The Build Math Minds Podcast

Christina Tondevold

Booking Overview

This is an education interview show focused on helping math educators move from traditional, procedure-based instruction toward conceptual understanding, problem solving, and mathematical thinking, with recurring conversations featuring math education specialists and professional development leaders. Credible pitches include math education researchers, curriculum and intervention experts, teacher-authors, and experienced instructional coaches; booking difficulty is likely medium because guests need specialized expertise and practical classroom credibility, but broad celebrity is not required.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@buildmathminds.com

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Host

Christina Tondevold - Math education consultant and founder of Build Math Minds, focused on helping educators develop students’ mathematical thinking and understanding.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Specialized expertise in mathematics education, math intervention, assessment, curriculum, or classroom instruction, supported by substantial practical experience, professional development work, original frameworks, or widely used teaching resources.

Required Achievements:

Creation of widely used mathematics teaching resources, Leadership in math professional development, Expertise in math intervention or assessment, Development of practical instructional frameworks

Recent Guest Discussions

Steve Wyborney - Mathematical Invitations, Estimation, Number Sense, And Eliciting Students’ Mathematical Thinking.

Juliana Tapper - Math Intervention, Acceleration, High Expectations, And Moving From A Gap-filling Model To A Staircase Model.

Recent Topics

Education, Mathematics Education, Math Instruction, Number Sense, Math Intervention

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Build Math Minds Podcast

Struggling Math Students: What Elementary Teachers Don't Know About Working Memory (& other areas) with Becky Lord and Christina Tondevold

September 27, 2026

Have you ever had a student who looks lost before they've even started a problem? Or a kid who can do the steps but can't see the pattern that makes them work? I sat down with Becky Lord of LordMath.com to talk about the five cognitive areas that affect how our students learn math: working memory, processing speed, verbal comprehension, visual processing, and fluid reasoning. Becky explains what each one is, how it shows up when a student is struggling, and what we can change in our teaching ...

Special Edition Episode - Duolingo Math: What Elementary Teachers Need to Know

September 24, 2026

Duolingo rolled out full math courses this year. I spent 50+ days, spending time in number sense, addition/subtraction, multiplication, fractions, and even went into 11th grade Algebra & Graphs….until I couldn't take it anymore. Zak and Mike from Flynn Education have also been using it and the three of us recently sat down to talk about it. We broke down what's good, what's bad, and what worried us. If you've wondered whether to recommend this app to families, for your own children, or you...

Update about the Build Math Minds Podcast

September 20, 2026

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