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203 Real isn't Relevant: What Really Matters when Teaching Math
From Modern Math Teacher · Hosted by Kristen Moore
2026-10-06·813
Episode summary
In this episode of Modern Math Teacher: Let’s chat—send me a text! We hear it all the time: Make math real-world. But real-world doesn’t automatically mean relevant.
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Let’s chat—send me a text! We hear it all the time: Make math real-world. But real-world doesn’t automatically mean relevant. In this episode, I’m sharing how one of my favorite cell phone projects slowly lost its relevance—and what it taught me about choosing contexts that actually matter to the students sitting in front of us. We’ll talk about:…