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fundamentals of singapore math focus on visualization

yeap ban har | marshall cavendish institute

yeapbanhar@gmail.com | www.banhar.blogspot.com

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| Hanusek, Jamison, Jamison & Woessmann 2008

Score 1960-1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

500’s Japan Hong Kong Japan Korea

Hong Kong Japan Korea

Singapore

Hong Kong Japan Korea

Singapore

400’s Thailand Philippines Singapore Thailand

Malaysia Thailand

Malaysia Thailand

300’s Indonesia Philippines

Indonesia Philippines

“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. “

singapore math a response to low student achievement and dismal economic performance

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economic consideration led to

problem-solving approach | pedagogic consideration led to

concrete-pictorial-abstract approach |

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lesson type

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lesson

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DVD T-shirt

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lesson type

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skill

lesson

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assessment task

problem

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item

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15 cm x 4 =

60 cm of wire was used

to make the figure.