Our curriculum is aligned with the framework used by the schools in Singapore with a key focus on improving problem solving skills.
Why Teach Problem-Solving Skills?
Problem-solving is an integral part of life. Having the right skills will:
- help your child deal with problems creatively and effectively;
- simulate your child and help develop thinking skills and problem-solving strategies in both new and unfamiliar situations;
- develop, reinforce, enhance and extend mathematical concepts and skills;
- develop a sense of inquiry;
- help your child engage in imaginative and creative work arising from mathematical ideas.
How Can We Improve Problem-Solving Skills?
- Begin with simple problems.
- Include open-ended problems and mathematical investigation tasks.
- Use as many strategies as possible.
- Seek similarities between thinking skills and problem-solving strategies.
- Provide opportunities to formulate problems.
- Use modelling to explicate the thinking processes.
- Provide time for reflection and clarification of mathematical ideas and relationships.
- Allow for oral expression to reinforce conceptualization and development of critical thinking habits.
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