Six maths teachers at Chiswick House School recently attended an intensive training course in London about an innovative approach used in Singapore to teach and learn mathematics. The course was led by Dr Yeap Ban Har, a Singaporean master in the approach.

Chiswick House School is probably the first school in Malta to adopt this approach, known as the Singapore Maths Approach, which is based on teaching mastery through problem solving. It encourages the use of concrete resources to provide more effective learning experiences. Students keep a maths journal charting their individual learning trajectory.

The approach has been proven very effective around the world. In Singapore, it has allowed students to rank first, in both fourth and eighth grade, in the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, a test carried out internationally as a benchmark of students’ achievement in mathematics and science.

The course participants also visited Sandringham Primary School in London where this approach is used.

This learning experience has fired up the teachers’ commitment to this new learning strategy. They look forward to implement the approach at all levels of the school in the forthcoming scholastic year.

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