This semester I am teaching an undergraduate course for early childhood educators at SIM University. This are the slides from Seminar 1/6.

1. ECE213 Children’s Science, Mathematics & Technology
Seminar 1 14 March 2012
Dr Yeap Ban Har www.i-teach-k.blogspot.com
Agenda for Seminar
 Introduction
 An Undergraduate Experience
 State of Mathematics Education
 How Children Learn Mathematics – Learning
Theories
 Reflection

2. Note-Taking

3. What & How
What How
Case Study
Big Learning Points

4. State of Mathematics Education

5. Fuchun Primary School, Singapore
King Solomon Academy, London
Keys Grade School, The Philippines

6. Globe Academy, London

7. Globe Academy, London

8. Globe Academy, London

9. 1992 Problem-Solving
Curriculum
1997 Thinking Schools,
Learning Nation
2004 Teach Less,
Singapore Education Landscape
Learn More
2010 Professional Learning
Communities
2011 21st Century
Competencies

10. Singapore Ministry of Education 1992, 2001, 2007, 2013

11. “Mathematics is an excellent
vehicle for the development
and improvement of a person’s
intellectual competencies”
Singapore Ministry of Education 2006

12. B A N H A R
Case Study 1

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Which letter is
counted 99?

32. B A N H A R
1 2 3 4 5 6
11 10 9 8 7
12 13 14 15 16
21 20 19 18 17
22 23 24 25 26
31 30 29 28 27
32 33 34 35 36
Which letter in your
name is counted 99?

33. 3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
1st
Which letter in your
name is counted 99?

34. One of your classmates noticed that
there is a relationship between the
difference of numbers in the first (or
last) column and the multiples of the
numbers which stays in one column.
Example in the case of JANE or
JOHN, the difference between
numbers in the column J is 8 and
multiples of 8 is always under the
same letter.
The ability to look for patterns and
to generalize is an important ability
to have and children should have
ample opportunity to acquire it in
early mathematics.

35. Case Study 2 Make a square.

36. We discussed at length the choice of
materials. In the case of shapes,
misconceptions arise when we give
children three-dimensional objects
when they are learning about basic
shapes such as squares, triangles,
rectangles, which are all plane or two
dimensional.

38. • Number as a Label

39. • Cardinal Number
• Ordinal Number
• Measurement Number
Siti
Michael
John

40. Summary

46. Using Examination Questions to
Focus One’s Learning