NCoN2011 Brunei 25-26 April 2011 Workshop

Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
banhar@sg.marshallcavendish.com
NCoN2011
workshop
Developing Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability in Primary Levels
PasarGadong, Brunei Darussalam
www.banhar.blogspot.com

The Curriculum (Ministry of Education 2006)

Singapore Mathematics: Focus on Thinking
an
excellent
vehicle
for
the development
&
improvement of
a person’s intellectual
competencies
Ministry of Education Singapore 2006

PROBLEM 1
4
2
Group A3
 Step 1: Make 42
 Step 2: Make 6
 Step 3: Write the difference on the piece of square paper.

PROBLEM 1
4
2
Group B3
 Step 1: Make 42
 Step 2: Make 6
 Step 3: Write the difference on the piece of square paper.

PROBLEM 2
NCoN2011, Brunei Darussalam

Draw polygons on the grid paper such that the vertices are on the dots and the total number of dots on the perimeter of each polygon is four.
Find the area of each polygon.
PROBLEM 2
Group A3
Responses by Teachers in Brunei at Workshops at NCoN2011
Each polygon has an area of 1 unit2.

We discussed how to find the area of this polygon.
In the end the group agreed that the area is 2 units2.

Draw polygons on the grid paper such that the vertices are on the dots and the total number of dots on the perimeter of each polygon is four.
Find the area of each polygon.
PROBLEM 2
Group B3

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PROBLEM 3

PROBLEM 3
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PCF Kindergarten
Singapore
Question: Is it possible to use problem solving for every lesson?
Answer: Even in teaching a basic concept (i.e. the number five), a teacher used a problem-solving approach. Make a ‘toy’ using 5 cubes.

Workshop Materials

Please tear the ten digit tiles out.

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