Stop Waiting for Math Test Scores: A Better Way to Measure Improvement
If you’ve ever wondered what to actually do during small group time in math, this episode will give you a clear and practical way to support...
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Making Math Moments That Matter
Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek....
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20 of 480 episodesHow to Design Math Improvement That Survives Staff Turnover
If you’ve ever wondered what to actually do during small group time in math, this episode will give you a clear and practical way to support...
How to Design High Quality Low Floor High Ceiling Math Tasks
If you’ve ever wondered what to actually do during small group time in math, this episode will give you a clear and practical way to support...
A Better Approach to Small Group Tier 2 Math Intervention
If you’ve ever wondered what to actually do during small group time in math, this episode will give you a clear and practical way to support...
Improved Math Achievement: Here’s What It Actually Takes!
Improving math instruction and student achievement is something every school and system wants. But despite that desire, real, lasting change...
3 Barriers to Improving Math Instruction and Student Achievement
Improving student achievement in mathematics is a goal shared by schools, districts, and systems everywhere. Yet despite years of effort, ma...
How to Unpack Standards for Better Lesson Planning in K-12 Mathematics
In math education, there are a lot of terms that get used interchangeably—unpacking standards, planning units, designing lessons. But for ma...
Initiative Fatigue is Real! Learn How to Avoid it in Math Education
In schools today, it can feel like there’s always something new being introduced. A new initiative, a new priority, a new expectation. And f...
How to Start Connecting Mathematical Representations in Classrooms
In today’s math classrooms, there’s a growing expectation: students should be able to use and connect multiple mathematical representations....
How to Overcome Push-Back in Math Education
In math classrooms, there’s something that shows up again and again: resistance. It can come from students, from teachers, and sometimes eve...
How To Protect Instructional Time in Math Class in a World of Disruptions
In math classrooms, what is the most common frustration that keeps showing up? Not enough time. Interrupted lessons. Lost instructional minu...
Conceptual vs Procedural Math: What Effective Math Instruction Looks Like When You Stop Picking Sides
In this episode, hosts Jon Orr and Yvette Lehman unpack a tension that’s been debated in math education for decades: conceptual understandin...
The One-Shift Strategy to Improve Your Math Lesson Planning
We talk about planning all the time in math education. But here’s the question: How much time should you realistically be spending planning...
What Should Tier 2 Math Intervention Actually Look Like For Maximum Impact?
You’ve got protected time for Tier 2 math intervention… …but what are you actually supposed to do during that time? This is one of the most...
What Does “Strong Tier 1 Math Instruction” Actually Mean?
We talk about Tier 1 instruction all the time in math education. But here’s the question: Do we actually have a shared understanding of what...
End-of-Year Math Strategies: Finishing the School Year Strong Without Cramming
It’s April, and in math class the countdown is on. There is limited time left before standardized math testing or the end of the school year...
Math Testing Season and Anxiety: How Teachers Can Build Confidence Without Adding Pressure
As math testing season approaches, many teachers and leaders feel the tension. We want students to succeed. We know they’re capable. But too...
Should You Teach Standard Algorithms First? A Better Way to Build Math Fluency
If the standard algorithm is the final goal in math, why not just teach it directly? This question came up during a recent math leadership s...
What Is Conceptual Understanding in Math? And Why It Matters for Fluency
What if one of the most common terms in math education — conceptual understanding in math — isn’t actually understood the same way across sc...
Should Students Show Their Work in Math? What Teachers Should Actually Assess
Some math teachers insist students must always show their math thinking. Others argue that if the math answer is correct, that should be eno...