Starpub math workshop 2017 for vietnam

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We would like to invite you to the

STAR PRIMARY MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP 2017
Part 1: The Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) Approach to Learning Mathematics
Part 2:Teaching Problem Solving Using Heuristics
Date and Time:
Friday, 10 November 2017
08:00AM to 01:00PM
Venue:
Grand Ballroom, Pullman Saigon Centre
148 Tran Hung Dao, Quan 1, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
Speaker:
Dr. Eric Chan
Mathematics Educator and Author


Dr Eric Chan is a mathematics educator and author of several mathematics
resource books. He lectures on primary mathematics in both pre-service
and in-service programmes at the National Institute of Education,
Singapore. Prior to this, he has had more than 10 years’ experience in
teaching primary school mathematics and served as Head of Department
(Mathematics). Currently, he is the author and co-author of the new syllabus
primary mathematics textbooks and workbooks series, Targeting
Mathematics, that are used in Singapore schools.

Workshop Synopsis
Part 1: The Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA)
Approach to Learning Mathematics

Part 2: Teaching Problem Solving Using Heuristics

Children's sense-making of fundamental mathematics
concepts in the Singapore primary mathematics
classroom is fostered through the Concrete-PictorialAbstract (CPA) instructional approach. The use of
concrete manipulatives and pictorial representations is
asserted to help children develop conceptual
understanding of the abstract representations. This
workshop aims to help participants acquire a better
understanding of the CPA approach through hands-on
sessions for selected topics involving addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division at the Primary 1
to Primary 3 levels.

At the heart of the Singapore Primary Mathematics
Curriculum is mathematical problem solving. Children
are taught to employ different problem-solving
strategies in solving a variety of structured problems.
This workshop aims to acquaint participants on the use
of the following heuristics for the upper primary level
(Primary 4 to 6): bar modelling, before-after concept,
guess-and-check, make a supposition, identify a
pattern, and the multiple-add/subtract strategies.


PROGRAMME
08:00 AM
08:30 AM

Registration
Guests to be seated

Opening Address
by Mr Frederick Seow, Managing Director, Star Publishing

08:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM

Session 1
The Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) Approach to Learning Mathematics
Coffee/Tea Break
Session 2
Teaching Problem Solving Using Heuristics & Question and Answer Session
Book Presentation by Star Publishing followed by Certificate Presentation
Lunch Reception

Limited Seats, Please Make RSVP with:
ELT-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
(Mr) Sơn, Nguyễn Quang

TEL: (028) 399 70 579
FAX: (028) 399 73 792

* Full Name of participant needed for certificate