Administrators Symposium at East Brunswick
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This one day event was attended by about 60 educators and adminsitrators form the state of New Jersey.
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- 1. Experiencing Singapore Math Experiencing Singapore Math Newark East Brunswick Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
- 2. Experiencing Singapore Math Land 270 sq miles People introduction 4.7 million GDP per capita 1965 USD510 2010 USD43,300 in current USD Junyuan Secondary School, Singapore
- 3. General Overview of Singapore and its Education System
- 4. General Overview of Singapore and its Education System Students 500 000 Teachers 30 000 Principals & Vice-Principals 900 Schools 173 Primary Schools (Primary 1 – 6) 155 Secondary Schools (Secondary 1 – 4) 13 Junior Colleges (JC 1 – 2) Canossa Convent Primary School, 15 Mixed-Level Schools Singapore The data refers to 1-12 school system. Pre-school is not part of the formal education system. The data excludes post-secondary education system which includes institutes of technical education, polytechnics and universities.
- 5. High achievement was not a given. In 1960, among 30 615 candidates who sat for the first Primary School Leaving Examination, 45% of the candidates passed. Keon Ming Public School, Singapore
- 6. Experiencing Singapore Math All major international tests (literacy, science and mathematics) between 1964 and 2003 were placed on a common scale. Selected countries shown in the table. Score 1960-1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 500 Japan Japan Japan Japan Korea Korea Korea Hong Kong Singapore Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore 400 Thailand Singapore Malaysia Malaysia Thailand Thailand Thailand The Philippines 300 Indonesia Indonesia The Philippines The Philippines Reference: E. Hanusek, D. Jamison, E. Jamison & L. Woessmann (2008)
- 8. "Solving problems is central to mathematical proficiency and is articulated to a varying degree across the international curricula. Singapore applies the highest degree of specificity to it, placing it at the centre of all mathematical learning.“ Review of the National Curriculum in England Research Report UK Department for Education
- 9. Experiencing Singapore Math 1982 Introduction of Singapore mathematics textbooks as they are known today. Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for the development 1992 and improvement of a person’s Introduction of Problem- intellectual competence”. Solving Curriculum Ministry of Education Singapore 2006 1997 2001 Thinking Schools Introduction of textbooks published by Learning Nation private publishers and approved by Ministry of Education. 2007 New editions of textbooks are published with the introduction of the revised curriculum. Page 1
- 10. Experiencing Page 4 Singapore Math
- 11. Experiencing Singapore Math Experiencing Singapore Math Spiral Approach Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
- 12. 543 + 274 =
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- 18. One day, 543 cars and 274 buses pass through a toll booth. How many cars and buses pass through the toll booth? Math in Focus Grade 2 cars 543 buses 274 543 + 274 = cars buses 543 274
- 19. emphasis spiral
- 21. Experiencing Singapore Math Experiencing Singapore Math Visual Approach Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
- 22. 110 g 290 g Page 2
- 23. 2 units = 290 g – 110 g = 180 g 1 units = 180 g 2 = 90 g 110 g 3 x 90 g = 270 g Bella puts 270 g sugar on the dish. ? ?
- 24. Experiencing Singapore Math Escuela de Guetamala, Chile
- 25. x + 2x = 12 Experiencing Singapore Math
- 26. Experiencing Singapore Math King Solomon Academy, Londo
- 27. Edgewood Elementary School, New York
- 28. Globe Academy, London Experiencing Singapore Math
- 29. Experiencing Singapore Math 3x – 2 = 8 Globe Academy, London
- 30. Experiencing Singapore Math Experiencing Singapore Math Initial Concrete Experiences & Building Conceptual Understanding Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore yeapbanhar@gmail.com Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
- 31. Experiencing Singapore Math Relational Understanding R Skemp what & how Concrete Introduction J Bruner Junyuan Secondary School, Singapore Page 08 Page 13
- 32. Experiencing Singapore Math Share 3 fourths equally among 3. 3 fourths 3 = 1 fourth Page 5
- 33. Experiencing Singapore Math Share 3 fourths equally between 2. 3 fourths 2 = 6 eighths 2 Share 3 fourths equally among 4. = 3 eighths 3 fourths 4 = 12 sixteenths 4 = 3 sixteenths
- 34. Experiencing Singapore Math 12 cookies 4 12 pieces 4 12 sixteenths 4 12 tenths 4 12 cookies 4 cookies 12 x 4 12 pieces 4 pieces 12 x 4x Page 13
- 40. Experiencing Singapore Math Junyuan Secondary School, Singapore Concrete to Visual J Bruner visualization Variation Z Dienes Human Intelligences H Gardner Page 11
- 41. Math in Focus Experiencing Singapore Math
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- 52. Experiencing Singapore Math Da Qiao Primary School, Singapore
- 53. Experiencing Singapore Math Primary Mathematics (Third Edition) See Ho, S. Y. & Yeap, B. H. (2011). Development of Visualization Skills in Singapore Primary School Mathematics Textbooks. Paper presented at PME-35 Angkara, Turkey. See also Yeap, B. H. (2011). The Emphasis of Primary-Level Textbooks in Singapore on Higher-Order Thinking Skills. Paper presented at International Conference on School Mathematics Textbooks Shanghai, China.
- 54. Experiencing Singapore Math Visuals are used to teach concepts – distributive property of multiplication – without using formal terms. Primary Mathematics (Third Edition)