Mathematics Education in Singapore

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
 Surprising Singapore  (Eng Guan Tay, Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 1-9
Front Matter ....Pages 11-11
 Overview of Singapore’s Education System and Milestones in the Development of the System and School Mathematics Curriculum  (Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 13-33
 The Intended School Mathematics Curriculum  (Ngan Hoe Lee, Wee Leng Ng, Li Gek Pearlyn Lim)....Pages 35-53
 The Enacted School Mathematics Curriculum  (Yew Hoong Leong, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 55-65
 Beyond School Mathematics  (Weng Kin Ho, Pee Choon Toh, Kok Ming Teo, Dongsheng Zhao, Kim Hoo Hang)....Pages 67-100
 Singapore’s Participation in International Benchmark Studies—TIMSS, PISA and TEDS-M  (Berinderjeet Kaur, Ying Zhu, Wai Kwong Cheang)....Pages 101-137
Front Matter ....Pages 139-139
 Problem Solving in the Singapore School Mathematics Curriculum  (Tin Lam Toh, Chun Ming Eric Chan, Eng Guan Tay, Yew Hoong Leong, Khiok Seng Quek, Pee Choon Toh et al.)....Pages 141-164
 Innovative Pedagogical Practices  (Joseph B. W. Yeo, Ban Heng Choy, Li Gek Pearlyn Lim, Lai Fong Wong)....Pages 165-193
 Problems in Real-World Context and Mathematical Modelling  (Chun Ming Eric Chan, Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Ngan Hoe Lee, Jaguthsing Dindyal)....Pages 195-216
 Patterns Across the Years—Singapore Learners’ Epistemology  (Swee Fong Ng, Boon Liang Chua)....Pages 217-240
 Metacognition in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics  (Ngan Hoe Lee, Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Joseph B. W. Yeo)....Pages 241-268
 Students’ Perspectives of Good Mathematics Lessons, Homework and How Their Teachers Facilitate Learning of Mathematics  (Berinderjeet Kaur, Wei Yeng Karen Toh)....Pages 269-285
 Low Attainers and Learning of Mathematics  (Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur)....Pages 287-311
 Use of Technology in Mathematics Education  (Wee Leng Ng, Beng Chong Teo, Joseph B. W. Yeo, Weng Kin Ho, Kok Ming Teo)....Pages 313-348
Front Matter ....Pages 349-349
 The National Institute of Education and Mathematics Teacher Education: Evolution of Pre-service and Graduate Mathematics Teacher Education  (Eng Guan Tay, Weng Kin Ho, Lu Pien Cheng, Paul M. E. Shutler)....Pages 351-383
 Exemplary Practices of Mathematics Teachers  (Yew Hoong Leong, Berinderjeet Kaur, Ngan Hoe Lee, Tin Lam Toh)....Pages 385-404
 Continuing from Pre-service: Towards a Professional Development Framework for Mathematics Teachers in the Twenty-First Century  (Kit Ee Dawn Ng, Joseph Kai Kow Yeo, Boon Liang Chua, Swee Fong Ng)....Pages 405-427
 Models of Teacher Professional Development  (Berinderjeet Kaur, Lu Pien Cheng, Lai Fong Wong, Cynthia Seto)....Pages 429-449
 Teaching Simultaneous Linear Equations: A Case of Realistic Ambitious Pedagogy  (Yew Hoong Leong, Eng Guan Tay, Khiok Seng Quek, Sook Fwe Yap)....Pages 451-468
 Productive Teacher Noticing: Implications for Improving Teaching  (Ban Heng Choy, Jaguthsing Dindyal)....Pages 469-488
Front Matter ....Pages 489-489
 Reviewing the Past, Striving in the Present and Moving Towards a Future-Ready Mathematics Education  (Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur, Eng Guan Tay)....Pages 491-498