The National Center on Teacher Quality released a report entitled: Race to the top: Colorado may be used to high altitudes but can it compete in Race to the Top? Commissioned by the Piton Foundation, the Donnell-Kay Foundation, the Colorado Children’s Campaign and the Public Education & Business Coalition, the report suggests 7 strategies the [...]

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In Part 1 and 2,  I shared examples from the Teacher’s Guides and textbooks from four sets of materials used in Singapore and the United States. The materials are all from the third grade level: Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition (2003)  from SingaporeMath.com Primary Mathematics Standards Edition (2008)  from SingaporeMath.com My Pals Are Here Maths (2007) [...]

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I had coffee with another fan of Singapore Math this week and he loaned me some supplemental materials from his travels to Popular Books in Singapore. These two problems come from Accelerated Learning Primary Mathematics 3 by Ching Kheng Huat published in 1999. The front page states: In this book, “Accelerated Learning” fosters in pupils [...]

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In Part 1, I shared some examples from the Teacher’s Guide from four sets of materials used in Singapore and the United States. The materials are all from the third grade level: Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition (2003)  from SingaporeMath.com Primary Mathematics Standards Edition (2008)  from SingaporeMath.com My Pals Are Here Maths (2007) obtained in Singapore [...]

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First in a four-part series I thought it might be interesting to provide examples of how a lesson is presented in four different sets of Singapore Math materials. Part 1 compares the materials where a lesson begins – the Teacher’s Guide. The rest of the series will include textbooks, workbook and supplemental materials. All four [...]

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