Debate 25 - Should You Follow the Textbook?

Let’s talk about textbooks! Some teachers are handed a textbook and are instructed to follow it. Others may have never had a textbook offered to them. If you are given a textbook, should you be following it? And how much? And if you don’t have one, should you start? Tune in as four thoughtful educators debate the resolution: Teachers should follow the textbook.

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• The book Pi of Life was mentioned. 
• Graspable Math 
• Open Middle Math 
• Same But Different Math 
• Which One Doesn’t Belong? 
• The BEAM Program 
• Follow Gabe Davis Twitter: @gdavis451
• Follow Zak Champagne Twitter: @Zakchamp or check out his website: zakchamp.com
• Follow Melissa Dean on Twitter & Instagram: @Dean_of_math, check out her blog: deanofmath.wordpress.com, or read her new book: Unravel School.
• Follow Tim Brzezinski on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube: @TimBrzezinski 

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Welcome to Season 3!

Listen in as Chris & Rob talk about the upcoming season!

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We wanted to end the year by bringing together a few of our guests from past debates for a roundtable to reflect on the past debates and also engage in a discussion around the question: How do we bring joy to math class? With politics around education and teaching so often turning negative in the news, we wanted to talk more about joy with our guests. And we hope it will lead to an enlightening discussion with our group today.

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• Essay: The Having of Wonderful Ideas
• Book: Table Talk math
• Website: Yummy Math
• Mathematician’s Lament mentioned by Kit can be found at: worrydream.com/refs/Lockhart-MathematiciansLament.pdf
• Book: Math Games with Bad Drawings
• Book: Building Thinking Classrooms
• Book: Math Mindsets
• Blog: Math Equals Love 
• Website: Youcubed
• Follow Kit on Social Media: @MrKitMath or bring Kit to your school for PD. 
• Follow Phil on Social Media: @phildituri, Website: dituriconsulting.com
• Find out more about FiCycle at ficycle.org
• Follow Farshid Safi on Social Media: @FarshidSafi
• Follow Kathy Henderson on Social Media: @kathyhen_
• Follow Patricia Vandenberg on Social Media: @VbergMath or at her Blog: patriciavandenberg.com
• Follow Ed Campos Jr. on Social Media: @edcampOSjr and check out his Website: edcamposjr.com and his new non-profit: campocreativo.org

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If you know the Common Core, then you have probably seen the 8 Standards of Math Practice (or SMPs as we refer to them). Here at the DebateMath podcast, we are HUGE fans of SMP#3 - Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. But we wanted to take some time to highlight some of the other SMPs. So we reached out to educators asking for their favorites, asking: What is the best SMP?

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• Follow Paige on Twitter & Mathstadon: @MrsSheehanMath 
• Follow Damion on Twitter & Mathstadon: @DamionBeth
• Follow Fawn on Twitter: @fawnpnguyen 

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Earlier this season we had a lovely debate on whether or not to Ditch Algebra 2. During that debate, our four guests tangentially expressed four very different viewpoints on Geometry. We thought it would be a great idea to get these guests back together to hear more of their thoughts on Geometry. Should we keep it? Is it important? We want to dig deeper into this with our debate. So, we have 2 teams of 2 debating the resolution: Ditch Geometry.

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• Follow Kit on Twitter: @MrKitMath, Email: mrkitmath@gmail.com. 
• Follow Mimi on Twitter: @untilnextstop, Blog: untilnextstop.blogspot.com
• Follow Rachael on Twitter: @rachaelhgorsuch 
• Follow Phil on Twitter/LinkedIn: @phildituri, Website: dituriconsulting.com
• Find out more about FiCycle at ficycle.org

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Join us as we take a break from our usual format for a special Back to School episode! Here at the DebateMath podcast, we highly value discourse in math. On the podcast, we want to elevate the voices of teachers and students in our episodes, and we also want that for our classrooms. We want to encourage student discourse in math class. So for this special episode, we asked a handful of educators for their “quick advice” on how to get students talking in math class. We did a handful of five minute interviews with several educators, asking: What is Your Best Advice to Get Students Talking in Math Class?

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• Follow Marcia Marbury Kilpatrick on Twitter: @MsResource or on LinkedIn: Marcia Marbury Kilpatrick 
• Follow Rachel Wiemken on Twitter: @MissWiemken or contact her via email: rachel.wiemken@hcesc.org 
• Follow Dan Finkel on Twitter: @MathforLove via his website: MathForLove.com or Email: Dan@mathforlove.com   
• Follow Elizabeth Statmore on Twitter/Mathstadon/BlueSky: @cheesemonkeysf or read her blog: cheesemonkeysf.blogspot.com
• Follow Pam Harris on Twitter: @pwharris on Instagram: @pamharris_math  or on her website: mathisfigureoutable.com
•  Follow Dr. Allison Hintz on Twitter: @allisonhintz124 or via Email: ahintz@uw.edu 
• Dr. Hintz mentioned the article: Three Strategies for Opening Curriculum Spaces

And be sure to join the DebateMath Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/debatemath

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Math class is so often associated with pencil and paper work–students working through steps of symbolic manipulation. But what role does or should technology have in math class? Our world is constantly changing, and how do we adapt to that? From calculators, to apps, to ChatGPT, the resources available keep growing. So how or what should we allow? How can we help students use technology wisely? In our latest episode, we are not debating the inclusion of technology, but we are discussing how best to utilize it. We are asking: What is the most important thing to keep in mind about technology in math class? 

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• More on the Math Technology for Equity framework that Ed mentioned here.
• Follow Karen Campe on Twitter & Mathstodon: @KarenCampe and read her Blog: karendcampe.wordpress.com
• Follow Ed Campos Jr. on Twitter & Instagram: @edcampOSjr and check out his Website: edcamposjr.com and his new non-profit: campocreativo.org
• Follow Kyne on Twitter/Instagram/TikTok/YouTube: @onlinekyne 

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Math exams are the typical culminating assessment at the end of the unit or the end of a semester, but what if we didn’t give exams? What if we instead spent that time on an alternative form of assessment. What would that look like? What are the options? In this episode, we have 3 awesome educators each sharing a different way to alternatively assess students.  

Resources Referenced in this Episode

• More on Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's can be found here
• Follow Coach Victor Hicks on Twitter: @CodingWCulture, on other social media: @CodingWithCulture, or check out his Website: codingwithculture.com
• Follow Joshua Bean on Twitter: @MrJoshuaBean or Email: wakingbean@gmail.com
• Follow Nolan Fossum on Twitter: @NolanFossum or Email: nolanfossummath@gmail.com

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• More information Common Core Standards of Math Practice (including #5) can be found here.
• The study that Kathy mentions can be found at this link.
• Follow Julie Reulbach on Twitter: @jreulbach or at her Blog: ispeakmath.org
• Follow Eli Luberoff on Twitter: @eluberoff or Email: eli@desmos.com
• Follow Kathy Henderson on Twitter: @kathyhen_
• Follow Patricia Vandenberg on Twitter: @VbergMath or at her Blog: patriciavandenberg.com

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Let’s talk about pacing guides. What are they? Why do we have them? How much should we follow them? This topic has caused quite the stir in many schools among colleagues. Some educators believe pacing guides may not be effective, or even necessary! While others believe pacing guides are needed so we stay on track to cover all of our grade-level content. Check out this great debate about pacing guides, featuring Hilary Kreisberg, Farshid Safi, Kwame Sarfo-Mensah and Berkeley Everett.

Follow People in this Episode

• Follow Hilary Kreisberg on Twitter: @Dr_Kreisberg
• Follow Farshid Safi on Twitter: @FarshidSafi
• Follow  Kwame Sarfo-Mensah on Twitter: @identityshaper or via his Website: identitytalk4educators.com
• Follow Berkeley Everett on Twitter: @BerkeleyEverett or via his Website: berkeleyeverett.com

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