{"podcast":{"title":"Making Math Moments That Matter","slug":"making-math-moments-that-matter-546594","podcast_index_feed_id":546594,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1721682.rss","website_url":"https://makemathmoments.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/5qj2lz6b29gi5kv4qehvl4l3yfau?.jpg","author":"Kyle Pearce & Jon Orr","episode_count":486,"summary":"Helping you transform your K-12 math lesson plans by building confidence in effective teaching practices, guiding you to transform your math curriculum, and inspiring classroom strategies to engage all students. As a teacher are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans where students don't want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? As a mathematics coordinator or leader are you wondering how to support teachers when implementing engaging math lessons that fuel student sense making? Over the last 19 years, Kyle and Jon, the founders of MakeMathMoments.com have been engaging students, teachers, and district program leaders with effective mathematics pedagogy, accessible resources, and inspiring learning environments in K-12 math classrooms. Now, in this podcast they coach you - K-12 classroom teachers and district leaders of mathematics through a 6 step plan that cultivates and fosters your mathematics program like a strong, healthy and balanced tree. If you master the 6 parts of an effective mathematics program, the impact you have on students or teachers will grow and reach far and wide. Every week, you’ll hear insight from practicing classroom teac…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:18:04.429144+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-math-moments-that-matter-546594"},"episode":{"title":"How to Help Students With Word Problems in Math—and Coach Teachers to Do the Same","slug":"how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same","published_at":"2026-03-05T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-math-moments-that-matter-546594/how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-math-moments-that-matter-546594","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1721682/episodes/18791231-how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1721682/episodes/18791231-how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same.mp3","summary":"If your students can calculate but collapse in math word problems, the issue often isn’t the numbers—it’s the structure. Many schools default to keyword hunts, graphic organizers, and “pick the operation” routines. But those tools can accidentally train students to guess instead of model what’s happening. The result: multi-step math problems feel like a maze. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why “keywords/highlighters” often fail (and what they train students to do instead)How focusing on math p...","meta_description":"If your students can calculate but collapse in math word problems, the issue often isn’t the numbers—it’s the structure. Many schools default to keyword h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1515,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-math-moments-that-matter-546594/episodes/how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-math-moments-that-matter-546594/how-to-help-students-with-word-problems-in-math-and-coach-teachers-to-do-the-same.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}