New Syllabus

Mathematics

Professional

Development

Jakarta

6 October 2012

Dr Yeap Ban Har

www.banhar.blogspot.com

New Syllabus

Mathematics

Professional

Development

Jakarta

6 October 2012

Dr Yeap Ban Har

www.banhar.blogspot.com

Learn the Fundamentals of Singapore Math

Understand Difficulties Related to Word Problems

Learn Strategies to Teach Word Problems

Forum & Discussion on Mathematics Teaching

Summary

What competencies are needed to handle word problems?

Word

Problems • Read

• Comprehend

• Know Strategies

• Transform

• Compute

• Interpret

Newman

Mathematical Modeling

Mathematics Journal

This lesson on surface area

requires students to take a

stand and support the stand.

Afterwards, they engage in a

writing task.

Is it true that the surface area

of a box is the area of the

two-dimensional figure

formed when the box is

opened up?

In activity-based lessons, students are

asked to write. In this lesson, they are

asked to write the meaning of the word

random and also how to improve the

experiment.

Questioning techniques by the teacher

Make a summary of information using diagrams and tables

Teacher models reading techniques

Students write in journal

We learn the CPA Approach to

help students learn. In this

example, students use paper cut-

outs to show

(a+b)2 = a2 + b2 + 2ab

and also

a2 + b2 = (a + b)(a – b) .

We learn the use of

Student Journal to

encourage writing and

communication of ideas.