Events

Symposium at Jurong Secondary School on 9th September 2013

The M-ProSE/ MInD research team organized a one-day symposium at Jurong Secondary School on 9th September 2013. About 60 teachers attended the symposium, including our project team, 6 participating schools and 2 other invited schools. We invited a guest speaker, Professor Lew Hee-Chan from the Korea National University of Education and a collaborator, Ms. Yen Yeen Peng from Ministry of Education. The main attractions of the conference were the plenary session by Professor Lew Hee-Chan who showed that the teaching method is more important than the problem itself and two kinds of working backward strategy for proving and construction problems in school geometry. Subsequently, one presenter from each of the six participating schools also shared their experience in implement M-ProSE/ MInD in their schools and the feedback from their students. In the afternoon session of the symposium, Dr. Tay Eng Guan shared with us their methods how we could teach the mathematical problem in mathematics class. Despite the fact that there were increasing researches on mathematical problem solving, the principal investigator, Dr. Toh Tin Lam, shared with the participants the updates of the research project and the direction of where the project is heading.

Symposium at Tanjong Katong Girls’ School in September 2012

The M-ProSE/ MInD research team organized a problem solving symposium at Tanjong Katong Girls’ School on 3rd September 2012. Around 50 teachers from five M-ProSE participating schools attended the one-day event. Ms. Yen Yeen Peng from Ministry of Education and the principal of Tanjong Katong Girls’ School, Mrs. Mary Seah graced the occasion. Dr. Toh Tin Lam, the Principal Investigator of MInD, firstly introduced the rationale of the MInD problem solving and the direction that the research project is heading. This is followed by the sharing sessions by MProSE/MInD teachers from NUS High School, Tanjong Katong Girls’ School, Bedok South Secondary School, Jurong Secondary School. They also provided updates of the MInD project implementation in their schools. In the third part of the symposium, Mr. Ho Foo Him, a co-principal investigator of MInD, shared with the participants on developing the professional learning community of mathematical problem solving. He encouraged the teachers to join the e-community where researchers and teachers share and solve interesting mathematical problems online. The symposium ended with the MInD research team sharing the vision of the MInD team in infusing problem solving into the school mathematics curriculum.