Solving for the Undefined: A Math Teacher Podcast
Solving for the Undefined is the go-to math teacher podcast to develop your intrigue for math and learning while helping you do the same for your students. When our host, Johanna, became a teacher, she found herself alone, creating her own activities, and trying to make math fun plus easy to implement...but it wasn’t exactly a piece of pi (or cake!).
She’s on a mission to solve those problems by helping teachers engage students academically using researched based strategies so students deeply understand and love math. And that’s what you can count on!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 85
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
64. Building Your Assessment Strategy with Cassandra Harris
The foundation of any good data strategy is the assessments you give your students. In today's episode, we are joined by Cassandra Harris (@simplyorganizedwithcassandra), the go-to expert on gatherin…
63. The Cake Walk Math Review Game
The end of the year is no cake walk…but I’ll tell you what is! This review game. In today’s episode, we are continuing our series on review games that get student thinking and learning. Let’s get sta…
62. Benefits of Using Math Centers with Kelsey Hardwick
Are you looking for a new way to simultaneously meet the needs of your lower learners, on grade level learners, and your learners who need a challenge?
In today’s episode, we are joined by Kelsey Hard…
61. Creating Interactive Math Activities for Your Students with Annette Kuperus
Back in episode 56, we talked about leveling up your curriculum to meet the needs of your students and engage them. But what happens when that isn't enough? In today's episode we are joined by Annett…
60. Three Things Every Math Class Needs
As teachers, we are bombarded with people telling us what needs to be done in our classrooms. But when we're ready to take on something new, where do we even begin? In today's episode, I am sharing t…
59. Building Student Self-Efficacy in Math
What if I told you that I found the key to your students' math success? It would be hard to believe, right? In today's episode, Jay Brown is bringing us all the details on how self-efficacy can speed…
58. The Paper Bag Review Game
Ready for state testing? I'm not! But whether we are ready or not, with state testing coming up, we are all looking for ways to creatively review everything that we have been learning this year. Toda…
57. Supporting Gifted & Talented Students in Your Math Classroom
Did you know that 10% of students are considered gifted? Not just in a “wow they are really smart!” way, but in a Talented and Gifted student (Tag, Gate, etc.) And if you have a class of 30, that’s r…
56. Making Your School Curriculum More Engaging
Raise your hand if you like your school's math curriculum. Yup...not many hands raised! That's because the majority of textbooks were not designed with our post-covid students in mind. So in today's …
55. Simple Ways to Implement Choice in the Math Classroom
Today’s episode is one that I am thrilled to share with you because it is something that I know is not done enough in the classroom. With the expertise of Elaina Weaver, the classy teacher, we are go…
54. Adding Movement to Increase Engagement in the Math Classroom
It’s time to take a stand! Quite literally actually. In today’s episode, I am going to be sharing what I believe is the most overlooked way to get students’ brains thinking and engaged with math. And…
53. The Math Workshop Model for Middle School
The one thing that all of us teachers need is more time. More time to plan, to grade, and to teach. One way to maximize teaching time in the classroom is by implementing the math workshop model.
In t…
52. Cultivating Creativity in the Math Classroom
When you see math class in movies and tv shows, do you recall how it’s depicted? Typically as a boring direct instruction lesson full of algorithms. But anyone who truly knows math knows how frickin'…
51. Turning Worksheets into Games Students Want to Play
Put the magic back into math worksheets by turning them into games! In this episode, Brooklyn, from Brooklyn's Brightest, shares her expertise on two games that transform worksheets into games.
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50. Three Things I Wish I Knew
WOW! It is wild that we have reached 50 episodes of Solving for the Undefined Podcast. In celebration of this milestone, I am going to share 3 things I wish I knew about teaching math when I first st…
49. The Power of Rough Draft Thinking in the Math Classroom
Here's my 2nd best teacher tip: utilize rough draft thinking as an essential practice in your math classroom.
What started off as a random attempt to get students to try turned into the daily practi…
48. Prepping Students for Life with Project Based Assessments
How often do you get this question from your students? When am I going to use this in real life?
In today's episode, we’re going to help answer that question. With Caroline’s expertise, we are going…
47. The Unfair Game in Math Class
Looking for a math review game to wrap up a unit? The Unfair Game is the perfect game to keep students engaged while actually showing work on math problems. In today's episode, I share the rules, the…
46. Strategic Questioning in Math to Further Student Thinking
Wondering how to use strategic questioning in math to further student thinking? In this episode, Mona Iehl and I share how we do just that in our classrooms.
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45. Math Education Trend Predictions for 2023
What better way to start of 2023 than to predict what could happen this year? In today's episode I share 4 predictions I have about 2023 in regards to the math education space.
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