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Rounding Up
Welcome to Rounding Up by MLC. These conversations focus on topics that are important to elementary mathematics teachers, administrators, and coaches. Rounding Up is hosted by Mike Wallus, VP of Educator Support at the Math Learning Center, home of the Bridges in Mathematics curriculum. For more information on MLC, Bridges, or any of MLC's tools and educational support materials, visit mathlearningcenter.org
Episodes
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Instructional Routines That Support Mathematics Identity Development with Dr. Fawnda Norman
Instructional Routines That Support Mathematics Identity Development with Dr. Fawnda Norman ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 5 Supporting students' math…
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The How, When & Why of Physical & Digital Manipulatives with Natalie Crist & Patrick Vennebush
The How, When & Why of Physical & Digital Manipulatives with Natalie Crist & Patrick Vennebush ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 4 Recently, there's been a great…
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See It! Say It! Symbolize It! with Dr. Patrick Sullivan
See It! Say It! Symbolize It! with Dr. Patrick Sullivan ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 3 Representations, language, and symbols are all important ingredients…
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Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 2, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack
Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 2, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 2 Repositioning the…
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Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 1, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack
Organizing Board Space to Support Reasoning & Connection, Part 1, with Dr. Tutita Casa & Katherine Mack ROUNDING UP: SEASON 5 | EPISODE 1 Classroom boards have…
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Looking Ahead to Season 5
Looking Ahead to Season 5 Rounding Up returns next week for its fifth season, examining even more ideas, concepts, and practices that shape teaching and…
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[From the Archives] Recording Student Thinking During a Mathematics Discussion with Nicole Garcia
Recording Student Thinking During a Mathematics Discussion with Nicole Garcia ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 24 Learning to record students' mathematical…
Rounding Up[From the Archives] Making Sense of Fractions with Susan Empson, PhD
Making Sense of Fractions with Susan Empson, PhD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 23 For quite a few adults, fractions were a stumbling block in their…
Rounding Up[From the Archives] Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma with Kasi Allen, PhD
Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma with Kasi Allen, PhD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 22 If you are an educator, you've likely heard people say things like…
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[From the Archives] The Big Place Value Episode with Eric Sisofo, Ed.D
The Big Place Value Episode with Eric Sisofo, EdD ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 21 If you ask an educator to share some of the most important ideas in…
Rounding Up[From the Archives] Practical Ways to Build a Strengths-Based Math Classroom with Dr. Beth Kobett
Practical Ways to Build a Strengths-Based Elementary Math Classroom with Dr. Beth Kobett ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 20 What if it were possible to capture…
Rounding Up[From the Archives] Posing Purposeful Questions with Dr. DeAnn Huinker
Posing Purposeful Questions with Dr. DeAnn Huinker ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 19 Educational theorist Charles De Garmo once said, "To question well is to…
Rounding Up[From the Archives] Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts with Dr. Jenny Bay-Williams
Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts with Dr. Jenny Bay-Williams ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 18 This summer we're replaying favorite listener…
Rounding UpSupporting Multilingual Learners During Number Talks with Jana Dean & Heather Byington
ROUNDING UP: Supporting Multilingual Learners During Number Talks with Jana Dean & Heather Byington What might it be like to engage in a number talk as a…
Rounding UpUnderstanding the Roots of Fluency with Addition & Subtraction with Kristin Frang
ROUNDING UP: Understanding the Roots of Fluency with Addition & Subtraction with Kristin Frang Research suggests that supporting students' fluency with…
Rounding UpMath Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 2* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges
ROUNDING UP: Math Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 2* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges Research confirms that early mathematics experiences…
Rounding UpMath Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 1* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges
ROUNDING UP: Math Trajectories for Young Learners *PART 1* with Dr. DeAnn Huinker & Dr. Melissa Hedges Research confirms that early mathematics experiences…
Rounding UpPacing Discourse-Rich Lessons with Dr. Mike Steele
ROUNDING UP: Pacing Discourse-Rich Lessons with Dr. Mike Steele As a classroom teacher, pacing lessons was often my Achilles' heel. If my students were sharing…
Rounding UpBuilding a Meaningful Understanding of Properties Through Fact Fluency Tasks with Kyndall Thomas
ROUNDING UP: Building a Meaningful Understanding of Properties Through Fact Fluency Tasks with Kyndall Thomas Building fluency with multiplication and division…
Rounding UpUnderstanding Units Coordination with Dr. Amy Hackenberg
ROUNDING UP: Understanding Units Coordination with Dr. Amy Hackenberg Units coordination describes the ways students understand the organization of units (or a…
Rounding UpWhat Counts as Counting? with Dr. Christopher Danielson
ROUNDING UP: What Counts as Counting? with Dr. Christopher Danielson What counts as counting? The question may sound simple, but take a moment to think about…
Rounding UpEnacting Talk Moves with Intention with Dr. Todd Hinnenkamp
ROUNDING UP: Enacting Talk Moves with Intention with Dr. Todd Hinnenkamp All students deserve a classroom rich in meaningful mathematical discourse. But what…
Rounding UpExploring the Seeds of Algebraic Thinking with Janet Walkoe & Margaret Walton
ROUNDING UP: Exploring the Seeds of Algebraic Thinking with Janet Walkoe & Margaret Walton Algebraic thinking is defined as the ability to use symbols…
Rounding UpDeveloping Student Agency: The Strategy Showcase with Tutita Casa, Anna Strauss, Jenna Waggoner, and Mhret Wondmagegne
ROUNDING UP: Developing Student Agency: The Strategy Showcase with Tutita Casa, Anna Strauss, Jenna Waggoner, and Mhret Wondmagegne When students aren't sure…
Rounding UpThe Case for Choral Counting with Fractions with Christy Pettis & Terry Wyberg
ROUNDING UP: The Case for Choral Counting with Fractions with Christy Pettis & Terry Wyberg How can educators help students recognize similarities in the way…
Rounding UpImproving Students' Turn & Talk Experience with Ramsey Merritt
ROUNDING UP: Improving Students' Turn & Talk Experience with Ramsey Merritt Most educators know what a turn and talk is—but are your students excited to do…
Rounding UpExploring the Power & Purpose of Number Strings with Pam Harris
ROUNDING UP: Exploring the Power & Purpose of Number Strings with Pam Harris I've struggled when I have a new strategy I want my students to consider and…
Rounding UpI Have, You Need: The Utility Player of Instructional Routines with Kim Montague
ROUNDING UP: I Have, You Need: The Utility Player of Instructional Routines with Kim Montague In sports, a utility player is someone who can play multiple…
Rounding UpSame but Different: Encouraging Students to Think Flexibly with Dr. Sue Looney
ROUNDING UP: Same but Different: Encouraging Students to Think Flexibly with Dr. Sue Looney Sometimes students struggle in math because they fail to make…
Rounding UpWhich One Doesn't Belong Routine with Dr. Christopher Danielson
ROUNDING UP: Which One Doesn't Belong Routine with Dr. Christopher Danielson The idea of comparing items and looking for similarities and differences has been…
Rounding UpUnderstanding the Role of Language in Math Classrooms with William Zahner
ROUNDING UP: Understanding the Role of Language in Math Classrooms with William Zahner How can educators understand the relationship between language and the…
Rounding UpAssessment as a Shared Journey: Cultivating Partnerships with Families and Caregivers with Tisha Jones
ROUNDING UP: Assessment as a Shared Journey: Cultivating Partnerships with Families and Caregivers with Tisha Jones Families and caregivers play an essential…
Rounding UpWhat If I Don't Understand Their Thinking? with Ryan Flessner
ROUNDING UP: What If I Don't Understand Their Thinking? with Ryan Flessner "What do I do if I don't understand my student's strategy?" This is a question…
Rounding UpSupporting Neurodiverse Students in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms with Dr. Cathery Yeh
ROUNDING UP: Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms with Dr. Cathery Yeh What meaning does the term neurodiverse convey and how…
Rounding UpAssessment in the Early Years with Shelly Scheafer
ROUNDING UP: Assessment in the Early Years with Shelly Scheafer Mike: How is the work of assessing young children different from assessing students in upper…
Rounding UpInside Out: Examining the Meaning and Purpose of our Questions wit Dr. Victoria Jacobs
ROUNDING UP: Inside Out: Examining the Meaning and Purpose of our Questions wit Dr. Victoria Jacobs Mike (00:03): The questions educators ask their students…
Rounding UpAffirming Students' Mathematics Identities with Dr. Karisma Morton
ROUNDING UP: Affirming Students' Mathematics Identities with Dr. Karisma Morton In this episode, we will explore the connection between identity and…
Rounding UpBuilding Productive Partnerships with Sue Kim & Myuriel von Aspen
ROUNDING UP: Building Productive Partnerships with Sue Kim & Myuriel von Aspen In this episode, we examine the practice of building productive student…
Rounding UpBreaking the Cycle of Math Trauma with Dr. Kasi Allen
ROUNDING UP: Breaking the Cycle of Math Trauma with Dr. Kasi Allen If you are an educator, you've likely heard people say things like "I'm a math person."…
Rounding UpHelping Our Students Build a Meaningful Understanding of Geometry with Dr. Rebecca Ambrose
ROUNDING UP: Helping Our Students Build a Meaningful Understanding of Geometry with Dr. Rebecca Ambrose As a field, mathematics education has come a long way…
Rounding UpHow You Say It Matters: Teacher Language Choices That Support Number Sense with Dr. James Brickwedde
ROUNDING UP: How You Say It Matters: Teacher Language Choices That Support Number Sense with Dr. James Brickwedde Carry the 1. Add a 0. Cross multiply. All of…
Rounding UpBuilding Asset-Focused Professional Learning Communities with Summer Pettigrew and Megan Williams
ROUNDING UP: Building Asset-Focused Professional Learning Communities with Summer Pettigrew and Megan Williams Professional learning communities have been…
Rounding UpNurturing Mathematical Curiosity: Supporting Mathematical Argumentation in the Early Grades with Drs. Jody Guarino and Chepina Rumsey
ROUNDING UP: Nurturing Mathematical Curiosity: Supporting Mathematical Argumentation in the Early Grades with Drs. Jody Guarino and Chepina Rumsey…
Rounding UpMaking Sense of Unitizing: The Theme That Runs Through Elementary Mathematics with Beth Hulbert
ROUNDING UP: Making Sense of Unitizing: The Theme That Runs Through Elementary Mathematics with Beth Hulbert During their elementary years, students grapple…
Rounding UpChoice as a Foundation for Student Engagement with Drs. Zandra De Arajuo and Amber Candela
ROUNDING UP: Choice as a Foundation for Student Engagement with Drs. Zandra De Arajuo and Amber Candela As educators, we know offering students choice has a…
Rounding UpPrinciples for Responsive Curriculum Use with Dr. Corey Drake
ROUNDING UP: Principles for Responsive Curriculum Use with Dr. Corey Drake When it comes to curriculum, educators are often told to implement with fidelity…
Rounding UpGrouping Practices That Promote Efficacy & Knowledge Transfer with Dr. Peter Liljedahl
ROUNDING UP: Grouping Practices That Promote Efficacy & Knowledge Transfer with Dr. Peter Liljedahl We know from research that student collaboration can have a…
Rounding UpThe Promise of Counting Collections with Danielle Robinson and Dr. Melissa Hedges
ROUNDING UP: The Promise of Counting Collections with Danielle Robinson and Dr. Melissa Hedges Earlier this season, we released an episode focused on the…
Rounding UpMaking Sense of Spatial Reasoning with Dr. Robyn Pinilla
ROUNDING UP: Making Sense of Spatial Reasoning with Dr. Robyn Pinilla Spatial reasoning can be a nebulous concept that is hard for many educators to define. In…
Rounding UpStrengthening Tasks Through Student Talk with Drs. Amber Candela and Melissa Boston
ROUNDING UP: Strengthening Tasks Through Student Talk with Drs. Amber Candela and Melissa Boston In this episode, we are talking with Drs. Amber Candela and…
Rounding UpMaking Sense of Story Problems with Drs. Julia Hagge and Aina Appova
ROUNDING UP: Making Sense of Story Problems with Drs. Julia Hagge and Aina Appova Contextualized story problems are an important tool that educators use to…
Rounding UpMathematizing and Modeling The World Around Us with Erin Turner, Ph.D.
ROUNDING UP: Mathematizing and Modeling The World Around Us with Erin Turner, Ph.D. Many resources for supporting multilingual learners are included with…
Rounding UpRough Draft Math with Dr. Amanda Jansen
ROUNDING UP: Rough Draft Math with Dr. Amanda Jansen What would happen if teachers consistently invited students to think of their ideas in math class as a…
Rounding UpCounting with Dr. Kim Hartweg
ROUNDING UP: Counting with Dr. Kim Hartweg Counting is a process that involves a complex and interconnected set of concepts and skills. This means that for…
Rounding UpTranslanguaging with Tatyana Kleyn, Ed.D.
ROUNDING UP: Translanguaging with Tatyana Kleyn, Ed.D. Over the past two years, we've done several episodes on supporting multilingual learners in math…
Rounding UpThe Big Place Value Episode with Eric Sisofo, Ed.D
ROUNDING UP: The Big Place Value Episode with Eric Sisofo, Ed.D If you ask an educator to share some of the most important ideas in elementary mathematics…
Rounding UpResponsive Interpretations of Student Thinking with Kim Morrow Leong, PhD
ROUNDING UP: Responsive Interpretations of Student Thinking with Kim Morrow Leong, PhD What are the habits of mind that educators can adopt to be more…
Rounding UpIt's a Story, Not a Checklist! with Dr. John Staley
ROUNDING UP: It's a Story, Not a Checklist! with Dr. John Staley There's something magical about getting lost in a great story. Whether you're reading a book…
Rounding UpMaking Sense of Fractions with Susan Empson, PhD
ROUNDING UP: Making Sense of Fractions with Susan Empson, PhD For quite a few adults, fractions were a stumbling block in their education that caused many to…
Rounding UpMaking the Shift: Moving From Additive to Multiplicative Thinking with Anderson Norton, Ph.D.
ROUNDING UP: Making the Shift: Moving From Additive to Multiplicative Thinking with Anderson Norton, Ph.D. One of the most important shifts in students'…