Last week I presented with Lauri Susi at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2012 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.  Here was our session description: 470 – Technology + Singapore Strategies = Number Sense Lead Speaker: Cassandra Turner Co-Speaker: Lauri Susi Visual reasoning is a powerful tool for making sense of mathematics. Learn successful visual strategies and instructional [...]

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My students love math class. In fact, many will tell you math is their favorite subject. Why? They’ll tell you it’s because Singapore math is fun. I’d say it’s because once they understand how math works, they become confident in their abilities. So what exactly is Singapore math? Wait, math from Singapore? Isn’t that some [...]

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D.C.’s Bruce-Monroe school faces challenges as it tries Singapore math method The Washington Post 6/6/2011 If you’ve been wondering what the difficulties are when implementing Singapore math, look no further. This school in D.C. has them all; school closures, lack of enough professional development, mobile student and teacher population, and it’s a dual-language school. Standardized [...]

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Two videos were recently published by schools that adopted Singapore math programs last school year. Melrose Elementary School Mathematics/Science/Technology Magnet has seen impressive results with their new Singapore Math program, Primary Mathematics. Math Coach Lacy Endo-Peery announced: We had a 32% increase in students who were advanced or proficient in Math last year. Our students [...]

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Class of 2020 Learns Math the Singapore Way In September 2007, NBC’s Today Show  launched an ambitious 13-year project to follow a school class from kindergarten through their high school graduation. Students in the Today Show’s “Class of 2020″ segment are now in 3rd grade. From an episode that aired on May 2, 2011, we [...]

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