The document summarizes a professional development day for Edgemont Union Free School District that included an overview of Singapore's philosophy of education. The day consisted of four parts focusing on features of Math in Focus lessons incorporating assessment and differentiated instruction. Presentation slides from the sessions were available online.

1. Edgemont Union Free School District
Superintendent’s Professional
Development Day
November 2013
Part 1 | 0900 – 0930
Overview of the Philosophy of
Education in Singapore
Part 2 | 0930 – 1030 | 1045 –
1200 | 1300 – 1500 |
Features of Math in Focus Lessons
incorporating assessment and
differentiated instruction
Presentation slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com
Greenville Elementary School, New York

2. Overview of the Philosophy of Education
in Singapore
Edgemont Union Free School District
Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
yeapbanhar@gmail.com
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com

3. Assumption English School, Singapore
student-centred
values-driven

4. 0
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0
= 5
The Blake School, Minneapolis
student-centred
using student-generated responses

5. 0
100
250
150
200
350
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20
50
30
40
70
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= 5
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The Blake School, Minneapolis
student-centred
using student-generated responses

6. 
= 5
All the digits are different.
The Blake School, Minneapolis
values-driven
paying attention to affective factors

7. The Blake School, Minneapolis
values-driven
paying attention to affective factors

8. 90|5200
4500 --50
700
450 --5
250
180 --2
70
108  54 = 2
106  53 = 2
57 r 7
9|520
450
5,200  90 = 
70
520  9 = 57 remainder 7
63
7
The Blake School, Minneapolis
values-driven
paying attention
to affective factors

9. Tampines Secondary School, Singapore
thinking schools
learning nation

10. A Typical Assessment Task in Primary Science
thinking schools
learning nation

11. pink
green
thinking schools
learning nation

13. Mayflower Primary School, Singapore
teach less
learn more

16. Mathematics is “an excellent
vehicle for the development
and improvement of a
person’s intellectual
competence”.
| Ministry of Education Singapore 2006