Real-life mathematics tasks: A Singapore experience

"The ability to apply mathematics to real-life contexts has been a major aim of mathematics instruction in Singapore and many countries. This aim has been recently emphasised in the 2007 and 2013 versions of the Singapore Mathematics Curriculum, and many steps have been taken to familiarise teachers with everyday applications of mathematics including mathematical modelling. One key factor in the implementation of this policy is that teachers should have access to rich mathematics tasks that embed real-life contexts. The Singapore Mathematics Assessment and Pedagogy Project (SMAPP) was implemented to build an assessment system that includes real-life mathematics tasks, and this book has included two types of SMAPP tasks that teachers can use in their lessons"--Introd.