map201 teaching of whole numbers (1)
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Teaching of Whole NumbersTRANSCRIPT
Dr Yeap Ban Har [email protected] Cavendish Institute Singaporewww.mcinstitute.com.sgwww.facebook.com/MCISingapore
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MAP201TEACH ING OF WH OLE NUMBERSPart 1
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Singapore Curriculum document is at www.moe.edu.sg under Syllabuses
MCI’s website is www.mcinstitute.com.sg Course Prospectus is available there. Look at Events on MCI’s Facebook www.facebook.com/MCISingapore for schedule for the year.
Singapore Math Institute in Singapore on 26 – 27 November. There is a lesson study conference (WALS 2012) in Singapore after that. E-mail [email protected] for details
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whatmathematics
Problem Solving & Thinking
Features of Singapore Math
Conceptual Understanding
CPA Approach
Spiral Approach
Variation Approach
BIGIDEA: What to Teach and How to Teach It
BIGIDEA: Teaching How to Do & Teaching Thinking About How to Do
Changing Face of Mathematics
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development&improvement of
a person’s intellectual
competenciesMinistry of Education Singapore 2006
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Successful methods include arranging the cards in a row and moving cards which have been removed by moving them upwards (see photograph on the left).
Another method is to use a drawing (see photograph below).
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While the content is ordinal number (position in space), students are engaged in solving a problem.
The version of the problem for students is likely to have them place the cards in the correct positions and try out the trick themselves.
Arrange the cards in this way. 1 is 4th from the left. 2 is 3rd from the right.3 is 5th card from the left and 6th card from the right.4 is the 1st card from the left and 7 is the 1st card from the right.The 2nd card from the left is 9. The 2nd card from the right is 5.6 is the 6th card from the left.8 is between 2 and 6. Which card is it?How about 10?
Developing number
sense
Developing visualization
Key CompetencyVisualization
Discussion • Is Singapore Math consistent with 21st
Century Competencies?• How to deal with struggling students?
• Learning support programmes in Grades 1 – 2
• Foundation Mathematics in Grades 5 – 6 (See Maths Works)
MAP201TEACH ING OF WH OLE NUMBERS
Singapore Ministry of Education 1997
THINKING SCHOOLSLEARNING NATION
21st Century Competencies FrameworkSingapore Ministry of Education 2011
Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore
Santiago de Chile
Key CompetencyPatterns & Relationships
