This document discusses Singapore Math and its effectiveness in developing students' thinking skills. Singapore Math focuses on problem-solving, conceptual understanding, pattern recognition, and metacognition. It is implemented in classrooms through anchor tasks, guided practice, assessment, differentiation, and independent practice. The curriculum emphasizes number sense, visualization, and managing information to build students' thinking abilities.

2. What Makes Singapore Math
Effective in Developing
Students’ Thinking Skills
Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com

4. problem-
solving
curriculum

5. thinking
schools
learning nation

6. conceptual
understanding

16. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + 95 + 96 + 97
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + 95 + 96 + 97
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + 95 + 96 + 97
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + 95 + 96 + 97
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + 95 + 96 + 97
50

18. Alice 20 260
Betty 10
Charmaine
Dolly

19. Alice 20 260 + 20 – 10 = 270
Betty 10
Charmaine
Dolly

20. Alice 20 260 + 20 – 10 = 270
Betty 9 units = 270
1 units = 270 9 = 30
Charmaine 30 3 units = 30 x 3 = 90
Dolly
Dolly had 90 sweets more than Charmaine

21. Alice 20 260
Betty
Charmaine
Dolly

22. In 6, how many 3s are there? 6 3=2

24. Primary Mathematics (Standards Edition)

25. Lim Siong Guan
Head, Civil Service
Singapore

26. number
sense

27. visualization

28. looking
for
patterns

29. managing
information
metacognition

31. How Singapore Math in
Implemented in the
Classroom
Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com

33. Anchor Task
Core Skills

34. Guided Practice
Assessment
Differentiation
Deepening Understanding
Independent Practice

35. Emerging Established Exceeding
The student is The student is The student is
able to make ten able to make ten able to think of
in adding with in adding different ways
guidance. independently. including
unusual ones to
add three
numbers
independently.
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P
A

36. Lesson  26 May 2012
Use three square tiles and
two half square tikes to make
figures

39. Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com