Finding the Joy in Math while Improving Student Learning

Dr. Matthew Beyranevand is the K-12 Mathematics Department Coordinator for the Chelmsford, Massachusetts Public Schools. Matthew is an ambassador for the Global Math Project, supporter for the With Math I Can campaign, and a member of the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council. He also serves as an adjunct professor of mathematics and education at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and Fitchburg State University. Through his website, mathwithmatthew.com, he provides visitors with his podcast, blog, math music videos, and more resources to help increase students’ interest and engagement in the learning of mathematics while building conceptual understanding. Matthew has been featured on WBUR radio, WBZ news and the Boston news magazine Chronicle. Matthew’s first book Teach Math Like This, Not Like That: Four Critical Areas to Improve Student Learning was published in July through Rowman & Littlefield.

I am a mother, wife and high school math teacher. I currently teach at Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, PA and my favorite class to teach is AP Statistics! This is my 25th year of teaching. @mathteacher24 is my twitter handle. I have several tech related videos for stat and TI-NSpire at www.youtube.com/mathteacher24 and I am blog at mathteacher24.blogspot.com. I also enjoy playing the violin, reading and doing crazy workouts from Beachbody (P90X/Insanity/TurboFire).