The Allison Loves Math Podcast

This week, I interviewed Nicole Santamaria, a bilingual occupational therapist and founder of OT for Real Life, about why some kids get stuck in math and how we can help them get unstuck.

Nicole shares:

• What occupational therapists do and how they can support students struggling in math
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In today’s podcast, I'm experimenting with a new episode format! There's no guest and it's going to be a short and quick episode geared towards Statistics students. If you’re a Statistics teacher, I encourage you to share this podcast episode or the YouTube video with your class. It...

Today, I talk with Kabo Sekoele, an online math tutor from South Africa and former civil engineering student, about how parents can help their 5th-7th grade kids strengthen their skills in and mindset about math.

Kabo shares:

• What growth mindset is and why it’s crucial to student success...

In today’s episode, my co-author Nicole Thomson and I talk about a new growth mindset resource we’ve created for 4th-8th graders called the Love Math Journal!

You can get the Love Math Journal today on Amazon.com and, for Nicole's Canadian friends, you can also get it on ...

**Following this interview, Nicole and I decided to join forces to create the Love Math Journal, a growth mindset resource for 4th-8th graders with 200+ quick prompts, affirmations, and reflections. It will be available on Amazon starting May 23rd!

This week, I interview Nicole Thomson, former...

Today, I have a super fun talk with Zoey and Bia, co-hosts of the How to Rob a Bank Podcast, about how we can help girls and women in STEM and math to overcome imposter syndrome.

Bia and Zoey discuss:

• What imposter syndrome is and how it can affect one’s success in math and STEM

• The...

In today’s interview, I talk with Gabriel Rojas, college professor, author of the Algebra User Manual, and recipient of the ASCE New Faces of Engineering Award, about how learning math is similar to learning a new language.

Gabriel and I discuss:

• Different stages of mastery of a subject,...

Today, I interview Dr. Carrie Cutler, a clinical assistant professor of Elementary Mathematics Education at the University of Houston and the author of Math-Positive Mindsets, about 5 strategies teachers and parents can use to help students approach math in a positive way.

Carrie covers:

• The...

In today’s interview, I talk with Eduardo Godinez, a first-generation college student graduating with a B.S. in Mathematics from UCI this spring, about his advice for other first-generation college students who want to major in math.

Eduardo discusses:

• How to build your own support system...

In today's interview, I am honored to talk with NYT Bestselling author and former Stanford Dean, Julie Lythcott Haims about how to be and raise an adult.

Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult and the award-winning memoir Real...

Today, Teena Carroll & Susan Tarabulsi, two math-loving moms of young kids, share different ideas about getting our young kids to enjoy math!

Teena Carroll is a math professor at Emory & Henry College with a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. Susan Tarabulsi is a math major at George Mason...