1 Oct
2010
1 Oct
'10
9:02 a.m.
From the NY Times (more at < http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/education/01math.html >:
<< The slower pace is a cornerstone of the district’s new approach to teaching math, which is based on the national math system of Singapore and aims to emulate that country’s success by promoting a deeper understanding of numbers and math concepts. Students in Singapore have repeatedly ranked at or near the top on international math exams since the mid-1990s.
Didn't Richard Guy mention designing the curriculum for Singapore's math program? Richard? --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele