Luis Leyva from Vanderbilt University discusses his article, "Queer of Color Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics Education," published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 71. Article URL https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2875 Episode 1701 with Luis https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mathed/episodes/2017-01-04T12_03_01-08_00 Other…

Melissa Gallagher from the University of Houston (soon to be at U.S. Math Recovery Council) discusses the article, "Adaptive teaching in mathematics: A review of the literature," published in Educational Review, Volume 7. Co-authors: Parsons and Vaughn. Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00131911.2020.1722065 Math with Melissa…

Nathalie Sinclair from Simon Fraser University in Canada discusses her article, "Knowing as remembering: Methodological experiments in embodied experiences of number," published in Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. Article URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40751-023-00132-7 Nathalie's professional webpage https://www.sfu.ca…

In this digest episode we hear summaries from Kelly Demirjian, Joshua Pope, Loella Lapat, and Samuel Otten about the following articles: [01:00] Stephan, M., Register, J., Reinke, L., Robinson, C., Pugalenthi, P., & Pugalee, D. (2021). People use math as a weapon: Critical mathematics consciousness in the time of COVID-19. Educational Studies in Ma…

Artist Gurm was born in India, grew up in China and currently resides in Thailand. Having grown up and been schooled in an international environment, immersed throughout in a multi-cultural atmosphere, she has always been fascinated with the unique cultural elements and stories from all over the world. After following art as a passion since her mid…

Higinio Dominguez from Michigan State University discusses the article, "Young philosophers: Fifth-grade students animating the concept of space," published in ZDM Mathematics Education. Co-authors: Abreu and Peralta. Higinio's professional webpage https://education.msu.edu/people/dominguez-higinio/ List of episodes…

Paul Cobb from Vanderbilt University discusses his career in mathematics education research. Paul's Google Scholar page https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7bcDRVEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra List of episodes

Christa Jackson from Saint Louis University discusses the book series that she is editing for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Powerful Mathematicians Who Changed the World. Christa's professional webpage https://www.slu.edu/education/faculty/christa-jackson.php NCTM's bookstore https://www.nctm.org/Search/?query=powerful%20mathemat…

Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifaceted community arts practice interweaving her work as a poet, musician, and composer/creator. Lauren left her small Ontario town as a young singer-so…

Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifaceted community arts practice interweaving her work as a poet, musician, and composer/creator. Lauren left her small Ontario town as a young singer-so…

Robert Q. Berry III from the University of Arizona delivers his plenary at PME-NA in Reno, NV. "Preparing teachers to engage students for equitable mathematics education." Robert's Professional Webpage https://provost.arizona.edu/person/robert-q-berry-iii YouTube video of this presentation https://youtu.be/jb9iPyalz4E?si=PEiPzb79rzlbBMre PME-NA Pro…

Kathy Sun from Santa Clara University and Jennifer Ruef from the University of Oregon discuss their article, "Examining and conceptualizing the relationship between teacher praise and the co-construction of mathematical competence in classrooms," published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Volume 71. Article URL https://www.sciencedirect.com…

This episode includes information about the 3 plenary presentations at the 2023 NCTM Annual Meeting and 2 summaries from presenters -- Gail Burrill from Michigan State University, Amanda Huffman-Hayes from Purdue University, and Lindsay Gold from the University of Dayton. The NCTM Annual Meeting and Research Conference were held in Washington, DC. …

Chris Rugowski is the man, or chicken as he is known to many, behind Chicken or The Egg Photography. He is a photojournalist who captures your authentic story. As of 2023, he’s been in photography for about a decade, and in that time has gone from hobbyist with an iphone doing a full time job in software engineering (i.e. living in the matrix) to b…

Summaries of PME-NA presentations by Mitch Nathan, James Middleton, Lisa Lunney Borden, José Luis Cortina, Theodore Chao, Amy Parks, Melissa Gresalfi, Nathaniel Bryan, Naomi Jessup, Tran Templeton, and others. PME-NA 2023 was held in Reno, NV, led by Teruni Lamberg. http://www.pmena.org/ http://www.pmena.org/proceedings/ List of episodes…

Pam Asberry, M.M., has over forty years of professional experience as a music educator, adjudicator, performer, recording artist, speaker, author, composer and arranger. A BMI artist, she has released nine solo piano albums to date and her music can be heard on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Sirius XM, and elsewhere. Described as “a new age solo pi…

Jeffrey Choppin from the University of Rochester discusses the article, "The role of instructional materials in the relationship between the official curriculum and the enacted curriculum," published by Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Volume 24. Co-authors: Amy Roth McDuffie, Corey Drake, Jon Davis Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/f…

Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of 2 and had already performed with the Buffalo philharmonic by age 13. Asher’s expertise in improvisation across multiple genres has led him to a career as a soloist in demand, performing at venues such as Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Hall, Lincoln Center, the Jacob Javitz Center and ac…

Michael Little-Crow from Arizona State University discusses his dissertation study, "Professional Development for Math Educators Podcast: Amplifying, Hearing, and Understanding the Voice of Community Educators," under the direction of Andrea Weinburg. Mike's Professional Webpage https://search.asu.edu/profile/1722986 As the Little Crow Flies podcas…

Katie Dahl is a songwriter and playwright whose work is as expansive as Lake Michigan and as deeply rooted as its rocky coastal bluffs. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family has lived for 175 years, she is now a radio-charting folk artist who tours around the world. Clear-eyed and tough-minded, fresh and funny, Katie “d…

Julie Nurnberger-Haag discusses the article "Simplest shapes first! But let's use cognitive science to reconceive and specify what "simple" means," co-authored with Clarissa Thompson and published in Mind, Brain, and Education, Volume 17. Article URL (open access) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mbe.12338 Julie's ResearchGate Reach out …

Owner/Instructor at the Linda Kennedy School of Piano and Voice, Linda began as an educator, arranger and performer at the age of 14. Mrs. Kennedy is both a degreed and Nationally Certified teacher. She is a former instructor for Yamaha International and Kimball International. Mrs. Kennedy is a member of Kansas City Music Teachers Assoc. and former…

Record a 3-6 minute audio summary of some math ed research, either your own or something you've read that you think is worth sharing. Send your audio file to ottensam@att.net and put Math Ed Digest in the subject line. Within your audio summary, please introduce yourself and also give credit to all co-authors of the work. To hear examples of past d…

Amy Rood Miller is an accomplished private music instructor, music therapist, and performer. She has sung numerous roles and performances in and around the NYC and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. In 2014 she founded Creative Music Lessons, LLC, a company that provides a more fun and interactive approach to musical instruction. This distinctive…

Anne-Sophie Supply from the University of Leuven (Belgium) discusses the article, "It is probably a pattern: Does spontaneous focusing on regularities in preschool predict reasoning about randomness four years later?" published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 112. Co-authors: Wijns, Van Dooren, & Onghena Article URL: https://link.spri…

Gladys Krause from William & Mary, Melissa Adams-Corral from U Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Luz Maldonado Rodríguez from Texas State discuss their article, "Developing awareness around language practices in the elementary bilingual mathematics classroom," published by the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, Volume 15. Article URL (free): https:…

Egan Chernoff from the University of Saskatchewan discusses the special issues of The Mathematics Enthusiast that feature reviews by math educators of books related to the popularization of mathematics. Egan also turns the tables and asks Sam some questions about the Math Ed Podcast. The Mathematics Enthusiast special issues: https://scholarworks.u…

Julie Nurnberger-Haag discusses the article "Gameplay in perspective: Applications of a conceptual framework to analyze features of mathematics classroom games in consideration of students' experiences," published in the International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology. Co-authors: Jamie Wernet and Judy Benjamin. IJEMST ar…

For Peter's bio, see the show notes for Part 1 of the interview. Visit Peter's website at https://www.bazylistudio.com/bazyli-studio-wearable-art-gallery Inspirational Art/Artists 1) La Sagrada Familia Basilica by Antonio Gaudi 2) artist Nick Cave 3) "Seaweed" by Lenore Towney 4) "Shakespeare is in the Alley" installation by Skye Ciesla 5) "Seamles…

Peter Ciesla is a self-taught textile artist born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1961. Growing up surrounded by theater, visual art and music, he developed a love for textiles and fashion. Peter started experimenting with textiles at age 11 designing and creating street fashion, as well as costume for theatre and dance performances. He emigrated to the Unit…

Randy Carter is a film and television editor and director. Born in Flint, Michigan, after 8 years in the US Navy, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the Vancouver Film School. Based in Los Angeles, Randy has been a professional editor for 25 years. Randy’s focus as an editor has always been on clarity of storytelling, molding…