m4thodology institute k-2 general session on visualization
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BollesM4thodology generalsession| jacksonville, florida |17 June 2013
Yeap Ban Har [email protected]
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com
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Malaysia
Thailand
Indonesia
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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. “
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.
| Ministry of Education, Singapore (1991, 2000, 2006, 2012)
Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a
person’s intellectual competence”.
|Ministry of Education, Singapore (2006)
thinkingschool learningnations
assess
develop
consolidate
extend
basic facts |
2 x 4
8 + 4
8 + 8
8 + 20
40
40 – 4
counting |
Source |Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
Source |Math in Focus
Source |Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
Source |Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
the mind’s ability to see
|visualization