Students are surrounded by music, sports, movies, and social media every day—so why not use those interests to teach mathematics? Discover how connecting math to pop culture can boost engagement while helping students develop deeper mathematical thinking.

I know what kind of math student I want to create - curious, persistent, and collaborative. In some cases, I do think some of my students developed more of these skills, but when I think about the group of students I had this year, mostly they were compliant. There were moments of engagement, but it usually wasn’t long lived. They completed assignments because they want to pass and graduate. Learning and understanding was not their focus, passing the class was. While compliance is pleasant -...

Teaching Math as a System of Patterns, Context, and Choice Math is my jam and I am here to spread it. I saw this on a t-shirt once and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. Link I have been thinking about the nature of math a lot lately - whether I am listening to one of my favorite math podcasts (Math Therapy by Vanessa Vikharia) or catching up on the latest issue of NCTM’s Learning & Teaching, or taking my online PreCalculus class at a local community college, it has been on...