What we’ve learned this year

In this episode of Room to Grow, Joanie and Curtis reflect on their personal and professional experiences of 2024 and what they learned. Reflect – conferences, books, podcast guests. Thinking differently about teaching and learning math. Hope you’ll take the time to reflect and capture your own learning.

Curtis and Joanie reference these episodes of Room to Grow which aired in 2024:

· Teaching and Learning Math: Students’ Perspectives Part 1 (aired August 28, 2024) and Part 2 (aired September 17, 2024)

· Routines for Supporting Student Thinking with Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta (aired October 16, 2023)

· Unleashing the Mathematical Brilliance of All Students with Rachel Lambert (aired April 10, 2023)

· Balancing Instructional Modalities (aired March 12, 2024)

· Asset-Based Teaching to Transform Math Class with Mike Steele and Joleigh Honey (aired October 15, 2024)

· A Conversation with the National Teacher of the Year with Rebecka Peterson (aired February 13, 2024)

· High School Mathematics Reimagined Revitalized and Relevant with Latrenda Knighten and Kevin Dykema (aired November 12, 2024)

Additional referenced content includes:

· The book Transform Your Math Class Using Asset-Based Teaching for Grades 6-12

· The work of Liping Ma, including her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics

· Rachel Lambert’s research and resources at mathematizing4all.com

· Kevin Dykema’s President’s Message on Balancing Instructional Strategies in the Math Classroom

· NCTM’s Reimagining High School Mathematics resources on the NCTM webpage

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