Math Intervention in Middle School

Using Singapore Math

Yeap Ban HarMarshall Cavendish Institute

Singapore

yeapbanhar@gmail.com

Slides are available atwww.banhar.blogspot.com

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This presentation focuses on how mathematics is differentiated for students who struggle with mathematics in the middle school years

Junyuan Secondary School, Singapore

singapore math

Math Intervention in Middle School

Grades 5 – 8

A workshop presented by Dr. Yeap Ban Har, Principal of Marshall Cavendish Institute.

The workshop addresses how Singapore schools deal with middle school students who struggle with Mathematics. This session includes

a discussion on how curriculum design and teaching strategies can help such students build up confidence to cope with Mathematics at the middle school level.

Room 118-B (Convention Center)

Singapore Math is designed for all students. In this

presentation, the focus on

intervention.Archipelschool De Tweemaster – Kameleon,

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King Solomon Academy,London

High School Attached to Tsukuba University,Japan

Edgewood Elementary School, Scarsdale, New York

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Fuchun Primary School, Singapore The One-Problem ApproachLearn it well the first time

This was the focus of Thursday’s session.

Grades 1 – 2 Pull-Out Model

Grades 3 – 4 In-Class Support

Grades 5 – 6 Foundation Math

Grade 7 – 8 Normal (Technical)

Typical Intervention Models in Singapore

Differentiate Process

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Differentiate ProcessDifferentiate Content

Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore

My Pals Are Here! Mathematics (Second Edition)

My Pals Are Here! Mathematics (Second Edition)

Grades 5 – 6 Foundation Math

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Intellectual activity is anywhere and everywhere, whether at the frontier of knowledge or in a third-grade classroom

Jerome Bruner

Mathematics is an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a person’s intellectual competencies …

Singapore Ministry of Education

"Solving problems is central to mathematical proficiency and is articulated to a varying degree across the international curricula. Singapore applies the highest degree of specificity to it, placing it at the centre of all mathematical learning.“

Review of the National Curriculum in England Research Report UK Department for Education

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