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Math Chat is a education podcast hosted by Mona Iehl. It has 222 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Mona, of Mona Math, reveals the mysteries of how to teach elementary math even if you aren't a math person. Discover how you can develop a buzzing student led math classroom. We cover all things math identity, classroom culture, and student centered instructional practices to help you empower students to love and understanding math deeply.

education ·en ·222 episodes

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204: Why Math Class Isn’t Building Confident Problem Solvers (And It’s Not What You Think)

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203: Why Knowing What To Do Isn’t Changing Your Math Classroom

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202: The Problem With Gamifying Math (And What Actually Helps Students Learn)

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201: Why Word Problems Feel Hard Even When Students Know the Math

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200: I Still Believe This after 200 episodes! & 🎁 a free Gift

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199: Instructional Nudges, Interview with Sam Otten

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198: Why Math Coaches are the Key to Sustainable Change

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197: Math Is a Language of Power an Interview with Stephanie Marrero

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196: A Classroom Moment That Changed How I Teach Problem Solving

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195: Readers Read and Mathers Math, Interview with Deborah Peart Crayton

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194: What If Students Don’t Know the Math Yet?

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193: Questions to Ask in Math Class

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192: What Should Students Do, Say, and Think in Math Class & How We Get Them There.

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191: When 1st Graders Tackle Multiplication Stories… Magic Happens

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190: What Happens When Students Struggle? How We Can Help Without Taking Away the Opportunity to Think

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189: My Kindergarten Lesson

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188: "Let's Just See What They Can Do!"

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187: Anchor Moves to Coach in Chaos

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186: Learning Walks - Getting Better Together

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185: A Better Way to Use CUBES - Ditch Keyword in Math for Making Sense

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184: Building Joyful, Equitable Math Classrooms with Kendra

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183: What if We’ve Been Telling the Wrong Math Story?

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182: What Matters Most in Math Classrooms? With John SanGioVanni

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181: Book Launch Day - A Classroom of Problem Solvers Starts Here

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180: Kassia - Behind the Dedication - My Editor’s Behind-the-Scenes Thoughts at Shaping the Book

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179: Behind the Scenes of Writing Word Problem Workshop

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178: Mark Golden - Behind the Dedication - Hot Takes From a Teacher Who’s Lived WPW for Years

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177: Word Problem Workshop - Planning

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176: Amanda - Behind the Dedication - How Doing Hard Things Grows Math Understanding and Confidence

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175: Step 5 Word Problem Workshop - Reflect

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174: Meghan Princehorn - Behind the Dedication - The Gift of Building Classroom Communities Where Every Child Belongs

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173: Step 4 Word Problem Workshop - Discuss

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172: Ed Spicer - Behind the Dedication - How One Classroom Opened my Eyes to the Genius Children Carry

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171: Step 3 Word Problem Workshop - Share

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170: Jimmy - Behind the Dedication - A Real Teacher’s Story of How WPW Shifted Learning in his Classroom

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169: Step 2 Word Problem Workshop - Grapple

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168: Step 1 Word Problem Workshop - Launch

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167: Go Slow to Go Fast - How Word Problem Workshop Transforms Math Proficiency

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166: Kickstarting Problem Solving from Day One

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165: Changing the ‘I’m Bad at Math’ Mindset—One Task at a Time

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164: Classroom Routines Made Easy

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163: Student Led & Self–Regulated (3 Management Tips Inside)

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162: More Isn’t the Answer

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161: Vanessa - The Math GuRu

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160: The Math Block — A Mindset Shift for Fitting It All In

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159: One Problem, Many Levels - How to Differentiate Without 5 Versions of the Lesson

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158: SEL in Math Can Boost Student Success

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157: Yes, It’ll Be Noisy—And That’s a Good Thing

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156: What Great Math Teaching Looks Like—Even If You’re Just Getting Started

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155: You Already Have What You Need—Here’s How to Use It Differently

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