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Decluttering Mathematics in Middle & High School with Ted Coe, Scott Adamson & April Strom
Episode 9
Tuesday, 22 September, 2026
In this episode of Room to Grow, Joanie and Curtis learn about a new publication: Decluttering Mathematics: 5 Fundamental Understandings That Unleash Meaningful Student Thinking Grades 6-12. Three of the book’s authors join us to share how that when secondary mathematics instruction is cluttered with disconnected procedures and a focus on computation without meaning, students are essential being handed a huge pile of tiny puzzle pieces without ever building or even seeing the picture on the puzzle box. Ted, Scott, and April call out the clutter and describe how educators can connect the disconnected and focus on what’s important to allow students the opportunity to think, reason, and make sense of mathematics. In the conversation, the authors touch of the five fundamental understandings in the book: Measurement, Comparison, Proportional Relationships, Equivalence, and Graphical Representations, and provide examples of how and why attention to student thinking leads to better teaching and better student learning. Curtis and Joanie appreciated the approach of having students “think first; compute only if necessary,” and the idea of retiring some common topics to the “math attic.” The authors share their grounding the book in ways of thinking, ways of approaching, and ways of doing mathematics, all in the service of doing bigger things in math class. Resources mentioned in this episode and ways to learn more:· Order the book HERE or HERE or HERE· Ted’s website https://www.coequalmath.com/home and LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedcoe/ · April’s LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildstrom/ , BTC info page https://www.buildingthinkingclassrooms.com/team/april-strom · Scott’s website https://www.scottadamsonmath.com/ and LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-adamson-465202327/ · James’ website https://jamestantonmath.com/ and LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-tanton-9920bb58/ Did you enjoy this episode of Room to Grow? Please leave a review and share the episode with others. Share your feedback, comments, and suggestions for future episode topics by emailing roomtogrowmath@gmail.com . Be sure to connect with your hosts on Instagram: @JoanieFun and @cbmathguy.
