In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on October 21, 2026.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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A teacher's willingness (or unwillingness) to work on their craft of teaching, no matter the reason, impacts thier students. In this episode, Pam and Kim unpack one student's perspective about why teachers do or do not teach math that is figureoutable.

Talking Points:

• How teachers respond differently to Math-is-Figure-Out-Able ideas?
• A student's take on 4 types of teachers
• How students are impacted by different teaching beliefs and actions
• How building belief in kids' capability (and teachers' own capability) drives Math is Figure-Out-Able workshops

Links:

1. BLOG: When "Covered" Doesn't Mean Understood: Building Reasoning in Middle School Math

2. Developing Mathematical Reasoning Book Series

3. Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms audiobook

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