Mr Barton Maths Podcast

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• #233 HoD Space ep4: Teacher talk, finding good assessments and the most stressful times of the year

  October 7, 2026 · 41 min

  Sign up for a no-commitment free trial at hodspace.com. Access the show notes here: podcast.mrbartonmaths.com/233-hod-space-ep4-teacher-talk-finding-good-assessments-and-the-most-stressful-times-of-the-year/ In this episode of the…

• #232 HoD Space ep3: AI and homework, setting students, and the equals sign

  September 23, 2026 · 45 min

  Sign up for your free trial at hodspace.com In this episode of the Mr Barton Maths podcast, Craig and Jo discuss three burning issues from the Hubspace community this week: How do you make homework work in the age of AI?How do you handle…

• #231 Productive failure with Manu Kapur

  September 16, 2026 · 59 min

  Craig speaks to Manu Kapur, Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich and the researcher behind productive failure. They cover what the framework is and is not, the mechanisms behind it, how long students should…

• #230 HoD Space ep2: Notes in exercise books, Ofsted, and A-level class sizes

  September 9, 2026 · 42 min

  Sign up for your free trial at HoD Space at hodspace.com. Access the show notes here: ⁠https://podcast.mrbartonmaths.com/230-hod-space-ep2-notes-in-exercise-books-offsted-and-a-level-class-sizes/ In this episode of the podcast, Jo Morgan…

• #229 AI in Education with Joe Liemandt

  August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

  Craig speaks to Joe Liemandt, principal of Alpha School and founder of Trilogy Software, about the model behind the school's two-hour academic day. They cover selection effects, what does and does not scale, the data the apps generate, the…

• #228 HoD Space ep1: Praise tick sheets, Year 7 sets, first departmental meeting

  August 5, 2026 · 58 min

  Sign up for your free trial at HoD Space at hodspace.com. Access the show notes here: ⁠https://podcast.mrbartonmaths.com/228-hod-space-ep1-praise-tick-sheets-year-7-sets-first-departmental-meeting/⁠ In this episode of the podcast, Jo…

• #227 Breaking down an example sequence with Kris Boulton

  July 8, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  In an unscheduled episode, Kris Boulton analyses a trainee teacher's volume-of-prisms sequence. He and Craig Barton work through key design principles — simplifying the rule, stripping out the arithmetic, starting with the general case…

• #226 AI in Education with Zach Groshell

  July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

  Returning guest Zach Groshell, author of Just Tell Them, explains how he designs Direct Instruction maths apps for Alpha School. They cover the US school system, why most education apps fail, how atomisation and mastery work on a screen…