m4thodology institute k-2 general session on visualization

BollesM4thodology generalsession| jacksonville, florida |17 June 2013

Yeap Ban Har yeapbanhar@gmail.com

Slides are available at

www.banhar.blogspot.com

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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)

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develop

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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

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