The Build Math Minds Podcast
By Christina Tondevold
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Episodes: 100
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The Build Math Minds podcast is for my fellow Recovering Traditionalists out there. If you don't know whether or not you are a Recovering Traditionalist, here's how I define us. We are math educators who used to teach math the traditional way. Flip lesson by lesson in the textbook, directly teaching step-by-step how to solve math problems. But now, we are working to change that to a style of teaching math that is fun and meets our students where they are at, not just teaching what comes next in the textbook. We want to encourage our students to be thinkers, problem solvers, and lovers of mathematics..we are wanting to build our students math minds and not just create calculators. If that is you, then this podcast is for you.
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Episode 215 - Why Balance in Teaching Isn't What You Think
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Episode 214 - The REAL Purpose of Teaching Math (And Why It Matters More Than Ever)
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Episode 213 - Seeing Multiplication - How Subitizing Builds Fact Fluency Through Relationships
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Episode 212 - Subitizing With Fractions
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Episode 211 - Building Number Sense Without Adding to Your Plate
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Episode 210 - Why Good Activities Aren't Enough - The Missing Piece That Makes Number Sense Work
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Episode 209 - The Power of Integration - Why Teaching Number Sense Concepts Together Accelerates Learning
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Episode 208 - The Number Relationships That Transform Math Understanding
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Episode 207 - The Math Foundations - What Elementary Students Need Before You Ever Have Them Operate with Numbers
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Episode 206 - 1% Better - The 4-Minute Daily Math Difference
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Episode 205 - Stop Coaching Everyone: Use the 80/20 Rule to Transform Your Elementary Math Coaching
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Episode 204 -Timed Math Activities…Good or Bad?
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Episode 203 - Number Sense with Christina Tondevold and Mona Iehl
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May 25, 2025 |
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Episode 202 - Going Beyond the Task When Building Thinking Classrooms with the Special Guests in Our Book Study
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May 18, 2025 |
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Episode 201 - Our Summer Book Study - Exploring Tasks for the Thinking Classroom
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May 11, 2025 |
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Episode 200 - The Three Essential Math Experiences: Number Routines, Word Problems, and Games
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May 04, 2025 |
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Episode 199 - The Many Ways to Show Numbers with Fingers
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Episode 198 - Tips for Using Games to Build Math Minds with Dan Finkel
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Episode 197 - Upleveling Missing Part Games
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 196 - Repackaging Style Word Problems: Transforming Missing Part Word Problems
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 195 - Upleveling Missing Part Activities to Build Deeper Mathematical Thinking
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 194 - The Truth About Mental Math - It's Not Just In Your Head
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Episode 193 - Beyond the Template - Making the Lesh Translation Model Meaningful
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Episode 192 - A Math Task All Teachers Should be Doing
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Episode 191 - Math Teaching Strategies: Highlights from the 2025 Virtual Math Summit Live Sessions
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Episode 189 - Making Math Irresistible: 4 Expert Strategies for Student Engagement in Elementary Math
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Episode 188 - The Science of Making Math Stick: Using Brain Research to Combat the NAEP Score Crisis
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Episode 187 - Problem Solving Success: 3 Experts' Ideas from the 2025 Virtual Math Summit
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Episode 186 - Live Elementary Math PD Sessions You Won't Want to Miss: 2025 Virtual Math Summit Preview
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Episode 185 - Tasks for Building Thinking Classrooms - Virtual Math Summit 2025 preview
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Episode 184 - Don't Discount the Use of Games in Your Classroom
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Episode 183 - The Count - Uncovering Mathematical Structure in Elementary Classrooms
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Episode 182 - Visual Patterns: The Secret Weapon for Teaching The Math Practices
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Episode 181 - Exploring Patterns Through Number Routines
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 180 - Leaping Numbers: a great math activity for exploring patterns
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Episode 179 - A Math Hack That Isn't a Hack
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Episode 178 - Students who struggle with Less Than problems
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Episode 177 - Math Misconceptions
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Episode 176 - Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Episode 175 - Always Building Relationships - Rounding Numbers Series
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 174 - Helping Students Understand Magnitude of Numbers - Rounding Numbers Series
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 173 - Using Number Lines to Round Numbers - Rounding Numbers Series
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 172 - Is Emotional Teaching a Thing???
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Episode 171 - Summer Book Study for Elementary Math Educators
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Episode 170 - The Importance of Play
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 169 - Math Fluency Through Flexibility
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May 19, 2024 |
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Episode 168 - Use Math Manipulatives - No Matter The Age
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May 12, 2024 |
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Episode 167 - Mental Math does NOT mean doing it in your head
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May 05, 2024 |
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Episode 166 - A Child's Progression When Grouping to Count Items
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Episode 165 - Geometry in PreK-2 is more than just knowing names of shapes
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Episode 164 - The Power of Using Inverse Operations to Subtract & Divide
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Episode 163 - Helping Your Students to Be a Successful Student
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Episode 162 - Approximation, Precision, & Accuracy in Measurement
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 161 - A candy bar is better than a pie…when it comes to fractions
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Episode 160 - Tips for Getting Kids to Talk in Math Class
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Episode 159 - The Number Strings Queens
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Episode 158 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Preventing Teacher Burnout
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Episode 157 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Challenges and Benefits of Building Kids' Thinking
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 156 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Things to Think About When Doing Number Routines
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Episode 155 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Teaching Math with Newcomers in Mind
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Episode 154 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Helping Students Understand Multiplication
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Episode 153: Virtual Math Summit Preview: Tips for Creating Student-Centered Classrooms
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Episode 152 - Why don't you talk about Time & Money?
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Episode 151 - What Do Students Need to Know About Division?
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Episode 150 - A Quick Math Story Problem Activity
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Episode 149 - Things to Say Instead of IDK
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Episode 148 - Why Is Understanding Fractions So Hard?
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Episode 147 - Practice Makes Permanent
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Episode 146 - Standard Algorithms Compared to Computational Strategies
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Episode 145 - Math Textbooks Have the Teaching of Fluency All Wrong
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May 29, 2022 |
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Episode 144 - What is Computational Fluency?
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May 22, 2022 |
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Episode 143 - Summer Reading List for Elementary Math Teachers 2022
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May 15, 2022 |
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Episode 142 - Nothing Lasts Forever
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May 08, 2022 |
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Episode 141 - Get The Most Out of Math Games
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode 140 - Alternatives to Math Tests
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Episode 139 - Should We Stop Giving Tests in Math?
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Episode 138 - More Than a Test
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Episode 137 - Math in Children's Literature
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 136 - Problem Solving In Math
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Episode 135 - The Tip of the Iceberg
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Episode 134 - Pencil or Pen?
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Episode 132 - The Connecting Pillar with Stacey Ellis, Matt Halpern, & Dawn Dibley
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Episode 131 - Observing Math Understanding with Michelle Chu & Kristen Emmel
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Episode 130 - Building our Understanding with Dr. Ange Rogers, Duane Habecker, & Shannon McCartney
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Episode 129 - Taking it a Step Further with Fractions & Subitizing
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Episode 128 - Doing Things Differently with Rosalba Serrano, Marian Small & Shannon Kiebler
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Episode 127 - Thinking vs Mimicking
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Episode 126 - Powerful Moments in Math Class with Mike Flynn
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Episdoe 125 - Less Expectation, More Appreciation
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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Episode 124 - Math problems with more than one answer (Part 3)
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Episode 123 - Math Problems with More Than One Answer (Part 2)
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Episode 122 - Teaching Division with Remainders Even in The Early Years
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Episode 121 - Math Problems With More Than One Answer (Part 1)
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Episode 120 - My Favorite Mathy Gifts for 2021
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Episode 119 - Managing Small Group Work
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Episode 118 - Making Thinking Visible
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Episode 117 - Why I was gone
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Episode 116 - Stop Teaching Strategies
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 115 - Helping Kids Make Connections in Mathematics with Kelly Rogers
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Episode 114 - Misconceptions about developing Fact Fluency
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Sep 26, 2021 |