Singapore Maths in London (Wandsworth)

The presentation slides at Wandsworth:

This is the site which I recommended during the seminar - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

100 Chart at Allfarthing Primary School which hosted the seminar.

T.E.A.C.H. Academy October Courses

We had three courses (which made up one module) over the weekend in Jakarta.

Teaching of Whole  Numbers

T.E.A.C.H. Academy Course 11 from Jimmy Keng

Teaching of Fractions
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Teaching of Algebra
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Sample Portfolio Task
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Singapore Maths in London

Experiencing Singapore Maths in London from Jimmy Keng

This is the presentation made to schools in there councils - Wandsworth, Merton and Lewisham Councils.

New Syllabus Mathematics Seminars in Jakarta

5 October 2012
The slides for the seminar on Assessment Strategies with a focus on Formative Assessment.

New Syllabus Mathematics Seminar 5 Oct from Jimmy Keng

Look out for the examples created by workshop participants.

Resources - Past Year Examination Papers from Edexcel and other Examination Boards are good reference when writing test items.

6 October 2012

NSM Seminar in Jakarta from Jimmy Keng

PISA2009 Report

TIMSS2007 Report

PISA Tasks

Example from Vietnam

The example from Vietnam is on the speed of tsunami waves. It looks at depth, velocity and wavelength.

This presentation brings together the essence of this meeting:
(1) including authentic situations (such as tsunami and earthquakes) in mathematics learning
(2) providing opportunities for mathematical modelling
(3) stimulating interest in the use of mathematics by various professions
(4) use of internet resources which includes information and tools (5)

In the long run, other people may add lower-grade versions or higher-grade versions of the same lesson. I found a fairly simple version on this topic - speed of tsunami.


That is the beauty of e-book - it is dynamic, at least it should be.

Example from The Philippines

The e-book can provide information that mathematics teachers may not be an expert in. In contextual learning, teachers may need more information on the science of earthquakes and tsunami. Materials like this may give mathematics teachers confidence in dealing with real situations outside mathematics.

One feature of the e-book is to provide teachers with frameworks to organize open class discussion.

On interesting addition is an applet that allows students to arrange the furniture in a room and experiment what happens during earthquakes of different magnitudes.

I found one applet on earthquake (in French). Another one on epicentre.

Example from Malaysia

The example shows is to test the conjecture that the higher the magnitude of an earthquake the higher the death toll.

The lesson structure includes

• Materials for motivation and to provide context for learning - videos, newspaper and so on
• Presentation of a situation
• Students posing problems or select from a collection of problems
• Students solve the problems using suitable statistical tools
• Students make conjectures for further investigation
• Further self-directed learning

One suggestion is to have the same tools in all chapters and students need to learn to decide the best tool to use.