How Getting Comfortable with Making Mistakes Builds Confidence with Mandy Beck

10/28/20 • 32 min

In this episode of the Get More Math Podcast, we are sharing a delightful conversation between veteran GMM user, Mandy Beck, and Josh Britton. Mandy shares how she values accuracy over points gained and how starting with the basics is key for student success and confidence. She specifically shares a story of how a struggling student became one of her most engaged students just by using GMM. So inspiring! She also shares a great tip that all teachers need to know. Listen to find out what it is!
We hope you enjoy this conversation and are encouraged to continue using Get More Math in your classroom or interested to learn more about how you can start using Get More Math.
Thank you for all of the support thus far. If you’d like to know more or see what it’s all about, we’d like to give you a free trial! Go to GetMoreMath.com to learn more
About our Guest
I currently teach 8th Grade math at Tyrone Area Middle School in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. This is my 14th year of teaching. Throughout my career, I have taught anywhere from pre-algebra up through dual-enrollment Calculus. I am married and have 3 stepsons. We enjoy doing anything outside, including spending time on our boat on the lake. We also love camping, hiking, and kayaking – especially with our dog Bear and our newest puppy Grizzly.

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Giving Students what they need to be able to Succeed with Lari Gallaher

In this episode, Lari Gallaher shares how Get More Math has been especially useful in her remote classroom as she navigates education in the COVID era. Lari describes her “Flashback Fridays” and how she uses a “Mixed Review Sandwich” which closely resembles the method used by Josh in his own classroom while he was developing Get More Math. We hope you enjoy this episode!
We hope you enjoy this conversation and are encouraged to continue using Get More Math in your classroom or interested to learn more about how you can start using Get More Math.
Thank you for all of the support thus far. If you’d like to know more or see what it’s all about, we’d like to give you a free trial! Go to GetMoreMath.com to learn more
About our Guest
Lari is a Pennsylvania math teacher and girls varsity soccer coach. She began using GetMoreMath in 2015. In the beginning, she primarily used it to create worksheets, but slowly transitioned to using it 2 days a week in her Math Lab, mainly for retention of previously learned concepts. That progressed to using for homework purposes along with worksheets and note sheets. Now, she uses GMM as the Daily Warm-Up (Mixed Review), Assignment for new skills, and mixed review for homework. No more paper worksheets or tests.

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How to Utilize Get More Math to Replace Daily Homework with Nichole Snyder

Imagine a world where you didn’t have to check homework every day. Sounds pretty great, right?! Listen to this episode with 6th-grade math teacher, Nichole Snyder as she and Josh discuss the ease of replacing dated homework tactics with time-saving GMM tactics!

You’ll also hear Nichole and Josh talk about motivating students to do their best work. Take notes as you listen, they give fantastic ideas!
We hope you enjoy this conversation and are encouraged to continue using Get More Math in your classroom or interested to learn more about how you can start using Get More Math.
Thank you for all of the support thus far. If you’d like to know more or see what it’s all about, we’d like to give you a free trial! Go to GetMoreMath.com to learn more
About our Guest
This is my 18th year of teaching at the Midd-West School District in Middleburg, Pennsylvania. For the first 12 years, I was the yearbook advisor, taught Precalculus, Trigonometry, as well as Algebra I & II, and served as math department chair. I currently teach 6th-grade math and continue to represent the math department at the curriculum council. I learned about GMM in 2018 and quickly realized this is what my team needed to pull us out of a standardized testing slump. We went from 15/16 in our region to #1 for growth on the Math PSSA! GMM made that possible for us. I am married with a son and two stepdaughters. We love to go on vacation, make S'mores around the campfire, and watch Disney movies. My hobbies include making scrapbooks and working out.