Subject Resources: Mathematics
How We Become Skillful Math Teachers (MiddleWeb, by Tracy Johnson Zager, August 6, 2017)
Math isn’t just for boys (Science News for Students, by Rachel Crowell, August 3, 2017)
How to jump-start a love of math, science (Science News for Students, by Rachel Crowell, August 3, 2017)
Students learn math of selling lemonade (Fredericksburg.com by Amanda Vicinanzo, August 2, 2017)
Singapore or Shanghai Math? PISA answers some questions.
Asian countries/economies outperform all other countries in mathematics. ( PISA 2015 Report Check figure on page 179.)
The PISA assessment of mathematics focuses on measuring students’ capacity to formulate, use and interpret mathematics in a variety of contexts. To succeed on the PISA test, students must be able to reason mathematically and use mathematical concepts, procedures, facts and tools to describe, explain and predict phenomena.
Singapore scores highest in mathematics of all participating countries and economies: 564 points – more than 70 points above the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) average of 490 points. Three countries/economies score below Singapore, but higher than any other country/economy in mathematics: Hong Kong (China), Macao (China) and Chinese Taipei. Japan is the highest-performing OECD country, with a mean mathematics score of 532 points. Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Guangdong (China) (hereafter “B-S-J-G [China]”), with a mean score of 531 points, also scores above all other non-Asian countries participating in PISA, except Switzerland, whose mean score is not statistically significantly different. Thirty-six participating countries and economies score below the OECD average in mathematics.
The gap in mathematics performance between the highest- and the lowest-performing OECD countries is 124 score points. This difference is even wider among partner countries and economies: 236 points separate the highest-performing partner country (Singapore, with 564 points) and the lowest-performing country (the Dominican Republic, with 328 points)
Should all countries use the Shanghai maths method? (BBC News, by Harry Low BBC World Service, January 20 2017
Chinese maths textbooks to be translated for UK schools (The Guardian, by Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong and Sally Weale, March 20, 2017)
The UK, Singapore and Shanghai: what’s the same and what’s different? (Blog: Helen Drury, Director of Mathematics Master, Posted: May 24, 2016)
South Asian method of teaching maths to be rolled out in schools (Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, School and college qualifications and curriculum, July 12 2016)
Research reveals that ‘Singapore’ approach to teaching maths can work in UK classrooms (University of Exeter, November 2, 2016) and Research reveals that ‘Singapore’ approach to teaching maths can work in UK classrooms (British Educational Suppliers Association, November 3, 2016)
Four Lessons from Shanghai (Mathematics Mastery, Nirva Bohdjalian , Primary Development Lead | Posted: April 17, 2015)
Shanghai teaching method 'could improve UK results within four years' (The Guardian, Sally Weale, November 26, 2015)
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