Making Math Moments That Matter
Making Math Moments That Matter
Kyle Pearce & Jon Orr
What Is Conceptual Understanding in Math? And Why It Matters for Fluency
22 minutes Posted Mar 23, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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What if one of the most common terms in math education — conceptual understanding in math — isn’t actually understood the same way across schools, systems, or even math classrooms? A recent podcast sparked a big question: is conceptual understanding in math poorly defined? The challenge wasn’t just the definition itself, but the claim that conceptual understanding in math may be getting in the way of math fluency. In this episode, Jon Orr, Yvette Lehman, and Beth Curran unpack that tension an...