Becoming a Responsive Teacher: Lessons Learned, with Mr. Barton Maths
From Strength In Numbers by Allan Dougan
November 10, 2025 · 38 min · Season 4 · Episode 1
About this episode
Craig Barton discusses effective teaching strategies and tools for gathering classroom data.
The power of mini whiteboards, call and respond, quality multiple choice diagnostic questions, and other tools to gather reliable data from the classroom quickly. Host of the 'Mr Barton Maths' podcast, Head of Education at Eedi, author of 'How I Wish I'd Taught Maths', and creator of countless mathematics teaching websites, Craig Barton, joins Strength in Numbers to discuss effective ways to develop and grow as a teacher, his excitement over the ‘pre-test effect’, atomization, how to craft a good multiple choice question, the importance of common wrong answers, and so much more. Key Links: Explore countless resources, tools, research, and CPD: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/topics/ https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/ And learn more about how AAMT can help you as a teacher: https://aamt.edu.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Allan Dougan
Guest: Craig Barton
Topics covered
- responsive teaching
- diagnostic questions
- mini whiteboards
- teacher development
- mathematics education
Keywords
- mini whiteboards
- diagnostic questions
- pre-test effect
- multiple choice questions
- teacher growth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Eedi, Mr Barton Maths, AAMT
Books & works: How I Wish I'd Taught Maths
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