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Ng, Swee Fong is an Associate Professor with the Mathematics and Mathematics Education academic group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is the co- principal investigator with the Applied Cognitive Development Laboratory at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, also at the National Institute of Education. Prior to joining the National Institute of Education, she spent about twenty years in Malaysia teaching mathematics at the upper secondary level. She now works extensively with both pre-service primary mathematics teachers as well as in-service mathematics teachers. Her other responsibilities include teaching and supervising at the masters and doctoral level. Her general interest is looking at ways to help improve the teaching and learning of mathematics across the curriculum. The teaching and learning of algebra is her special interest.
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| Selected Publications |
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Cai, J.; Lew, H. C.; Morris, A.; Moyer, J. C.; Ng, S. F.; Schmittau, J. (2005). The development of students’ algebraic thinking in earlier grades: A cross-cultural comparative perspective. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, 37(1), 5 - 15 |
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Ng, S. F., Lee, K., Ang, S. Y., & Khng, F. (2006). Model Method: Obstacle or bridge to learning symbolic algebra. In W. Bokhorst - Heng, M. Osborne & K. Lee (Eds.). Redesigning pedagogies: Reflections from theory and praxis. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers |
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Ng, S. F. (2004). Developing algebraic thinking in early grades: case study of the Singapore primary mathematics curriculum. The Mathematics Educator, 8, pp 39 – 59. |
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Lee, K., Ng, S. F., Ng, E. L., Lim, Z. Y. (2004). Working memory and literacy as predictors of performance on algebraic word problems. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 89(2), 140-158 |
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Ng, S. F. (2003) How secondary two express stream students used algebra and the model method. The Mathematics Educator, 7(1), pp. 1 – 17. |
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