The Math Learning Center Blog

Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 7 Today on the podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Kendra Lomax from the University of Washington about a body of research called Cognitively Guided Instruction and the promise it holds for elementary educators and students. More Episodes Resources If you’re interested in more on this topic, consider the following article for further reading: Cognitively Guided...

ROUNDING UP: SEASON 1 | EPISODE 6 Close your eyes and picture your childhood self learning math in elementary school. What memories and feelings come to mind? When you reflect on those memories, what unspoken messages did you absorb about what it meant to be good at math? And, how did those early experiences with mathematics shape your belief about yourself as a doer of math? Today on the podcast...

Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 5 Whether it’s creating “I can statements” or developing success criteria, there’s no denying that writing learning targets is a part of teacher practice. Today, Dr. Rachel Harrington from Western Oregon University talks about creating powerful and productive learning goals that impact student learning. More Episodes Resources If you’re interested in more on this...

Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 4 Multilingual learners represent approximately 10% of the US K–-12 student population, and they are the fastest growing subpopulation of students in the United States. Today Dr. Erin Smith, a mathematics education professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, talks about ways to position multilingual learners as competent doers of mathematics . More Episodes...

Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 3 Learning to record students’ mathematical thinking might best be described as “on the job training” with a great deal of trial and error and a lot of practice. Today Dr. Nicole Garcia from the University of Michigan talks about the practice of recording student thinking and offers insight on this challenging but crucial practice. More Episodes Resources Recording...

Rounding Up : Season 1 | Episode 2 Educational theorist Charles Degarmo once said, “To question well is to teach well. In the skillful use of the question more than anything else lies the fine art of teaching.” Today, Dr. DeAnn Huinker, author of Taking Action: Implementing Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices in Grades K-5 , talks about the art and the science of questioning and ways that...

Rounding Up: Season 1 | Episode 1 There is a persistent myth in the world of education that mathematics is abstract and its teaching is not influenced by cultural contexts. This despite the fact that research and scholarship indicate that when students see how math applies to the world they recognize, they perform better. Today on the podcast Dr. Corey Drake , senior director of academic programs...

What does it look like to connect with your students and help them advance their thinking? How do we support them in making sense of mathematics? MLC’s new podcast, Rounding Up , aims to address the questions that matter most to busy elementary math educators, coaches and instructional leaders. Hosted by Mike Wallus, our VP of Educator Support, Rounding Up offers bite-sized professional learning...

Elementary mathematics specialists work as teachers, teacher leaders, or coaches and support effective mathematics instruction and student learning at the classroom, school, district, or state levels. The purpose of this scholarship program is to provide support to teachers in their development as elementary mathematics specialists. Winners receive $1,000 to enhance their knowledge, teaching, and...

Number Corner is a skill-building program that revolves around the classroom calendar. The program features short daily workouts that introduce, reinforce, and extend skills and concepts related to the critical areas of study at each grade level. Click image to view larger. For grade level specific content outlines, including scope and sequence and correlations to the CCSS and TEKS, please visit...