Craig is a secondary school maths teacher, based in the North West of England. He is the Maths Adviser to the TES, the creator of mrbartonmaths.com, host of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, and the co-founder of diagnosticquestions.com. He also runs the (non … Continue reading →

Dr. Gutierrez‘ scholarship focuses on equity issues in mathematics education, paying particular attention to how race, class, and language affect teaching and learning. Through in-depth analyses of effective teaching/learning communities and longitudinal studies of developing and practicing teachers, her work … Continue reading →

Robert Kaplinsky has worked in education since 2003 as a classroom teacher, district math teacher specialist, and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) instructor.  He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics / Applied Science (Computer Science) in … Continue reading →

From Desmos.com: ‘At Desmos, we imagine a world of universal math literacy, where no student thinks that math is too hard or too dull to pursue. We believe the key is learning by doing. When learning becomes a journey of … Continue reading →

Jo Boaler is an author/speaker, and is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Boaler is involved in promoting mathematics education reform and equitable mathematics classrooms. She is the CEO and co-founder of Youcubed, a non-profit … Continue reading →

Steve Leinwand is a Principal Research Analyst at AIR and has over 35 years of leadership positions in mathematics education.  He currently serves as mathematics expert on a wide range of AIR projects that turn around schools, improve adult education, … Continue reading →

18 months ago, Pittsburgh teacher Justin Aion decided to write a blog post for every day that he was in the classroom. He had no idea where it would take him but he soon found that interesting things started to … Continue reading →

James Grime is a presenter for the well known Numberphile YouTube videos and for the Enigma Project in the UK. After working in research in combinatorics and group theory, James joined the Millennium Mathematics Project from the University of Cambridge. … Continue reading →

Dan Meyer taught high school math to students who didn’t like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, Everyday With Rachel Ray, and TED.com. He currently studies math education at Stanford University, … Continue reading →

Malcolm Swan is Professor in Mathematics Education at the University of Nottingham and has been a leading designer-researcher since he joined the faculty in the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education in 1979. His interests lie in the design of teaching … Continue reading →

Prof. Bill McCallum is University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Arizona. He is lead author of the Common Core State Standards and president of Illustrative Mathematics. We ask Prof. McCallum about … Continue reading →

Day 2 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp. Discussions on sessions attended included: Overall impressions of the conference The Middle School Games Session Developments with Desmos, with Eli Luberoff

Day 2 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp. Discussions on sessions attended included: Trends in the Math TwitterBloggerSphere Rewriting your curriculum to make the most of the Common Core Standards  

Day 1 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp. Discussions on sessions attended included: Using games to aid learning Keynote: Steve Leinwand on the WHY, not the HOW Formative assessment strategies 180 Blogging Creating foldables [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/TMC14%20day%201%20-%20Steve%20Leinwand.mp3]  

A short review of New York’s Museum of Math (MoMath) following a recent visit. [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/07-21-2014%20MoMath%20Review.mp3]

This week we are joined by well known blogger and math teacher from Southern California, Fawn Nguyen. Known for her engaging lesson activities and honest blogposts, Fawn talks to us about how to create and execute rich and engaging lesson … Continue reading →

For this special episode we discuss the book ‘Playing with Math‘ edited by California Math Teacher and blogger, Sue VanHattum. We discuss details of the book (to be released, fall 2014), the inspiration behind the book as well as the questions … Continue reading →

This week we are joined by Tucson math teacher, Daniel Schnieder, better known in the twitter/bloggersphere as Mathy McMatherson. In Daniel’s relatively short time teaching he has built up a strong following and is known for his thoughts and ideas … Continue reading →

This Episode we are joined by director of NRICH, Lynne McClure. NRICH is an organization dedicated to the use of rich mathematics in the classroom. In 15 years, they have built up a strong global following and now get over … Continue reading →

This week we ask how we can build curiosity in the classroom. How can we have students come up with their own questions and have investment in their own learning? How do we create the need for Math so that they … Continue reading →