The Blake School Session 01
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Singapore Math at The Blake School in Minnesota. This is the opening session which provides the history of Singapore Math.
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The Blake School Session 01
- 1. ProfessionalDevelopment singaporemath | The Blake School |13 – 14 June 2013 Yeap Ban Har yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com number sense constructivist approach problem solving computational fluency theoretical underpinnings differentiated instruction singapore math assessment small group work multiple strategies journal writing multiple intelligences lesson structure common core state standards scope and sequence pacing anchor task supplementary materials homework workbook textbook questioning technique |an overview
- 3. | Hanusek, Jamison, Jamison & Woessmann 2008
- 4. | Hanusek, Jamison, Jamison & Woessmann 2008 Score 1960-1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 500’s Japan Hong Kong Japan Korea Hong Kong Japan Korea Singapore Hong Kong Japan Korea Singapore 400’s Thailand Philippines Singapore Thailand Malaysia Thailand Malaysia Thailand 300’s Indonesia Philippines Indonesia Philippines
- 5. Country GDP per capita in current USD 2012 Singapore 60,400 Malaysia 16,900 Thailand 10,100 Philippines 4,400 “Upon separation from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore was faced with … high levels of unemployment and poverty. 70% of Singapore’s households lived in badly overcrowded conditions, and a third of its people squatted in slums on the city fringes. Unemployment averaged 14%, GDP per capita was less than $2,700, and half of the population was illiterate. “
- 6. gradefourmathematics Singapore South Korea Hong Kong Taiwan Japan Northern Ireland Belgium Finland England Russia International 43 39 37 34 30 24 10 12 18 13 4 78 80 80 74 70 59 50 49 49 47 28 94 97 96 93 93 86 89 85 78 82 69 99 100 99 99 99 96 99 98 93 97 90 606 605 602 591 585 562 549 545 542 542 500 advanced high intermediate low average
- 7. South Korea Singapore Taiwan Hong Kong Japan Russia Israel Finland United States England International 47 48 49 34 27 14 12 4 7 8 3 77 78 73 71 61 47 40 30 30 32 17 93 92 88 89 87 78 68 73 68 65 46 99 99 96 97 97 95 87 96 92 88 75 613 611 609 586 570 539 516 514 509 507 500 advanced high intermediate low average gradeeightmathematics
- 9. In the 1970’s, Singapore needed a way to help students, most of whom were not performing well in mathematics, learn mathematics. CPA Approach based on Bruner’s work and a host of other learning theories were used to help students learn. Today, many people refer to this approach as Singapore Math.
- 10. Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a person’s intellectual competence”. |Ministry of Education, Singapore (2006) thinkingschool learningnations
- 11. | Ministry of Education, Singapore (1991, 2000, 2006, 2012)
- 12. ProfessionalDevelopment singaporemath | The Blake School |13 – 14 June 2013 Yeap Ban Har yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com number sense constructivist approach problem solving computational fluency theoretical underpinnings differentiated instruction singapore math assessment small group work multiple strategies journal writing multiple intelligences lesson structure common core state standards scope and sequence pacing anchor task supplementary materials homework workbook textbook questioning technique |an overview