Pam and Kim continue from Episode 2 to discuss what it means to do and teach real mathematics. When we teach reading, students read. When we teach writing, students write. When we teach math, students mathematize, because we need a verb that describes what mathematicians do when they do what mathematicians do. And when we teach students to do what mathematicians do, they are mathematicians. So teachers are mentoring mathematicians.

Talking Points

• What Pam means when she says Math is Figure-Out-Able
• Mathematicians do not mimic to do math, they use their understanding of mathematical relationships
• What does it mean to mentor students to become mathematicians at their gradelevel?

Find the transcript here:
http://podcast.mathisfigureoutable.com/1062400/3887888-mentoring-mathematicians