Summary and extended reading
In the last week of the course, we have covered the following main points: You have explored the Asian mathematics education principle of Variation theory. You have explored several sequences …
Course: World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Practice
Introducing Week 4
Welcome to Week 4! This week we will focus on one final Asian maths principle. This shows how tasks can be varied and sequenced in such a way that it …
Summary and extended reading
In Week 3 of this course, we covered the following main points: You have explored the popular Singaporean mathematics education principle of the Bar Model method. You have seen several …
Introducing Week 3
In Weeks 2 and 3, we focus on two key Singapore mathematics teaching methods. Last week we looked at concrete tasks using the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach. This approach builds on …
Summary and extended reading
In week 2 of the course, you should have learned the following main points: You have explored the popular Singaporean mathematics education principle of the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach. You have …
Try it yourself: designing your own Bar Model task
You are now going to think on how you might use the Bar Model method in your own teaching practice. You will do this by adapting an existing task of …
Introducing Week 2
In Weeks 2 and 3, we focus on two key Singapore mathematics teaching methods. In international comparisons, Singapore performs very well. Education experts suggest several reasons for this. As well …
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 …
The Big Question: why do Asian maths teaching methods work so well?
Welcome to our course on World Class Maths: Asian teaching practice for primary education. In recent years, you might have noticed that several Asian countries have been in the news …
