Options
Policy innovations in singapore mathematics
Loading...
Type
Book chapter
Citation
Yeo, J. K. K., & Cheng, L. P. (2021). Policy innovations in singapore mathematics. In O. S. Tan, E. L. Low, E. G. Tay, & K. Y. Yaw (Eds.), Singapore math and science education innovation (pp. 75–90). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1357-9_5
Abstract
Mathematics education in Singapore schools in the twenty-first century is still going through the period of change and innovation that began in the early 1990s: changes in emphasis from rote memorisation to meaningful understanding of concepts and problem-solving; from a dependence on paper and pencil and manipulative calculations and skills to mental computations and thinking strategies; and from teaching by telling to activity-based learning, group work, and communication in mathematics. This chapter makes an attempt to describe how the mathematics curriculum in Singapore has responded to such changes and innovations. At the same time, the chapter has chosen three out of many major innovations in Singapore mathematics education and discusses them in relation to school mathematics: problems in real-world contexts (PRWC), Learning Support for Mathematics (LSM), and Improving Confidence and Achievement in Numeracy (ICAN). These innovations are selected because the ways Singapore has approached them might be of theoretical and practical interest to international readers.
Date Issued
2021
ISBN
9789811613562
9789811613593
Publisher
Springer