Interesting post from Craig Barton on the use of AI to draw maths diagrams using written instructions/specifications enabling students to get plenty of controlled variations of questions. Things are moving so quickly in the AI world. open.substack.com/pub/eedi/p/a...

AI can (finally!) create high-quality maths diagrams

Party time in the Barton household

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My new piece on the importance of physical activity for young children when learning maths - and counter evidence. mathswondering.school.blog/2026/04/29/p...

Physical activity and maths learning with young children

Here’s what the evidence tells us, with particular attention to the 3-4-year-olds age group and sex differences. The Big Picture: Movement is Not a Distraction from Maths — It Is Maths The id…

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For children aged 3-years-old to 6-years-old, according to research, how long should each homework be in major subjects like maths and English, and how many per week? Summary of what I found. Links to research highlighted in screenshots can be found in the thread below 👇

Reading up on HOMEWORK - this week I've been looking at the most effective approach when setting maths homework in the 11-to-16-year old age range. Here's what the evidence says across the three dimensions: duration, frequency, and type. Links to references are given below.

Good heavens - the standard of debate and argument in the current session in HoC is so poor. Even when they have prepared written notes, they witter/waffle, and repeat points already made. Where are the great speakers and minds of yesteryear?

I totally agree with what @adamboxereducation.bsky.social wrote on X re the role of HoDs. (Couldn't find it on here, so copied link to his X post). x.com/adamboxer1/s...

Working on app with built-in examples to cover basic types: part-whole addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; comparison additive and multiplicative - draws a bar model and then solves the problem. Users can dictate their own problem into the app - it will draw a model and solve it.

Forgot to post updated version of the factorising practice app I built using ClaudeAI. The user gets to select which type they want to practise and built in fading so that only the first 3 questions in each level get hints. Full solutions given where required. quadratic-factorising.netlify.app

Really impressed by how much FuseSchool Trig videos pack into such a short time. Some comments from users on how succinct and helpful the videos are - voiceover v music volume sometimes not great, but info is well-explained. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

MATHS: Trigonometry - YouTube

This is the place to go to learn and revise GCSE level trigonometry. From identifying the sides of a right angle triangle, to calculating trigonometric ratio...

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. youtu.be/3ADT1DVnvK4?...

Marco Rubio on the promise of the US to protect Ukraine

YouTube video by Bring Back The Tax

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Interesting article in The Telegraph: "‘Gentle parenting’ is wreaking havoc at nurseries like mine." Below are some quotes from the article followed by a few points in my @claudeai.bsky.social interaction.

From @mrbartonmaths (X) AI in Education #2: Five Things I Learned from Barbara Oakley about Why Practice Still Matters in the Age of AI open.substack.com/pub/eedi/p/a...

I've now made a more customisable version where the user can input: (i) Labels for vertices (ii) select 3 dimensions, either (a) L,W and H or (b) Space Diagonal plus 2 of L, W or H (iii) any 3 vertices to form a triangular plane. Still rotatable.

Great to have the ability to create 3D rotatable versions of Pythagoras and angles between lines and planes problems from textbooks and papers.

Using bar models in solving Q25 In @ukmathstrust.bsky.social Junior Maths Challenge 2023. An alternative to the official algebraic solution.

Following on from previous post re bar models...they are also great at organising age problems and helping pupils to see connections and plan a way forward. This questions is also from an ISMC Primary 3 paper and the bar model also made using @brainingcamp.com

I love how bar models enable pupils to bring together all the information and help them to see connections and develop plans as to how to move forward with complex problems. This question from an ISMC Primary 3 paper. Bar model created in @brainingcamp.com

This is a Primary 3 (8-9 year-olds) question from a Singapore maths competition. The answer is 15. Can you draw a family tree to show why it is 15? Some people have more than one role, i.e. a dad can also be a son.

Had great fun playing with this logic puzzle from International Singapore Maths Competition ISMC Primary 3 (same age as UK Y4 pupils) then getting @claudeai.bsky.social to solve it, and then worked with @claudeai.bsky.social app to develop a logic grid I can use with pupils.

Here is a link to the cancelling binomials app I made with the ClaudeAI app. There are 4 levels. Pupils can skip questions and/or select to see a full solution. deluxe-maamoul-0d0efe.netlify.app

'What Happens When Early Math Looks Like Play' New blog and resources from DREME Maths dreme.stanford.edu/news/what-ha... preschoolmath.stanford.edu/center-time/ preschoolmath.stanford.edu/mathmoments/

From Inside the Classroom: What Happens When Early Math Looks Like Play - DREME

Many preschool teachers are intimidated by early math instruction. Researchers from the DREME Network set out to explore a more welcoming approach.

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Have updated app so that pupil enters solutions in vinculum format rather than / format. Also have added levels to include simple cancelling of common binomial factors, factorising monic quadratics and difference of 2 squares before cancelling. Will add in combined cases later.

Just wrote an app using @claudeai.bsky.social to help pupils who need more practise cancelling common binomial factors, including examples that require pupils to recognise and factorise the difference of 2 squares. Impressed by the step-by-step explanation given by the app.

Used ClaudeAI today to write some practice apps to help our younger pupils consolidate number facts. Both have a starter app, with visual support/representation, followed by an abstract version with no visual.

More new kit from the amazing Craig Barton. Two free tools for teachers open.substack.com/pub/tipsfort...

Two free tools for teachers

Sounds cocky, but I am proud of these...

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This Graph Explorer app took around 5 minutes to produce using Claude.

Took me about 5 minutes to get this first effort up and running. Now need to tweak it.

Interesting article from @mrbartonmaths on creating your own maths resources. There goes my next few weeks of free time🤣 eedi.substack.com/p/the-democr...

The democratisation of resource creation

How AI has changed the game, and why it is a good thing

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ConcretePictorialAbstract (CPA or CRA) is not a linear progression. Pupils need to be interlinking the three aspects. Here is a very short snippet from Christina Tondevold @buildmathminds.bsky.social (link to full video 👇) youtu.be/2Q_7WVB-eb0?... Concreteness Fading is important as well👇

The CRA Sweet Spot

YouTube video by Bernie Westacott Maths

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Using apps such as Polypad from Amplify can help to bring published maths schemes to life. We can make processes in schemes into actions that children can do and talk about. In intervention sessions I can keep making further examples. Links to the boards can also be shared👇