King of Prussia 1 | Lecture on Visualization
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Singapore developed its approach to math, known as Singapore math, in response to low student achievement and economic struggles in the 1960s. The approach focuses on visualization and uses a concrete-pictorial-abstract method. It was influenced by both economic needs for problem solving skills and considerations of how children learn best. Lessons involve both problem solving and building basic skills.
King of Prussia 1 | Lecture on Visualization
- 1. general session | fundamentals of singapore math focus on visualization yeap ban har | marshall cavendish institute yeapbanhar@gmail.com | www.banhar.blogspot.com math in focus summer institute | philadelphia
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- 3. “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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