erin Maloney from the University of Ottawa to better understand what’s actually happening in the brain when a person experiences math anxiety, and steps …

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S5 - 01. Investigating math anxiety 36:48

1+ y ago36:48

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Season 5 of Math Teacher Lounge is here! This season, we’ll be talking all about math anxiety: what it is, what causes it, and what we can do to prevent or ease this anxiety in the math classroom. To launch this very important theme, we sat down with Dr. Gerardo Ramirez, associate professor of educational psychology at Ball State University. As som…

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Winter Wrap-Up 03: Ideas to build math fluency 20:42

1+ y ago20:42

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Join us for the third episode in our Winter Wrap-Up! In this re-run from season 3 of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, we sit down with Valerie Henry, Ed.D, to talk about math fluency and what that means for students. Listen as we dig into the research, hear Dr. Val’s three-part definition of math fluency, and explore her five principles for develo…

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Winter Wrap-Up 02: Mathematizing children's literature 39:27

1+ y ago39:27

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While we’re hard at work producing the exciting fifth season of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, we’re continuing to share some of our favorite conversations from our first four seasons. This time around, we’re revisiting our popular episode that connected literacy and math! In this episode from season 3, we sit down with Allison Hintz and Antony …

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Winter Wrap-Up 01: Problem solving and facilitating classroom discussions 24:54

1+ y ago24:54

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As we prep for an exciting new season of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer are looking back at the amazing speakers and conversations from past episodes and sharing some of their favorites! First up: A season 2 double feature of The Power of Problem-Solving with Fawn Nguyen and Facilitating Classroom Dis…

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S4 - 05. Cultivating mathematical joy 33:09

1+ y ago33:09

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In this episode, Bethany and Dan explore mathematical joy by visiting a math teacher conference in Southern California and Dan shares recent experiences on how he tried to cultivate mathematical joy in his own school-aged kids.By Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer

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S4 - 04. Dear Math 31:51

1+ y ago31:51

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In this episode, Bethany and Dan chat with Sarah Strong and Gigi Butterfield, authors of Dear Math: Why Kids Hate Math and What Teachers Can Do About It. Listen in as they chat about their experience with finding joy in math, and how their passion helped tell the story of other students' journeys to find, or not find, joy in math.…

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S4 - 03. LIVE from NCTM with Bethany and Dan 48:05

2y ago48:05

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In this episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer are LIVE with more than one hundred Math Teacher Lounge listeners at the recent National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference. Listen in as they answer the pressing question: Who is the best teacher in film or television?By Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer

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S4 - 02. Bethany and Dan share their math biographies 43:36

2y ago43:36

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In this episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer get personal and share their “math bios”—their early experiences with math and how those experiences turned them into the educators they are today.By Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer

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S4 - 01. Joyful math teaching with Kanchan Kant 41:56

2y ago41:56

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This season on the Math Teacher Lounge podcast, we follow the theme “joyful math” and uncover its meaning. In this episode, Kanchan Kant joins Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss the key, early investment she makes at the start of the school year to ensure her math teaching will be joyful for herself and for her students for the rest …

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S3 - 06. Bethany and Dan take on Twitter! 33:24

2y ago33:24

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In this episode, Bethany and Dan take a look at several tweets that caught the most fire on Twitter during the 2021-2022 school year. The pair answer questions about viral teaching methods, the best teaching advice you can give in three words, and if students should use pencils or pens in class. Join them as they take on those questions and several…

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S3 - 05. Developing an asset orientation with Lani Horn 31:27

2y ago31:27

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Math education professor Lani Horn shares with us what it means to have an asset orientation towards students, contrasting it with a deficit orientation, and helping Bethany and Dan understand the many ways students experience one or the other. Their conversation hit both high notes and low notes and included a challenge that Bethany and Dan both f…

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S3 - 04. Ideas to build math fluency with Valerie Henry, Graham Fletcher, and Tracy Zager 40:00

2y ago40:00

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Fluency in math can oftentimes be associated with negative experiences with its development— timed worksheets, for example. Bethany and Dan are joined by three guests to better understand fluency and how to make its approach fun. Dr. Val Henry shares her three-part definition of fluency and her five principles for developing it. Additionally, Tracy…

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S3 - 03. Math professional learning experiences with Elham Kazemi 30:26

2y ago30:26

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How do we continue to grow and be more reflective about our own teaching? In this episode, Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer chat with Elham Kazemi to explore how to look at teaching as a collaborative experiment. Moving more toward analyzing student thinking and how that contributes to teaching itself, leaves more space for one’s own understa…

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S3 - 02. Mathematizing Children’s Literature with Allison Hintz and Antony Smith 38:02

2y ago38:02

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In this episode, Mathematizing Children’s Literature authors Allison Hintz and Antony Smith join Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss what would happen if we were to approach children's literature, and life, through a math lens – and how we can apply those techniques to classroom teaching. Explore more from the Math Teacher Lounge by v…

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S3 - 01. Making math viral with Howie Hua 28:01

2+ y ago28:01

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In this episode Howie Hua (you may know him from his viral TikTok videos) joins Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss making math accessible for students through multiple social media platforms, creating an engaging space for students to share their ideas.By Math Teacher Lounge presented by Amplify + Desmos

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