Atomisation involves breaking a concept into its smallest meaningful parts, called Atoms. Once you know the Atoms, there is a special way to teach them that ensures all students understand. Atomisation has the power to revolutionise how teachers plan and how students learn.
In the Tips for Teachers guide to Atomisation, Craig Barton leans on the work of Siegfried Englemann and Kris Boulton to develop a series of concrete strategies that any teacher can employ to Atomise effectively.
Whilst the breaking down of concepts in Atoms, and the teaching of both Categorical and Fact Atoms can be applied to any subject, Transformations and Routines are particularly well-suited to procedure-heavy subjects like maths. So, if you teach a different subject, especially one of the humanities, only 50% of this book may be relevant.