S6-E10: Supercharge math fluency through problem-solving

01/24/24 • 38 min

Tune into this episode of Math Teacher Lounge, featuring math teaching and learning specialist and friend of the podcast, Fawn Nguyen. Listen as Nguyen dives into the unique and powerful relationship between math fluency and problem-solving, and learn about how problem-solving activities can be leveraged to engage all students and fuel math fluency development.
Learn why math fluency and problem-solving have a symbiotic relationship and how to create problem-solving activities that generate individual and peer learning opportunities, including examples from the California framework. Plus, hear tips for supporting the relationship between problem-solving and math fluency that can implemented in the classroom, throughout the school building, and at home.

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S6-E09: Unlocking a systematic approach to math-fluency instruction

Join us for Episode 9, in which Bethany sits down with former classroom teacher Myuriel von Aspen to talk about the importance of a systematic approach to math-fluency instruction. Listen as von Aspen discusses how effective fluency instruction takes students beyond fact memorization into deeper learning through mathematical discourse.
To hear more from Myuriel, check out the following resources:

Watch Myuriel’s welcoming message at NCSM, 2022.
Listen to an excerpt of Myuriel’s message at NCTM, 2021.
Learn a little about Myuriel’s journey.

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Season finale: Key takeaways and looking ahead

Listen to the final episode of Math Teacher Lounge! We’ll walk through the past 10 episodes on math fluency and pull out the key takeaways from our amazing hosts–such as tips on defining and assessing fluency, fluency development in a bilingual setting, and the potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on so-called fake fluency.

We’ll also talk about the future of the podcast and what’s next for us. Spanning six seasons, we’ve had the privilege of reaching thousands of educators while exploring a wide range of topics including the Joy of Math, Math Anxiety, and Math Fluency, featuring Amplify’s Jason Zimba, Sesame Workshop’s Rosemarie Truglio, Reach Capital’s Jennifer Carolan, and Baltimore County Public Schools’ Dr. John W. Staley.

We can’t wait to continue working on a host of other exciting projects this year, including webinars, conference appearances, and the 2024 Math Symposium. Listen to the finale of the Math Teacher Lounge podcast today, and keep an eye out for more!
For more amazing math content, check out the following resources:

Hear more from Dan during our 2024 Math Symposium.
Check out all of our past episodes on the main Math Teacher Lounge page.
Find more tips and strategies for math teachers through our upcoming webinars.

Math Teacher Lounge - S6-E10: Supercharge math fluency through problem-solving

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:00.000

People would just abruptly say to me, how does my student be able to engage in this problem if they don't know their facts? And I, I think out of all the things that I hear, that one breaks my heart because somehow we're equating computational and memorization with be able to think, be able to enjoy mathematics.

Speaker 200:00:19.664

Hi, and welcome back to another episode of Math Teacher Lounge. I'm Bethany Lockha