Singapore Math Training Program

On Wednesday and Thursday, November 27th and 28th, Our Homeroom Teachers, Math Specialist Teachers and Parents participated in a Singapore Mathematics Training Workshop with Dr. Yeap Ban Har.

Singapore Math is a method in which students learn math by drawing pictures and doing problems mentally, rather than through tables and memorization. The curriculum uses visual tools to help children learn abstract concepts like multiplication, division and even simple algebra, all while still in elementary school.

Singapore Math's emphasis on the development of students' intellectual competencies is consistent with the importance placed on nurturing knowledge workers and people who can participate fully in an increasingly technological world. Textbooks based on Singapore Math have been adopted in many countries around the world. As of this year, there is even a Standards Edition of a K-8 textbook series based on Singapore Math.

Singapore Math Training Workshop

RIS have adopted Singapore Math Program based on Singapore`s National Math System. Teachers and Parents are happy and mention that Singapore Math helps children develop a deeper understanding of numbers and math concepts than they gain other math programs. Singapore Math is a very detailed step-by-step process that we teach the students. And through that process they get to see how math works from a much wider perspective. They see the complex operation, and they see how to break it apart into simpler terms and put it all back together again.

There will be a Singapore Math Training Workshop by a consultant from Singapore for teachers and parents on Wednesday and Thursday, November 27 and 28, 2013 at RIS.

All of our parents are invited to join us in this workshop.