We teach Key Stage 2 children (7-11 year olds) how to solve interesting and sophisticated maths problems (see here). Many … More
Author: BenRogers
What if you could develop Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in any way you wanted?
In July last year, the principals of Paradigm Trust gave me a task: redesign Initial Teacher Training from the ground … More
Seven Rules for Teaching Problem Solving in Maths.
My maths trainees have been teaching problem solving. These are the rules we have developed: Rule #1: Don’t give your … More
Seductive Problems
My trainee maths teachers love setting students challenging, interesting problems. I see students scribbling away trying to be first to … More
Retrieval Practice and Sentence Practice All In One!
Retrieval practice is in the air. The latest blog by Alex Laney on the Teach Like a Champion blog (here) … More
Check Out, Check In, Check Up
“She is very confident in her decision, but subjective confidence is a poor index of accuracy of a judgement.” Kahneman, … More
A Teacher Is the Sum of All of the Problems She Can Solve
Over the past year and a half I have been writing a handbook for novice physics teachers. The book is … More
Cognitive Psychology and Initial Teacher Education
“The question is not whether these experts are well trained. It is whether their world is predictable.” Daniel Kahneman, Thinking … More
James Clerk Maxwell and the Second Great Unification in Physics
Newton unified physics and astronomy: this was the first great unification in physics. Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism – the … More
A Map of Physics
In 1966 Richard Feynman gave an interview about teaching physics. He described a problem with physics teaching: often students did … More
