Math Ed Podcast

By Samuel Otten

Interviews with mathematics education researchers about recent studies. Hosted by Samuel Otten, University of Missouri.

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July 04, 2025Episode 2506: Digest 12 - Special Issue on Incremental Professional Development
This episode contains summaries of the articles in the Education Sciences special issue on incremental PD for mathematics teachers. All articles are open access in this special issue and available on the journal website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/YBV49M7Q71 It has also been collected into a book, as well, from MDPI, if you prefer either the free PDF of the collected volume or a physical book.
[1:35] Otten, S., de Araujo, Z., & Candela, A. G. (2025). The benefits of modesty: Considering incremental professional development for mathematics teachers. Education Sciences, 15(4), 473.
[8:57] Arbaugh, F.. (2025). Commentary: Personal transformations and the possibilities of incremental progress in mathematics teacher professional development. Education Sciences, 15(1), 30.
[12:36] Leshin, M., LaMar, T., & Boaler, J. (2024). Teachers' mixed implementation of Mindset mathematics practices during and after a novel approach to teacher learning. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1229.
[16:45] Bondurant, L. M. (2024). Incremental growth through Professional Learning Communities of math teachers engaged in action research projects. Education Sciences, 14(10), 1104.
[20:17] Marzocchi, A. S., Stone-Johnstone, A., Kurianski, K., & Soto, R. C. (2024). Supporting mathematics instructors' transition to equity-minded active instruction using a community of practice framework. Education Sciences, 14(9), 1001.
[23:05] Lee, H. S., Thrasher, E., Mojica, G. F., Graham, B. M., Lee, J. T., & Kuhlman, A. (2024). Examining teachers' professional learning in an online asynchronous system: Personalized supports for growth and engagement in learning to teach statistics and data science. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1236.
[26:51] Elliott, R., & Roberts, S. A. (2024). Studio as a catalyst for incremental and ambitious teacher learning. Education Sciences, 44(11), 1160.
[32:45] Lesseig, K., & Hoppe, J. (2024). Beyond traditional lesson study: How Mathematics Studio supports generative teacher learning. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1277.
[36:01] Jansen, A., Botello, M., & Silla, E. M. (2024). Rough Draft Math as an evolving practice: Incremental changes in mathematics teachers' thinking and instruction. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1266.
[41:15] Quebec Fuentes, S. (2025). S^3D Approach: Incremental professional development for fostering small-group discourse. Education Sciences, 15(1), 36.
[46:38] Litke, E., Wilson, J., & Hill, H. C. (2025). Equity-focused, rubric-based coaching: An incremental improvement approach to supporting teachers to shift toward more equitable mathematics instruction. Education Sciences, 15(4), 444.
Book containing all the articles: Incremental and Innovative Approaches to Professional Development for Mathematics Teachers | MDPI Books
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53min
June 03, 2025Episode 2505: Julie Nurnberger-Haag - integer arithmetic in the middle grades
Julie Nurnberger-Haag returns to the podcast to discuss the article, "Tools, tricks, and topics teachers use for integer arithmetic," published in the Electronic Journal for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (Vol. 29). Co-author: Scott Courtney
Article URL: https://ejrsme.icrsme.com/article/view/23771
Julie's Google Scholar page
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45min
May 22, 2025Episode 2504: Yusuke Uegatani - semi-formal reasoning and negotiation
Yusuke Uegatani from Hiroshima University High School (Fukuyama, Japan) discusses the article "Decentralising mathematics: Mutual development of spontaneous and mathematical concepts via informal reasoning," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Hiroki Otani, Taro Fujita.
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10366-w
Yusuke's ORCID scholar page
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May 12, 2025Episode 2503: Alina Kadluba - assessing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Alina Kadluba from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) discusses the article, "How much C is in TPACK? A systematic review on the assessment of TPACK in mathematics," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics (Vol. 118). Co-authors: Anselm Strohmaier, Christian Schons, Andreas Obersteiner.
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10357-x
Alina's professional webpage
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April 13, 2025Episode 2502: Discussing the Science of Math - Sarah Powell and Rachel Lambert
In this episode, Sam is joined by two separate guests. Sarah Powell (University of Texas) describes the origins and aims of the Science of Math efforts, and Rachel Lambert (University of California, Santa Barbara) shares some critiques and concerns about the Science of Math as it is currently instantiated.

Introduction (0:00:00)
Origins with Sarah (0:03:12)
Critiques with Rachel (0:22:26)
Responses with Sarah (1:10:42)
The Science of Math website https://www.thescienceofmath.com/
Sarah's professional webpage
Rachel's professional webpage
Rachel's NCTM webinar https://www.nctm.org/online-learning/Webinars/Details/686
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1h 32min
January 13, 2025Episode 2501: Alan Schoenfeld - career in math education (problem solving, assessment, models of teaching, and math wars)
Alan Schoenfeld from the University of California, Berkeley, discusses his career in mathematics education research.
Alan's professional webpage
Alan's Google Scholar page
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1h 26min
January 03, 2025Episode 2414: Jodie Hunter - Indigenous knowledge and mathematics in the Pacific
Jodie Hunter from Massey University (New Zealand) discusses the article, "Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 116. Co-author: Roberta Hunter
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-023-10256-7
Jodie's professional webpage: https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=463201
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36min
December 24, 2024Episode 2413: 200th Episode Special - Samuel Otten Retrospective
For this 200th official episode of the podcast, Samuel Otten from the University of Missouri discusses the main ideas from some of his most highly-cited articles and also from some of his "underrated" articles.
Sam's website
IJRME article on video vs live lesson observations: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2350068
JMB article on citations of Stein and Lane (1996): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0732312316301109
MTMS article on going over homework: https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtms/21/2/article-p98.xml
MT article on why we need to learn math: https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mt/105/1/article-p20.xml [FREE PDF VERSION]
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24min
December 03, 2024Episode 2412: Drew Nucci - teacher care online and AI tools for teachers
Drew Nucci ([email protected]) from WestEd discusses his article, "The role of an online learning environment in teacher care for secondary mathematics students," published in Educational Studies in Mathematics, Volume 117. We also discuss Colleague.AI, which is a curriculum and assessment tool for teachers.
WestEd's website
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10350-4
Colleague.AI: https://www.colleague.ai/
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November 05, 2024Episode 2411: Hanan Alyami - radian concepts and prospective mathematics teachers
Hanan Alyami from Purdue University Fort Wayne discusses her article, "Defining radian: Provoked concept definitions of radian angle measure," published in Research in Mathematics Education (Vol. 25).
Article URL: https://journals.scholarsportal.info/details/14794802/v25i0002/154_drpcdoram.xml
Hanan's Professional Webpage: https://www.pfw.edu/about-pfw/who-we-are/directories/hanan-alyami
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23min

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