Math is Figure-Out-Able with Pam Harris

By Pam Harris

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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 actionable items to help teachers teach math that is Figure-Out-Able. See www.MathisFigureOutAble.com for more great resources!

Episode Date
#MathStratChat - May 15, 2024
May 16, 2024
Ep 204: Building a Community
May 14, 2024
#MathStratChat - May 8, 2024
May 09, 2024
Ep 203: Instructional Routines
May 07, 2024
#MathStratChat - May 1, 2024
May 02, 2024
Ep 202: You Could Have Understood Trigonometry (Radian Measure)
Apr 30, 2024
#MathStratChat - April 24, 2024
Apr 25, 2024
Ep 201: Clearing Up Misconceptions
Apr 23, 2024
#MathStratChat - April 17, 2024
Apr 18, 2024
Ep 200: Mathematicians or Math-ers?
Apr 16, 2024
#MathStratChat - April 10, 2024
Apr 11, 2024
Ep 199: Numberblocks
Apr 09, 2024
#MathStratChat - April 3, 2024
Apr 04, 2024
Ep 198: Look Fors for School Wide Vision
Apr 02, 2024
#MathStratChat - March 27, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Ep 197: Look Fors for Teachers
Mar 26, 2024
#MathStratChat - March 20, 2024
Mar 21, 2024
Ep 196: Look Fors for Students
Mar 19, 2024
#MathStratChat - March 13, 2024
Mar 14, 2024
Ep 195: Early Addition Important Relationships
Mar 12, 2024
#MathStratChat - March 6, 2024
Mar 07, 2024
Ep 194: Quarter Strategy for Multiplication
Mar 05, 2024
#MathStratChat - February 28, 2024
Feb 29, 2024
Ep 193: Compliance Too
Feb 27, 2024
#MathStratChat - February 21, 2024
Feb 22, 2024
Ep 192: Compliance - What do you require in a math class?
Feb 20, 2024
#MathStratChat - February 14, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
Ep 191: PEMDAS Is Figureoutable
Feb 13, 2024
#MathStratChat - February 7, 2024
Feb 08, 2024
Ep 190: The Problem With PEMDAS
Feb 06, 2024
#MathStratChat - January 31, 2024
Feb 01, 2024
Ep 189: The Operator Meaning of Fractions
Jan 30, 2024
#MathStratChat - January 24, 2024
Jan 25, 2024
Ep 188: Fractions - The Whole Matters
Jan 23, 2024
#MathStratChat - January 17, 2024
Jan 18, 2024
Ep 187: Getting Answers to Fraction Problems is Not Enough
Jan 16, 2024
#MathStratChat - January 10, 2023
Jan 11, 2024
Ep 186: Subtracting Integers - Add The Opposite
Jan 09, 2024
#MathStratChat - January 3, 2024
Jan 04, 2024
Ep 185: Tracking
Jan 02, 2024
#MathStratChat - December 27, 2023
Dec 28, 2023
Ep 184: Revisiting - But I'm Required To Teach Algorithms
Dec 26, 2023
#MathStratChat - December 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
Ep 183: Integer Subtraction
Dec 19, 2023
#MathStratChat - December 13, 2023
Dec 14, 2023
Ep 182: Integer Addition
Dec 12, 2023
#MathStratChat - December 6, 2023
Dec 07, 2023
Ep 181: Integers
Dec 05, 2023
#MathStratChat - November 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
Ep 180: Revisit With a Twist - An Important Subtraction Pitfall
Nov 28, 2023
#MathStratChat - November 22, 2023
Nov 23, 2023
Ep 179: Fake Math, Not Fake People
Nov 21, 2023
#MathStratChat - November 15, 2023
Nov 16, 2023
Ep 178: Talking Math With Your Kids: Division With Decimals
Nov 14, 2023
#MathStratChat - November 8, 2023
Nov 09, 2023
Ep 177: NCTM Conference Reflections
Nov 07, 2023
#MathStratChat - November 1, 2023
Nov 02, 2023
Ep 176: Place Value and Exploding Dots
Oct 31, 2023
#MathStratChat - October 25, 2023
Oct 26, 2023
Ep 175: The Most Sophisticated Strategy for Division
Oct 24, 2023
#MathStratChat - October 18, 2023
Oct 19, 2023
Ep 174: The Most Sophisticated Multiplication Strategy
Oct 17, 2023
#MathStratChat - October 11, 2023
Oct 12, 2023
Ep 173: The Most Sophisticated Subtraction Strategy
Oct 10, 2023
#MathStratChat - October 4, 2023
Oct 05, 2023
Ep 172: The Most Sophisticated Strategy for Addition
Oct 03, 2023
#MathStratChat - September 27, 2023
Sep 28, 2023
Ep 171: Tips For Parents, Part 2
Sep 26, 2023
#MathStratChat - September 20, 2023
Sep 21, 2023
Ep 170: Tips For Parents, Part 1
Sep 19, 2023
#MathStratChat - September 13, 2023
Sep 14, 2023
Ep 169: Graphing, Integers, Quadrants, Oh My!
Sep 12, 2023
#MathStratChat - September 6, 2023
Sep 07, 2023
Ep 168: Guessing in Math Class
Sep 05, 2023
#MathStratChat - August 30, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
Ep 167: How, What, Why to Change Math Class
Aug 29, 2023
#MathStratChat - August 23, 2023
Aug 24, 2023
Ep 166: Just In Time Vocabulary vs Key Words
Aug 22, 2023
#MathStratChat - August 16, 2023
Aug 17, 2023
Ep 165: Where Popular Things Go Wrong
Aug 15, 2023
#MathStratChat - August 9, 2023
Aug 10, 2023
Ep 164: I Have, You Need With a Twist
Aug 08, 2023
#MathStratChat - August 2, 2023
Aug 03, 2023
Ep 163: A Problem String Is NOT
Aug 01, 2023
#MathStratChat - July 26, 2023
Jul 27, 2023
Ep 162: Comparing Fractions Pt 2
Jul 25, 2023
#MathStratChat - July 19, 2023
Jul 20, 2023
Ep 161: Comparing Fractions Part 1
Jul 18, 2023
#MathStratChat - July 12, 2023
Jul 13, 2023
Ep 160: Building Thinking Classrooms and Math is FigureOutAble Pt 3
Jul 11, 2023
#MathStratChat - July 5, 2023
Jul 06, 2023
Ep 159: Building Thinking Classrooms and Math is Figureoutable Pt 2
Jul 04, 2023
#MathStratChat - June 28, 2023
Jun 29, 2023
Ep 158: Building Thinking Classrooms and Math Is FigureOutAble Pt 1
Jun 27, 2023
#MathStratChat - June 21, 2023
Jun 22, 2023
Ep 157: Building Thinking Classrooms
Jun 20, 2023
#MathStratChat - June 14, 2023
Jun 15, 2023
Ep 156: Start Here
Jun 13, 2023
#MathStratChat - June 7, 2023
Jun 08, 2023
Ep 155: Fraction Division Part 0
Jun 06, 2023
#MathStratChat - May 31, 2023
Jun 01, 2023
Ep 154: Will Next Year's Teacher Hate Me?
May 30, 2023
#MathStratChat - May 24, 2023
May 25, 2023
Ep 153: Flexible Factoring
May 23, 2023
#MathStratChat - May 17, 2023
May 18, 2023
Ep 152: Changing Math Habits
May 16, 2023
#MathStratChat - May 10, 2023
May 11, 2023
Ep 151: Subtraction Facts
May 09, 2023
#MathStratChat - May 3, 2023
May 04, 2023
Ep 150: Memorizing Subtraction Facts
May 02, 2023
#MathStratChat - April 26, 2023
Apr 27, 2023
Ep 149: Subtraction: The Operation That Will Surprise You
Apr 25, 2023
#MathStratChat - April 19, 2023
Apr 20, 2023
Ep 148: Not the Area Model
Apr 18, 2023
#MathStratChat - April 12, 2023
Apr 13, 2023
Ep 147: The Area Model to Build Reasoning
Apr 11, 2023
#MathStratChat - April 5, 2023
Apr 06, 2023
Ep 146: (Mis)Understanding the Area Model
Apr 04, 2023
#MathStratChat - March 29, 2023
Mar 30, 2023
Ep 145: Transforming Teaching: Small Shifts, Big Impact
Mar 28, 2023
#MathStratChat - March 22, 2023
Mar 23, 2023
Ep 144: Fraction Division Pt 3
Mar 21, 2023
#MathStratChat - March 15, 2023
Mar 16, 2023
Ep 143: Fraction Division Part 2
Mar 14, 2023
#MathStratChat - March 8, 2023
Mar 09, 2023
Ep 142: Fraction Division Part 1
Mar 07, 2023
#MathStratChat - March 1, 2023
Mar 02, 2023
Ep 141: Questioning Questioning
Feb 28, 2023
#MathStratChat - February 22, 2023
Feb 23, 2023
Ep 140: Cancel Simplifying
Feb 21, 2023
#MathStratChat - February 15, 2023
Feb 16, 2023
Ep 139: Factor to Add and Subtract!?
Feb 14, 2023
#MathStratChat - February 8, 2023
Feb 09, 2023
Ep 138: To Include or Not: An Important Subtraction Pitfall
Feb 07, 2023
#MathStratChat - February 1, 2023
Feb 02, 2023
Ep 137: ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence in Math Education
Jan 31, 2023
#MathStratChat - January 25, 2023
Jan 26, 2023
Ep 136: How helpful is too helpful?
Jan 24, 2023
#MathStratChat - January 18, 2023
Jan 19, 2023
Ep 135: The Challenge
Jan 17, 2023
#MathStratChat - January 11, 2023
Jan 12, 2023
Ep 134: How do you know you're in a mathematizing classroom?
Jan 10, 2023
#MathStratChat - January 4, 2023
Jan 05, 2023
Ep 133: The Ratio Table, Pt 5
Jan 03, 2023
#MathStratChat - December 28, 2022
Dec 29, 2022
Ep 132: The Ratio Table Model Pt 4
Dec 27, 2022
#MathStratChat - December 21, 2022
Dec 22, 2022
Ep 131: The Ratio Table Model, Pt 3
Dec 20, 2022
#MathStratChat - December 14, 2022
Dec 15, 2022
Ep 130: The Ratio Table Model, Pt 2
Dec 13, 2022
#MathStratChat - December 7, 2022
Dec 08, 2022
Ep 129: The Ratio Table Model Part 1
Dec 06, 2022
#MathStratChat - November 30, 2022
Dec 01, 2022
Ep 128: Do, Say, Represent
Nov 29, 2022
#MathStratChat - November 23, 2022
Nov 24, 2022
Ep 127: The Over Strategy - Division
Nov 22, 2022
#MathStratChat - November 16, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
Ep 126: The Over Strategy - Multiplication
Nov 15, 2022
#MathStratChat - November 9, 2022
Nov 10, 2022
Ep 125: The Over Strategy - Subtraction
Nov 08, 2022
#MathStratChat - November 2, 2022
Nov 03, 2022
Ep 124: The Over Strategy - Addition
Nov 01, 2022
#MathStratChat - October 26, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
Ep 123: Anchor Charts
Oct 25, 2022
#MathStratChat - October 19, 2022
Oct 20, 2022
Ep 122: How to Help Students Choose Which Operation in a Word Problem
Oct 18, 2022
#MathStratChat - October 12, 2022
Oct 13, 2022
Ep 121: Is This a Major Strategy?
Oct 11, 2022
Ep 120: Rounding
Oct 04, 2022
Ep 119: Elapsed Time on a Number Line
Sep 27, 2022
Ep 118: Time and Elapsed Time
Sep 20, 2022
Ep 117: Math is Figureoutable, Even In High School
Sep 13, 2022
Ep 116: Structuring Your Math Class Examples
Sep 06, 2022
Ep 115: Structuring Your Math Class
Aug 30, 2022
Ep 114: Moving Students Forward Pt 2
Aug 23, 2022
Ep 113: Moving Students Forward Pt 1
Aug 16, 2022
Ep 112: The Double Open Number Line Model
Aug 09, 2022
Ep 111: The Open Number Line Model
Aug 02, 2022
Ep 110: Thinking Through Decimal Multiplication
Jul 26, 2022
Ep 109: Multiplying By One Tenth
Jul 19, 2022
Ep 108: Beginning Decimal Multiplication
Jul 12, 2022
Ep 107: All About Decimals
Jul 05, 2022
Ep 106: Multiplying by Ten
Jun 28, 2022
Ep 105: Let the Students Play
Jun 21, 2022
Ep 104: Things We Have Learned
Jun 14, 2022
Ep 103: Rich Tasks, Investigations, 3-Act Tasks, Pt 2
Jun 07, 2022
Ep 102: Rich Tasks, Investigations, 3-Act Tasks, Pt 1
May 31, 2022
Ep 101: Strategies!
May 24, 2022
Ep 100: Celebrating Place Value
May 17, 2022
Ep 99: If Not Algorithms, Then What? Finale!
May 10, 2022
Ep 98: If Not the Division Algorithm, Then What?
May 03, 2022
Ep 97: If Not the Multiplication Algorithm, Then What?
Apr 26, 2022
Ep 96: If Not the Subtraction Algorithm, Then What?
Apr 19, 2022
Ep 95: If Not the Addition Algorithm, Then What?
Apr 12, 2022
Ep 94: If Not Algorithms, Then What?
Apr 05, 2022
Ep 93: Partnering With Parents: Do Correct Answers Matter?
Mar 28, 2022
Ep 92: Partnering With Parents: Math Night!
Mar 22, 2022
Ep 91: Partnering With Parents: Over Communicate
Mar 15, 2022
Ep 90: Partnering With Parents-Listening
Mar 08, 2022
Ep 89: Playing With Fraction Multiplication
Mar 01, 2022
Ep 88: Getting Correct Answers or Building Relationships?
Feb 22, 2022
Ep 87: But I'm Required to Teach Algorithms
Feb 15, 2022
Ep 86: Are Algorithms Necessary?
Feb 08, 2022
Ep 85: Single Digit Addition Facts Finale
Feb 01, 2022
Ep 84: Single Addition Facts, Part 4
Jan 25, 2022
Ep 83: Single Digit Addition Facts Pt 3
Jan 18, 2022
Ep 82: Single Digit Addition Facts, Pt 2
Jan 11, 2022
Ep 81: Single Digit Addition Facts Pt 1
Jan 04, 2022
Ep 80: Resolutions Anyone?
Dec 28, 2021
Ep 79: Talking Math With Your Kids For The Holidays
Dec 21, 2021
Ep 78: Gift Giving Ideas - Mathy Games for All Ages
Dec 14, 2021
Ep 77: The 'Relational Thinking' Instructional Routine
Dec 07, 2021
Ep 76: The 'As Close As It Gets' Instructional Routine
Nov 30, 2021
Ep 75: Stop Labeling Students
Nov 23, 2021
Ep 74: Know Your Content, Know Your Kids
Nov 16, 2021
Ep 73: Some Favorite Numbers - Milestones for Math is Figure-Out-Able
Nov 09, 2021
Ep 72: The Do's and Don'ts of Problem Strings
Nov 02, 2021
Ep 71: What are Problem Strings Anyways?
Oct 26, 2021
Ep 70: Equations of Lines Pt 2
Oct 19, 2021
Ep 69: Equations of Lines Pt 1
Oct 12, 2021
Ep 68: Revisiting the Development of Mathematical Reasoning Pt 2
Oct 05, 2021
Ep 67: Revisiting the Development of Mathematical Reasoning
Sep 28, 2021
Ep 66: Shout Out to Leaders of the Mathematics Education Community!
Sep 21, 2021
Ep 65: Collaborative Coaching through Shared Experiences
Sep 14, 2021
Ep 64: Fun with Division: An Important Strategy
Sep 07, 2021
Ep 63: Counting is More Than A, B, C
Aug 31, 2021
Ep 62: Models That Aren't Our Fav
Aug 24, 2021
Ep 61: Ten Frames
Aug 17, 2021
Ep 60: Number Bonds and Tape Diagrams
Aug 10, 2021
Ep 59: Why Not Manipulatives?
Aug 03, 2021
Ep 58: Introducing the Modeling Framework
Jul 27, 2021
Ep 57: For Parents: How Can I Help My Kid?
Jul 20, 2021
Ep 56: For Parents: Why Does "New Math" Look Different?
Jul 13, 2021
Ep 55: For Parents: Why All the "New Math"?
Jul 06, 2021
Ep 54: Q&A Part 2, Data Analytics and Advice for First Year Teachers
Jun 29, 2021
Ep 53: Q&A Part 1, Do Strategies Change Over Time?
Jun 22, 2021
Ep 52: One Year Anniversary Highlight Reel
Jun 15, 2021
Ep 51: Fractions, a Clock Model Pt 2
Jun 08, 2021
Ep 50: Fractions, A Clock Model
Jun 01, 2021
Ep 49: Fractions, A Money Model Pt 2
May 25, 2021
Ep 48: Fractions, A Money Model
May 18, 2021
Ep 47: Fractions as Fair Sharing
May 11, 2021
Ep 46: Fractions for Young Learners
May 04, 2021
Ep 45: 5 Interpretations of Rational Numbers
Apr 27, 2021
Ep 44: Is it About Personality?
Apr 20, 2021
Ep 43: Standardized Tests
Apr 13, 2021
Ep 42: Homework Pt 3
Apr 06, 2021
Ep 41: Homework Pt 2
Mar 30, 2021
Ep 40: Homework Pt 1
Mar 23, 2021
Ep 39: Everybody Learns, Everybody Grows
Mar 16, 2021
Ep 38: Multiplication Facts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Pt 5
Mar 09, 2021
Ep 37: Multiplication Facts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Pt 4
Mar 02, 2021
Ep 36: Multiplication Facts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Pt 3
Feb 23, 2021
Ep 35: Multiplication Facts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Pt 2
Feb 16, 2021
Ep 34: Multiplication Facts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Pt 1
Feb 09, 2021
Ep 33: Problem Strings vs Problem Talks
Feb 02, 2021
Ep 32: Another Cool Multiplication Strategy
Jan 26, 2021
Ep: 31: A Cool Multiplication Strategy
Jan 19, 2021
Ep 30: Ten Minute Math
Jan 12, 2021
Ep 29: Ratio Tables!
Jan 05, 2021
Ep 28: Why Doesn't Everyone Teach Math This Way?
Dec 29, 2020
Ep 27: Need to Know Why?
Dec 22, 2020
Ep 26: Fake Math is Mimic the Steps
Dec 15, 2020
Ep 25: Making Sense of the Math
Dec 08, 2020
Ep 24: How Do you See Math?
Dec 01, 2020
Ep 23: The Commutative Property
Nov 24, 2020
Ep 22: The Swapping Strategy
Nov 17, 2020
Ep 21: Playing with Percents Pt 2
Nov 10, 2020
Ep 20: Playing with Percents Pt 1
Nov 03, 2020
Ep 19: Fractions, Decimals, Percents
Oct 27, 2020
Ep 18: This, Not That
Oct 20, 2020
Ep 17: Social vs Logical Knowledge
Oct 13, 2020
Ep 16: The Language of Counting
Oct 06, 2020
Ep. 15: Problem Solving with a Twist
Sep 29, 2020
Ep 14: Guess My Number
Sep 22, 2020
Ep 13: The Layers to Mathematics for Teaching
Sep 15, 2020
Ep 12: Top 3 Things to Start the Year: Know Your Beliefs
Sep 08, 2020
Ep 11: Top 3 Things to Start the Year: Building Culture Remotely
Sep 01, 2020
Ep 10: Top 3 Things to Start the Year: Student Names
Aug 25, 2020
Ep 9: Strategies and Models
Aug 18, 2020
Ep 8: More Cool Things Mathy People Do
Aug 11, 2020
Ep 7: I Have, You Need
Aug 04, 2020
Ep 6: The Development of Mathematical Reasoning Pt 2: Functional Reasoning
Jul 28, 2020
Ep 5: The Development of Mathematical Reasoning
Jul 21, 2020
Ep 4: Top Ten Influencers
Jul 14, 2020
Ep 3: Mentoring Mathematicians
Jul 07, 2020
Ep 2: Math Does Not Equal Algorithms!
Jun 30, 2020
Ep 1: Math is Figureoutable
Jun 16, 2020