Programme

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Time	Activity
7.30 – 8.30 am	Registration
8.45 – 9.00 am	Welcome by Presidents AME & SMS
9.00 – 10.00 am	Keynote I (All) [Auditorium] Could you be happier? Prof Prof Maureen Neihart National Institute of Education, Singapore
10.00 – 10.30 am	Tea Break
10.45 – 11.45 am	Keynote II (Secondary) [Auditorium] Probing and assessing students during student-teacher interactions By Prof Abraham Arcavi The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	Keynote III (Junior College) [Theatre] Assessment & undergraduate mathematics By Prof Ling San Nayang Technological University, Singapore
12.00 – 1.00 pm	Keynote IV (Secondary) [Auditorium] Perennial issues and contemporary concerns about assessing mathematics learning outcomes at secondary level By Prof Wong Khoon Yoong National Institute of Education, Singapore
	Keynote V (Junior College) [Theatre] Knowing what students know and can perform By Prof Kwon Oh Nam Seoul National University, Korea
10.45 – 12.45 pm	Workshops (Primary) P1 Designing rubrics to assess mathematical understanding by Prof Kim Beswick, University of Tasmania, Australia P2 Characteristics of good mathematics test items Characteristics of good mathematics test items P3 Assessment for learning: Using open-ended tasks in the lower primary mathematics lessons by Dr Joseph Yeo Kai Kow, National Institute of Education, Singapore P4 Assessment of performance in primary mathematics lessons by Dr Eric Chan Chun Ming, National Institute of Education, Singapore P5 Assessment in Indonesian realistic mathematics education for primary pupils by Dr Zulkardi & Dr Ratu Ilma, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia P6 Designing formative assessments in mathematics lessons by Ms Chua Kwee Gek, Singapore P7 Performance assessment in primary mathematics by Dr Koay Phong Lee, National Institute of Education, Singapore P8 ASSESSMENT. WHAT’S NEXT? by Michelle Choo , Singapore
1.00 – 2.15 pm	Lunch
2.15 – 3.15 pm	Keynote VI (Primary) [Auditorium] Assessing to learn and learning to assess By Prof Kim Beswick University of Tasmania, Australia
3.30 – 4.30 pm	Keynote VII (Primary) [Auditorium] What can we learn from international assessments such as TIMSS By Prof Berinderjeet Kaur National Institute of Education, Singapore
2.30 – 4.30 pm
	Workshops (Secondary / JC) S1 Mathematical discussions inspired by non-traditional tasks by Prof Abraham Arcavi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel S2 Using the pentagon framework to generate questions to assess mathematics learning by Prof Wong Khoon Yoong, National Institute of Education, Singapore S3 How to develop and use constructed response items constructively? by Prof Kwon Oh Nam, Seoul National University, Korea S4 Designing assessment items for paper-and-pencil tests for higher order thinking skills (HOTS) by Prof Toh Tin Lam, National Institute of Education, Singapore S5 Assessing secondary school students’ mathematical literacy: A focus on mathematics as the language of science by Prof Yoshinori Shimizu, University of Tsukuba, Japan S6 Designing and implementing secondary mathematics classroom tasks By Dr Ridzuan Abd Rahim & Ms Gayatri Balakrishnan, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore S7 Making sense of students’ errors and misconceptions in mathematics at the secondary level by Prof Jaguthsing Dindyal, National Institute of Education, Singapore S8 How to teach basic skills in statistics using exam-type problems by Prof Yap Von Bing, National University of Singapore, Singapore S9 Would self-test facilitate self-directed learning? by Mr Ho Foo Him, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore S10 Assessment for learning in mathematics – strategies and approaches by Dr Hang Kim Hoo, NUS High School, Singapore S11 Assessment in mathematics: starting from error analysis By Mdm Teo Soh Wah, Nan Hua High School, Singapore & Mdm Ong Bee Teng, Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Singapore
4.30 – 5.00 pm	End of Conference