Episode 2507: Amy Hackenberg - student units coordination and teacher decentering

About this episode

Amy Hackenberg discusses student units coordination and teacher decentering in middle school education.

Amy Hackenberg from Indiana University discusses two articles from the Journal of Mathematical Behavior --" Middle school students at three stages of units coordination learn to make same speeds " (Vol. 72, 2023) and " Decentering to support responsive teaching for middle school students " (Vol. 77, 2025), both co-authored with Aydeniz-Temizer and Borowski. Amy's professional webpage : https://education.indiana.edu/about/directory/profiles/hackenberg-amy-j.html 2023 Student-Focused Article URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101085 2025 Teacher-Focused Article URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101205 List of episodes

People in this episode

Host: Samuel Otten

Guest: Amy Hackenberg

Topics covered

• student units coordination
• teacher decentering
• responsive teaching
• middle school education
• mathematical behavior

Keywords

• units coordination
• responsive teaching
• middle school
• mathematics education
• teacher strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indiana University

Books & works: Middle school students at three stages of units coordination learn to make same speeds, Decentering to support responsive teaching for middle school students

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