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18/09/2016

South Asian method of teaching maths to be rolled out in schools
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/south-asian-method-of-teaching-maths-to-be-rolled-out-in-schools

8,000 primary schools in England will receive £41 million over 4 years to support the ‘maths mastery’ approach.

12/06/2016

Singapore Maths, A radical new approach
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/singapore-maths-how-a-radical-new-way-of-teaching-equips-uk-pupils-to-tackle-a-tougher-curriculum-a6769421.html

Charlotte, seven, glances at the sum on the whiteboard – 520 minus 269 – and shakes 10 little yellow squares of card out of a bag on her desk. “We’re renaming a 10 for 10 ones,” she says, swapping them for a single green stick, also made of card. The Year Three class is grappling with subtraction, a...

06/02/2016

Singapore Math in London schools
http://www.londonpreprep.com/2013/10/singapore-math-london/

Most people know by now that Singaporean students score highest in the world when it comes to maths and problem solving, and many credit their Singapore Math curriculum that emphasises problem solving skills, visualisation, mental maths skills and very slow but deep understanding rather than rushing…

01/02/2016

Largest known prime number discovered in Missouri
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35361090

The largest known prime number is discovered by a computer at a university in Missouri in the US.

01/02/2016

How to Teach Singapore Math
http://www.wikihow.com/Teach-Singapore-Math

"Singapore math" refers to the method of teaching mathematics developed in 1982 by the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore in response to the goals set by the country's Ministry of Education. The Singapore math curriculum has...

22/01/2016

22/01/2016

6 Reasons Why Singapore Math Might Just Be the Better Way
https://www.the74million.org/listicle/6-reasons-why-singapore-math-might-just-be-the-better-way

In 2013, only 34 percent of fourth-graders in the U.S. performed at a proficient level in math, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Only 27 percent of U.S. eighth-graders performed at a proficient level in math. Although some school districts have found the Singapore math curr…

20/01/2016

Singapore methods help UK pupils improve maths skills: Study
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-methods-help-uk/1929024.html

TODAY reports: Researchers found that UK students had made progress equivalent to that of after undergoing an additional month of classes, according to the study.

19/01/2016

Can the Singapore method help your children learn maths?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/0/24925787

Can the Singapore model method help your kids learn maths?

18/01/2016

What’s Singapore Math?
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/math-tips-for-parents/whats-singapore-math/

Parents in the United States often hear (and stress about) how students in other countries perform better than our children in math and science. With that in mind, many schools and homeschoolers ar...

18/01/2016

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