Underpinning CPA with research – part 1
Part 1 of this video demonstrates how the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach fits in contemporary research on learning. Although the ideas behind CPA seem quite reasonable, there is also a lot of …
Course: World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Methods
The Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach
This video explains what the Concerete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach is. We will demonstrate it with some concrete examples. CPA is the most prominent approach in the teaching of mathematics. It is …
Country video: Singapore
In this video, we introduce Singapore as a country. Singapore is an island country, located in south-east Asia. It has an area of 720 square kilometres, and a population of …
Introducing Week 2
In Week 2 we will focus on Singapore mathematics teaching methods. In international comparisons, Singapore performs very well. Education experts suggest several reasons for this. As well as strong structures …
Recap of Week 1
Welcome to Week 2! In Week 1, we focused on how Asia does well from an international perspective, and presented some possible reasons why this may be the case. This …
General features of Asian maths pedagogy
In this video, we introduce the general features of Asian maths pedagogy, in particular Singapore and Shanghai teaching approaches, as preparation for the next two weeks. In those weeks we …
Summary and extended reading
In this first week of the course, we have covered the following main points: Asian students‘ high-performance in mathematics is related to a variety of factors. A key factor is …
Looking up TIMSS in your part of the world
It can be very useful to look at some real data yourself. It will make you familiar with the international context of Grade 4 mathematics achievement. You have already looked …
Some criticisms of TIMSS
We now want to consider some of the criticisms of TIMSS. It is not easy to compare countries! Although the TIMSS study is very solid, there are certainly limitations. These …
Exploring the TIMSS report
The TIMSS 2015 grade 4 international results can be found at http://timss2015.org We suggest you do the following: First watch the information video. It gives some more context to the …
International context: Why is Asia doing well ?
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a series of assessments in maths and science for pupils in Grades 4 and 8, that many countries take part in. …
International context: what is the evidence that Asia is doing well ?
You may remember from step 1.5, that many countries take part in a series of assessments in maths and science for students in Grades 4 and 8, called Trends in …
International context: introduction
Governments and researchers like to be able to compare their education systems to those in other countries. It means they can track progress of changes to curricula and teaching methods. …
Topics in the course
Prof. Fan gives a high-end overview of all the topics in this course. Note that this course focuses on theoretical foundations. In this course, we will cover the following content: …
Introductions
In this video, all the educators will introduce themselves and their roles in the course. Professor Lianghuo Fan is a Professor in Education and Head of the Mathematics, Science and …
