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Edgemont Union Free School District
Superintendent’s Professional
Development Day
November 2013
Part 1 | 0900 – 0930
Overview of the Philosophy of
Education in Singapore
Part 2 | 0930 – 1030 | 1045 –
1200 | 1300 – 1500 |
Features of Math in Focus Lessons
incorporating assessment and
differentiated instruction
Presentation slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com
Greenville Elementary School, New York
Overview of the Philosophy of Education in Singapore
E d g e m o n t U n i o n F r e e S c h o o l D i s t r i c t
Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore
Slides are available at
www.banhar.blogspot.com
student-centred
values-driven
Assumption English School, Singapore
student-centred using student-generated responses
0 0 = 5
The Blake School, Minneapolis
student-centred using student-generated responses
0 0 = 5
The Blake School, Minneapolis
100 20 = 5 250 50 = 5 150 30 = 5 200 40 = 5 350 70 = 5
values-driven paying attention to affective factors
= 5
The Blake School, Minneapolis
All the digits are different.
values-driven paying attention to affective factors
The Blake School, Minneapolis
values-driven paying attention
to affective factors
The Blake School, Minneapolis
108 54 = 2 106 53 = 2 5,200 90 = 520 9 = 57 remainder 7
57 r 7 9|520 450 70 63 7
90|5200 4500 700 450 250 180 70
--50 --5 --2
thinking schools
learning nation
Tampines Secondary School, Singapore
thinking schools
learning nation
A Typical Assessment Task in Primary Science
thinking schools
learning nation
green pink
teach less
learn more
Mayflower Primary School, Singapore
Mathematics is “an excellent
vehicle for the development
and improvement of a
person’s intellectual
competence”. | Ministry of Education Singapore 2006
