edited by Wong Khoon Yoong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) , Lee Peng Yee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) , Berinderjeet Kaur (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) , Foong Pui Yee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) , & Ng Swee Fong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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Chapter 1: Introducing the Landscape of the Singapore Mathematics Education Journey (98k)

This comprehensive book is a state-of-the-art review of research and practices of mathematics education in Singapore. It traces the fascinating journey from the original development of the Singapore mathematics curriculum in the 1950s to the present day, and reports on diverse findings about the Singapore experience that are not readily available in print. All of the authors are active mathematics educators or senior mathematics teachers in Singapore, thus adding authenticity and distinctiveness to the stories covered in this book. The issues they so earnestly explore in this book will undoubtedly be of interest to graduate students, mathematics educators, and the international mathematics education community.

• Singapore Education and Mathematics Curriculum (K Y Wong & N H Lee)
• Mathematics Teacher Education: Pre-service and In-service Programmes (S K Lim-Teo)
• Learning Communities: Roles of Teachers Network and Zone Activities (P H Chua)
• Lesson Study in Mathematics: Three Cases from Singapore (Y-P Fang et al.)
• Understanding of Statistical Graphs among Singapore Secondary Students (Y-K Wu & K Y Wong)
• Review of Research on Mathematical Problem Solving in Singapore (P Y Foong)
• Mathematics Anxiety and Test Anxiety of Secondary Two Students in Singapore (K K Yeo)
• Positive Social Climate and Cooperative Learning in Mathematicas Classrooms (H W Lui et al.)
• Numeracy Matters in Singapore Kindergartens (P Sharpe)
• Kassel Project on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: Singapore's Participation (B Kaur & S F Yap)
• International Project on Mathematical Attainment (IPMA): Singapore's Participation (B Kaur et al.)
• My “Best” Mathematics Teacher: Perceptions of Primary School Pupils from Singapore and Brunei Darussalam (K Y Wong et al.)
• and other papers