Math is Figure-Out-Able with Pam Harris
Math is Figure-Out-Able with Pam Harris

Math is Figure-Out-Able with Pam Harris

Hosted by: Pam Harris

Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what?Join them for ~15 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give...

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Ep 9: Strategies and Models

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What is the difference between a strategy and a model? Listen as Pam and Kim give clear examples from both elementary and high school content to demonstrate the importance of developing strategy and communicate...
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Ep 8: More Cool Things Mathy People Do

Episode #8

After last weeks discussion on partners of 10, 100, and 100, Pam and Kim thought of three more habits "mathy people" have in common. Listen in as they discuss:1. What it means for mathematicians to "Notice and...
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Ep 7: One Thing Mathy People Do

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In this episode Pam and Kim share one of their favorite instructional routines: I Have, You Need. They discuss some of the most common patterns that mathmaticians play with, partners of 10, 100, and 1000. These...
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Ep 6: The Development of Mathematical Reasoning part 2: Functional Reasoning

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Many people feel that reasoning and numeracy come to an end in highschool. How could we mathematize algebraic concepts? What does it mean, and what does it look like to have functional reasoning? Listen as Pam...
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Ep 5: The Development of Mathematical Reasoning

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This episode is so important! Pam and Kim describe the Development of Mathematical Reasoning, and how it transforms our understanding of what it means to learn and teach mathematics. They discuss how freeing it feels...
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Ep 4: Top Ten Influencers

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Who's shaping math education today? Does Pam come up with it all herself? Far from it! In her fourth episode Pam wanted to pay homage to her top 10 influencers as well as share with you all some of her favorite...
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Ep 3: Mentoring Mathematicians

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Pam and Kim continue from Episode 2 to discuss what it means to do and teach real mathematics. When we teach reading, students read. When we teach writing, students write. When we teach math, students mathematize,...
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Ep 2: Math Does Not Equal Algorithms!

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What do you think math is, a disconnected set of facts to memorize and rules, procedures to mimic or is it something else entirely? In this episode, Pam and Kim talk about discuss that real math teaching is about...
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Ep 1: Math is Figureoutable

Episode #1

In this debut podcast, mathematics teacher educator, Pam Harris talks with her cohost, Kim Montague, about how they met and the work that they do together now. They set the stage that in this podcast they will talk...
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