Alex is a journalist, the man who runs the Guardian’s fortnightly Monday puzzle, and the author of some of the best-loved Maths books of recent times, including Alex’s Adventures in Numberland. As I found out, he is also just a brilliant person to have a chat to. We talk about puzzles, writing about maths, the perception of our subject, and plenty more!
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/alex-bellos-puzzles-perception-and-pool-tables/
#111 Teaching from Home: Jules Daulby – supporting students with Special Educational Needs
#110 Teaching from Home: Helen Williams – supporting Early Years students
#109 Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick: How learning happens
#108 Teaching from Home: Jon Hutchinson – making videos for primary school students
#107 Teaching from Home: Adam Boxer – retrieval, conducting interviews, and staying safe and sane
#106 Teaching from Home: Dan Pearcy – Google Meets, Poll Everywhere and 5 principles for remote teaching
#105 Teaching from Home: Jo Morgan – Hegarty Maths, family life, and why she will not be doing “live” lessons
#104 Teaching from Home: Michael Pershan – Zoom, Assessment for Learning and a careful choice of questions
#103 Teaching from Home: Ben Rooney – structure, social interactions and experimenting with technology
#102 Special episode: Online learning during the Covid-19 outbreak
#101 Conference Takeaways: MathsConf22 – Manchester – March 2020
#100 Daisy Christodoulou – Teachers vs Tech!
#099 Topics in Depth: Angles and parallel lines with Jo Morgan (supported by TES)
#098 Kris Boulton – Part 3: Is cognitive science almost useless for designing effective teaching?
#097 Exam malpractice – Inside Exams with AQA
#096 Tom Francome – Part 1: Supporting novice teachers, planning lessons and… Excel!
#095 Topics in Depth: Indices with Jo Morgan (supported by TES)
#094 Emma McCrea: Making every maths lesson count, training teachers and the Learning Curriculum
#092 Julia Smith: Teaching GCSE resit and the 5Rs approach
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