Re: In a Global Test of Math Skills, U.S. Students Behind th...

[Guest guest]

While it might be interesting to see a correlation on thimerasol use and

educational ability, I think the differences are much more likely to be caused

by

certain cultural habits and the way math is taught in other countries. We

homeschool and use the program developed by instructors in Singapore, a country

is known for consistently excelling in math instruction. If you compare the

way they teach math to typical curriculums used in the US, you can see that it

is very different. Singapore puts much greater emphasis on reasoning and

thinking skills. Their word problems are the hardest I've ever seen and require

a

great deal of thought rather than simple memorization of certain words or

formulas. I've had to really work hard to think through some of these problems

once we got to the 5th grade level and I was always considered excellerated in

math in school. We chose the program because of the way it moves from concrete

to the abstract with every lesson and is pretty visually based. It has

certainly helped my son excell on the math portion of standardized tests.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

Gaylen

Do you have a link to share about this math program

thank you

theresa

Re: [ ] In a Global Test of Math Skills, U.S. Students

Behind th...

While it might be interesting to see a correlation on thimerasol use and

educational ability, I think the differences are much more likely to be caused

by

certain cultural habits and the way math is taught in other countries. We

homeschool and use the program developed by instructors in Singapore, a

country

is known for consistently excelling in math instruction. If you compare the

way they teach math to typical curriculums used in the US, you can see that it

is very different. Singapore puts much greater emphasis on reasoning and

thinking skills. Their word problems are the hardest I've ever seen and

require a

great deal of thought rather than simple memorization of certain words or

formulas. I've had to really work hard to think through some of these

problems

once we got to the 5th grade level and I was always considered excellerated in

math in school. We chose the program because of the way it moves from

concrete

to the abstract with every lesson and is pretty visually based. It has

certainly helped my son excell on the math portion of standardized tests.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

There is a good description of the Singapore Math curriculum at this site:

http://www.sonlight.com/singapore.html

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

Thank you Galen

Re: [ ] In a Global Test of Math Skills, U.S. Students

Behind th...

There is a good description of the Singapore Math curriculum at this site:

http://www.sonlight.com/singapore.html

Gaylen