Math Teacher Lounge

By Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer

What's Math Teacher Lounge about?

Math Teacher Lounge is a biweekly podcast created specifically for K–12 math educators. In each episode co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson (@lockhartedu) and Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer)dive deep, with guests, into the math and educational topics you care about. Interact with us on Twitter (@mtlshow) or join our Facebook group (facebook.com/groups/mathteacherlounge) for more content. 

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Math Teacher Lounge episodes:

04.24.2024
Preview: Winning teacher moves
After watching so much great basketball analysis throughout March and April, Dan has been inspired to put the spotlight on a different kind of superstar: exceptional math educators. Check out a little preview of Dan's new project with Kelly Serpa...
02.12.2024
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...
01.24.2024
S6-E10: Supercharge math fluency through problem-solving
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...
01.10.2024
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...
12.27.2023
S6-E08: Cultivating schoolwide math fact fluency
Tune in to Episode 8, where we chat with guest and former grade 1 teacher, Jody Guarino, Ed.D., about how math teachers can collaborate to develop math fact fluency at the building level. Listen as Dr. Guarino talks about what...
12.13.2023
S6-E07: Building math fluency through games
Join Math Teacher Lounge as we continue our season-long discussion on math fluency with a special live recording at NCTM 2023. In this episode, our guest, Jennifer Bay-Williams Ph.D., and Dan dive into math fluency games to discuss how we...
11.29.2023
S6-E06: Nurturing fluency through student strengths
Join us for Episode 6, where we discuss how to take an asset-based approach to building math fluency with John W. Staley, Ph.D., who has spent decades in math classrooms. In this episode Dr. Staley shares his experiences and research...
11.15.2023
S6-E05: Cultivating community and fluency
Tune in to Episode 5, where we dive back into our season-long discussion of math fluency with classroom teacher Lauren Carr. Listen as Lauren shares how she allows her students to approach mathematical thinking and learning with joy and fun...
11.01.2023
S6-E04: "Making Black Girls Count," with Dr. Nicole Joseph
Join us for a special episode of Math Teacher lounge where we take a break from our focus on math fluency to talk with scholar and author Nicole M. Joseph Ph.D. Tune in to this important conversation where Dr. Joseph...
10.18.2023
S6-E03: Consciously foster math fluency
Tune in to the latest episode of Math Teacher Lounge where we learn how to intentionally foster fluency with Dr. Art Baroody, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Listen as Baroody shares strategies on how to...
10.04.2023
S6-02: Assessing fluency
Tune in to our latest episode where we sat down with Dr. Valerie Henry to discuss how math fluency assessments can be redesigned to provide teachers with better data and students with better learning experiences.Listen today and don’t forget to...
09.20.2023
S6-01: Defining math fluency
Welcome to Season 6 of Math Teacher Lounge! This season, we’ll be digging deep into math fluency—exploring what it is, looking into the research around it, and sharing practical tips for building it in math classrooms. Join us as we...
08.23.2023
S5-08: Utilizing AI as a teaching tool
Join us as we continue our summer mini-series where we discuss how to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) as a teaching tool. In this episode of Math Teacher Lounge, we sit down with educator Kristen Moore to discuss how she is...
07.31.2023
S5-07: Discerning the role of AI in education
Join us for our summer mini-series where we’ll be talking about artificial intelligence (AI): what it is, how it is already being used in education, and how it will continue to transform education in the future. In this kickoff episode,...
07.06.2023
S5-06: Season takeaways for tackling math anxiety
As we wrap up this season of Math Teacher Lounge, we’re sharing our biggest takeaways from our incredible discussions around tackling math anxiety.We’ve been able to speak to five great thinkers on math and the anxieties that can affect students,...
06.19.2023
S5-05: Technology & math anxiety: research-based tips for caregivers
So far in this season of Math Teacher Lounge, we’ve been very lucky to have had so many prolific and brilliant researchers on our show, and our next guest is no exception. In this episode, we sit down with Dr....
06.05.2023
S5-04: Coaching tips for managing math anxiety in teachers
So far this season, we’ve investigated math anxiety in students and its causes with passionate researchers and curriculum experts, including Sesame Workshop! Now we hear from Dr. Heidi Sabnani, consultant, coach, and co-host of Math 4 All, as she gives...
05.15.2023
S5-03: Cultivating a joy of learning with Sesame Workshop
Listen as we chat with Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, senior vice president of curriculum and content for Sesame Workshop! Continuing our theme of math anxiety this season, we sat down with Dr. Truglio to chat about Sesame Street and her thoughts...
04.24.2023
S5 - 02. Uncovering the causes of math anxiety
We’re continuing our season's theme of tackling math anxiety, going beyond the basics, diving deeper into what causes it, and how we can help students move forward. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Erin Maloney from the University of...
04.03.2023
S5 - 01. Investigating math anxiety
Season 5 of Math Teacher Lounge is here! This season, we’ll be talking all about math anxiety: what it is, what causes it, and what we can do to prevent or ease this anxiety in the math classroom. To launch...
02.28.2023
Winter Wrap-Up 03: Ideas to build math fluency
Join us for the third episode in our Winter Wrap-Up! In this re-run from season 3 of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, we sit down with Valerie Henry, Ed.D, to talk about math fluency and what that means for students....
02.01.2023
Winter Wrap-Up 02: Mathematizing children's literature
While we’re hard at work producing the exciting fifth season of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, we’re continuing to share some of our favorite conversations from our first four seasons. This time around, we’re revisiting our popular episode that connected...
01.19.2023
Winter Wrap-Up 01: Problem solving and facilitating classroom discussions
As we prep for an exciting new season of Math Teacher Lounge: The Podcast, hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer are looking back at the amazing speakers and conversations from past episodes and sharing some of their favorites!First up:...
12.20.2022
S4 - 05. Cultivating mathematical joy
In this episode, Bethany and Dan explore mathematical joy by visiting a math teacher conference in Southern California and Dan shares recent experiences on how he tried to cultivate mathematical joy in his own school-aged kids.
11.21.2022
S4 - 04. Dear Math
In this episode, Bethany and Dan chat with Sarah Strong and Gigi Butterfield, authors of Dear Math: Why Kids Hate Math and What Teachers Can Do About It. Listen in as they chat about their experience with finding joy in...
10.11.2022
S4 - 03. LIVE from NCTM with Bethany and Dan
In this episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer are LIVE with more than one hundred Math Teacher Lounge listeners at the recent National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference. Listen in as they answer the pressing question: Who...
09.13.2022
S4 - 02. Bethany and Dan share their math biographies
In this episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer get personal and share their “math bios”—their early experiences with math and how those experiences turned them into the educators they are today.
08.30.2022
S4 - 01. Joyful math teaching with Kanchan Kant
This season on the Math Teacher Lounge podcast, we follow the theme “joyful math” and uncover its meaning.In this episode, Kanchan Kant joins Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss the key, early investment she makes at the start...
06.14.2022
S3 - 06. Bethany and Dan take on Twitter!
In this episode, Bethany and Dan take a look at several tweets that caught the most fire on Twitter during the 2021-2022 school year. The pair answer questions about viral teaching methods, the best teaching advice you can give in...
05.26.2022
S3 - 05. Developing an asset orientation with Lani Horn
Math education professor Lani Horn shares with us what it means to have an asset orientation towards students, contrasting it with a deficit orientation, and helping Bethany and Dan understand the many ways students experience one or the other. Their...
05.16.2022
S3 - 04. Ideas to build math fluency with Valerie Henry, Graham Fletcher, and Tracy Zager
Fluency in math can oftentimes be associated with negative experiences with its development— timed worksheets, for example. Bethany and Dan are joined by three guests to better understand fluency and how to make its approach fun. Dr. Val Henry shares...
05.03.2022
S3 - 03. Math professional learning experiences with Elham Kazemi
How do we continue to grow and be more reflective about our own teaching? In this episode, Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer chat with Elham Kazemi to explore how to look at teaching as a collaborative experiment. Moving more...
04.19.2022
S3 - 02. Mathematizing Children’s Literature with Allison Hintz and Antony Smith
In this episode, Mathematizing Children’s Literature authors Allison Hintz and Antony Smith join Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss what would happen if we were to approach children's literature, and life, through a math lens – and how...
03.31.2022
S3 - 01. Making math viral with Howie Hua
In this episode Howie Hua (you may know him from his viral TikTok videos) joins Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer to discuss making math accessible for students through multiple social media platforms, creating an engaging space for students to...

What's Math Teacher Lounge about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Math Teacher Lounge episodes:

Preview: Winning teacher moves

Season finale: Key takeaways and looking ahead

S6-E10: Supercharge math fluency through problem-solving

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

S6-E08: Cultivating schoolwide math fact fluency

S6-E07: Building math fluency through games

S6-E06: Nurturing fluency through student strengths

S6-E05: Cultivating community and fluency

S6-E04: "Making Black Girls Count," with Dr. Nicole Joseph

S6-E03: Consciously foster math fluency

S6-02: Assessing fluency

S6-01: Defining math fluency

S5-08: Utilizing AI as a teaching tool

S5-07: Discerning the role of AI in education

S5-06: Season takeaways for tackling math anxiety

S5-05: Technology & math anxiety: research-based tips for caregivers

S5-04: Coaching tips for managing math anxiety in teachers

S5-03: Cultivating a joy of learning with Sesame Workshop

S5 - 02. Uncovering the causes of math anxiety

S5 - 01. Investigating math anxiety

Winter Wrap-Up 03: Ideas to build math fluency

Winter Wrap-Up 02: Mathematizing children's literature

Winter Wrap-Up 01: Problem solving and facilitating classroom discussions

S4 - 05. Cultivating mathematical joy

S4 - 04. Dear Math

S4 - 03. LIVE from NCTM with Bethany and Dan

S4 - 02. Bethany and Dan share their math biographies

S4 - 01. Joyful math teaching with Kanchan Kant

S3 - 06. Bethany and Dan take on Twitter!

S3 - 05. Developing an asset orientation with Lani Horn

S3 - 04. Ideas to build math fluency with Valerie Henry, Graham Fletcher, and Tracy Zager

S3 - 03. Math professional learning experiences with Elham Kazemi

S3 - 02. Mathematizing Children’s Literature with Allison Hintz and Antony Smith

S3 - 01. Making math viral with Howie Hua