Singapore Math advantages
Research shows that young children naturally construct strategies for problem solving that model the actions and relationships presented in a problem. However, as they advance in math-teaching encourage students to seek “key” words that point to the operation which needs to be apply. This is a misleading approach. In Singapore, only 46 percent of students in grades 2–4 in 2007, yet today, according to results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Singapore students continue to place among the best mathematical problem solvers in the world.
The model method, as it is known in Singapore, has students draw a pictorial model to represent quantities and their relationships.
Many Schools in Manhattan (including Anderson School) are implementing Singapore Math Curriculum for the past few years.