Mathematics Education in Singapore

1 Surprising Singapore: Introduction.- Section 1: The Singapore School Mathematics Curriculum.- 2 Overview of Singapore's education system and milestones in the development of the system and school mathematics curriculum.- 3 The intended school mathematics curriculum.- 4 The enacted school mathematics curriculum.- 5 Beyond school mathematics.- 6 Singapore's participants in international benchmark studies: TIMSS, PISA and TEDS-M.- Section 2: Teaching and Learning Practices in Singapore Mathematics Classrooms.- 7 Problem solving in the Singapore school mathematics curriculum.- 8 Innovative pedagogical practices.- 9 Problems in real-world context and mathematical modelling.- 10 Patterns across the years: Singapore learners' epistemology.- 11 Metacognition in the teaching and learning of mathematics.- 12 Students' perspectives of good mathematics lessons, homework and how their teachers facilitate learning of mathematics.- 13 Low attainers and learning of mathematics.- 14 Use of technologyin mathematics education.- Section 3: Teacher Education and Professional Development.- 15 The National Institute of Education and mathematics teacher education: Evolution of pre-service and graduate mathematics teacher education.- 16 Exemplary practices of mathematics teachers.- 17 Continuing from pre-service: Towards a professional development framework for mathematics teachers in the 21st century.- 18 Models of teacher professional development.- 19 Teaching simultaneous linear equations: A case of realistic ambitious pedagogy.- 20 Productive teacher noticing: Implications for improving teaching.- 21 Reviewing the past, striving in the present and moving towards a future-ready Mathematics Education.