Mathematics Education in Singapore

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This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore. The content is organized according to three significant and closely interrelated components: the Singapore mathematics curriculum, mathematics teacher education and professional development, and learners in Singapore mathematics classrooms. Written by leading researchers with an intimate understanding of Singapore mathematics education, this up-to-date book reports the latest trends in Singapore mathematics classrooms, including mathematical modelling and problem solving in the real-world context. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii Surprising Singapore (Eng Guan Tay, Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Overview of Singapore’s Education System and Milestones in the Development of the System and School Mathematics Curriculum (Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 13-33 The Intended School Mathematics Curriculum (Ngan Hoe Lee, Wee Leng Ng, Li Gek Pearlyn Lim)....Pages 35-53 The Enacted School Mathematics Curriculum (Yew Hoong Leong, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 55-65 Beyond School Mathematics (Weng Kin Ho, Pee Choon Toh, Kok Ming Teo, Dongsheng Zhao, Kim Hoo Hang)....Pages 67-100 Singapore’s Participation in International Benchmark Studies—TIMSS, PISA and TEDS-M (Berinderjeet Kaur, Ying Zhu, Wai Kwong Cheang)....Pages 101-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Problem Solving in the Singapore School Mathematics Curriculum (Tin Lam Toh, Chun Ming Eric Chan, Eng Guan Tay, Yew Hoong Leong, Khiok Seng Quek, Pee Choon Toh et al.)....Pages 141-164 Innovative Pedagogical Practices (Joseph B. W. Yeo, Ban Heng Choy, Li Gek Pearlyn Lim, Lai Fong Wong)....Pages 165-193 Problems in Real-World Context and Mathematical Modelling (Chun Ming Eric Chan, Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Ngan Hoe Lee, Jaguthsing Dindyal)....Pages 195-216 Patterns Across the Years—Singapore Learners’ Epistemology (Swee Fong Ng, Boon Liang Chua)....Pages 217-240 Metacognition in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics (Ngan Hoe Lee, Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Joseph B. W. Yeo)....Pages 241-268 Students’ Perspectives of Good Mathematics Lessons, Homework and How Their Teachers Facilitate Learning of Mathematics (Berinderjeet Kaur, Wei Yeng Karen Toh)....Pages 269-285 Low Attainers and Learning of Mathematics (Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 287-311 Use of Technology in Mathematics Education (Wee Leng Ng, Beng Chong Teo, Joseph B. W. Yeo, Weng Kin Ho, Kok Ming Teo)....Pages 313-348 Front Matter ....Pages 349-349 The National Institute of Education and Mathematics Teacher Education: Evolution of Pre-service and Graduate Mathematics Teacher Education (Eng Guan Tay, Weng Kin Ho, Lu Pien Cheng, Paul M. E. Shutler)....Pages 351-383 Exemplary Practices of Mathematics Teachers (Yew Hoong Leong, Berinderjeet Kaur, Ngan Hoe Lee, Tin Lam Toh)....Pages 385-404 Continuing from Pre-service: Towards a Professional Development Framework for Mathematics Teachers in the Twenty-First Century (Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Joseph Kai Kow Yeo, Boon Liang Chua, Swee Fong Ng)....Pages 405-427 Models of Teacher Professional Development (Berinderjeet Kaur, Lu Pien Cheng, Lai Fong Wong, Cynthia Seto)....Pages 429-449 Teaching Simultaneous Linear Equations: A Case of Realistic Ambitious Pedagogy (Yew Hoong Leong, Eng Guan Tay, Khiok Seng Quek, Sook Fwe Yap)....Pages 451-468 Productive Teacher Noticing: Implications for Improving Teaching (Ban Heng Choy, Jaguthsing Dindyal)....Pages 469-488 Front Matter ....Pages 489-489 Reviewing the Past, Striving in the Present and Moving Towards a Future-Ready Mathematics Education (Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur, Eng Guan Tay)....Pages 491-498