Are you unlocking the power of BAR MODELLING? An insight from the White Rose Maths Hub


WRMH supports and champions a teaching for mastery approach. At the heart of this lies Bar Modelling, a powerful approach that provides a visual method of learning. Paul Rowlandson, WRMH Lead, explains how this approach can transform their outcomes.


Why is Bar Modelling so powerful?


When you want students to think about something new, Bar Modelling gives them something to think ‘with’! Bar Models empower students to not just consume mathematics through rote procedures, and provides them with the tools to think about mathematical ideas in depth.


As a hub, we are often asked ‘how can students do this using bar models?’ and we usually offer some key advice:


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Recognise that bar models are not new ways of doing calculations. Bar Modelling is not the new grid method or a replacement for methods of division. In fact, its role is to strengthen students’ understanding of these procedures; rather than replacing calculations, bar models should accompany them.


Bar models can highlight links between topics.


When the diagrams for addition and multiplication look different, it can be difficult to see how these two concepts are similar. Having a variety of ways to think about a concept is important. A consistent structure that runs throughout the curriculum can make seeing the interconnectivity of mathematics that little bit easier.


Bar models provide a backdrop for questioning.


Providing a bar model gives students something to talk about and something to think with when they are trying to make sense of a new concept.


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