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mathematical practices and singapore math
yeap ban har | marshall cavendish institute
[email protected] | www.banhar.blogspot.com
westin westminster | colorado
East Coast Primary School, Singapore
Synopsis | How mathematics lessons can be used to develop
mathematical practices? Examples are from Singapore
textbooks.
lesson types
to develop concepts
to consolidate concepts
to apply concepts
focus of this session
how choice of problems
and how the problem is unfolded
facilitate the development of mathematical
practices
anchortask| Make a figure using some or all of
the square tiles.
keyquestion| How many square tiles make up
the figure?
How much of the surface is
covered?
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task
guided
practice
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task
guided
practice
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keyquestion| ¼ of a group of children are in Grade 3.
¾ of the remainder are in Grade 4.
The rest of the children are in Grade 5.
There are 24 fifth graders in the group.
