Hear from Dan Meyer on Season 2 of Beyond My Years!

About this episode

Dan Meyer shares his strategies and experiences in engaging students in math education on the Beyond My Years podcast.

Dan Meyer recently joined the Beyond My Years podcast to share some of his favorite strategies (and hard-earned lessons) for engaging students in math class. Listen in, as Dan joins host Ana Torres to share his journey in education, including his early struggles to engage students. In this episode, The right questions for the “wrong” answers, Dan provides models for grounding lessons in real life, giving students more opportunities to show off their personalities, and reframing mistakes...

People in this episode

Host: Ana Torres

Guest: Dan Meyer

Topics covered

• engaging students
• math education
• real life applications
• mistakes in learning
• student personalities

Keywords

• math class
• education strategies
• student engagement
• real life lessons
• mistakes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond My Years

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