Hard truths teachers need to hear from parents w/ Cat and Nat
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) From the moment Vanessa met bestselling authors/podcasters Cat and Nat on Breakfast Television, where the 2 moms proudly professed to hate math ... she knew ...
20 Nov 202542min
Why we can’t binge-learn math like Netflix w/ Rob Baier
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) *call-out before we get into today's ep* - If you or a colleague/parent/student has a story about incorporating the absurd 6-7 phenomenon into actual learnin...
13 Nov 202548min
What the Blue Jays taught us about math education
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) This past weekend, hearts across North America shattered as the plucky underdog Toronto Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in extra innings of the deciding Gam...
6 Nov 20251h 9min
How to turn anxiety into empowerment
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Most episodes, Vanessa is chatting with colleagues about the root causes of math anxiety/trauma and exploring how math education can change to avoid causing ...
30 Okt 202527min
An unfiltered debate about "natural ability"
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Sometimes an interview fires us up so much here at Math Therapy HQ, that we end up debriefing and debating it long after the guest has signed off - at which ...
23 Okt 202519min
Why math sucks and how to fix it w/ Raj Shah
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) What is memory? Are different brains good at memorizing different things (like math vs music)? Is memorization even a good way to learn? Why don’t we teach m...
16 Okt 202553min
Math ed needs more conversations like this w/ Pam Harris
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Today's ep ended up in a different place than Vanessa expected when she first sat down to chat with Pam Harris, founder of Math Is Figureoutable. Their first...
9 Okt 202546min
The Comment Section w/ Mike Flynn
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) We're trying something new this week! Last week's ep with Mike Flynn dove into some very murky debate waters: do students need to know the "why" of what the...
2 Okt 202537min
