Math is Figure-Out-Able!

Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what? Join them for ~15-30 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give actionable items to help teachers teach math that is Figure-Out-Able. See www.MathisFigureOutAble.com for more great resources!
All The Right Things!
Jan 14
I am absolutely LOVING all that I am learning from Pam Harris. As a teacher, it doesn’t feel like we have extra time, but I genuinely look forward to “owning” a new idea, strategy, or concept that I can easily turn around in my classroom to help build and strengthen students’ thinking. Pam makes even the most complex ideas comprehensible and purposeful so that we can then be prepared to help our students find that math is actually figure-out-able. Highly recommend!
Mind blown
Jan 1
I just finished listening to the second podcast about mean, median, and mode. I just have to say I can’t believe I didn’t understand how I could just view the left overs as the fractional difference to determine mean. Not only is this more visual than to add it all up and divide but so so much easier. Pam and Kim you continue to blow my mind with how much more figueoutable you make math for this 50 year old math teacher!!
Exponent Revelation
12/10/2024
I’m very grateful for Pam and Kim’s work to promote the development of Mathematical reasoning. This podcast has grown my own and has equipped my work with students. The recent episode on exponents got me thinking about why any number raised to the “zero-th” power is always equal to one. The problem string about adding exponents generated the connections and relationships I needed. Essentially, it seems it’s the same reasoning as any number divided by itself is one, however, from an “addition of powers” angle. 1 =X^m/X^m =X^(m) * X^(-m) =X^(m+-m) =X^0 =1
Loyal Listener
12/07/2024
I first heard the name Pam Harris when I was scheduled to attend her PD session at the WI Green Lake Math Conference in May of 2020. Since that didn’t happen, I had to do my own research to find out who Pam was. Needless to say, I found this podcast and have been a loyal listener ever since. I am a K-8 certified elementary teacher who spent 20 years teaching middle school math and also taught most of the other younger grades before becoming an educational math consultant serving 39 school districts in WI. I retired in 2021 with 40 years of teaching experience, but I still support one school district as a math coach. I am passionate about math and often quote Pam during my coaching sessions! Thanks for helping teachers to make sense of math and how to teach it more effectively! Jan
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- CreatorPam Harris, Kim Montague
- Years Active2020 - 2025
- Episodes365
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