Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/
Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) and I spent four days at the BCME conference in April of 2018, and decided to record a podcast each night – it sounded a good idea at the time. Hear our thoughts on all things from variation, manipulatives, A Level teaching, tough GCSE questions, pub quizzes and Hannah Fry…
For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/conference-takeaways-bcme-day-3/
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton.
This podcast comes live from the end of Day 3 at the BCME Maths Conference 2018. It is recorded with my co-host Jo Morgan (@mathsjem on Twitter and the creator of the online bible of maths resources, resourceaholic.com) . This episode we discuss…
1. Prioritising students’ engagement through and in mathematical reasoning at A Level – Nicola Bretscher
2. Blocking in primary maths – Ruth Merttens
3. Problem solving for the new A Level – Nikki Gupta
4. Different problems same answer – John Burke
5. Hannah Fry plan of action
Nikki Gupta’s website is: markit.education
John Burke’s resources can be accessed at: mrbartonmaths.com/teachers/rich-tasks/something-in-common
Here are some photos from Nicola Bretsher’s session:
The GCSE points from AQA’s Andrew Taylor:
And some from John Burke’s session:
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Craig Barton