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This is from the article, Asian students top performers in maths, science, in Sify news.

Hong Kong SAR and Singapore were found to be the top performing countries in maths at the fourth grade level, followed by Chinese Taipei and Japan.
The report also said that Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, England, Latvia, and the Netherlands also performed very well.
As regards mathematics achievement at the eighth grade, the researchers wrote that Chinese Taipei, Korea, and Singapore were the top performing countries, followed by Hong Kong SAR and Japan. There was a substantial gap in average mathematics achievement between the countries.
Hungary, England, the Russian Federation, and the United States performed similarly.
In science achievement at the fourth grade, Singapore turned out to be the top performing country, followed by Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong SAR. Japan, the Russian Federation, Latvia, England, the United States, Hungary, Italy, and Kazakhstan also performed very well.
At the eighth grade in science, Singapore and Chinese Taipei again had the highest average achievement, followed by Japan and Korea.
England, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hong Kong SAR, and the Russian Federation also performed well.

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This is from the article, Singapore math makes a difference, by Kristen A. Graham in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Just a handful of schools were using Singapore math five years ago. Now, the number exceeds 1,000, experts say. FACTS, the only school in the region using it, routinely hears from others that are interested. A Delaware school will soon adopt it.
California and Oregon allow schools to use the texts, and some Utah legislators are pushing for all schools there to adopt the curriculum.

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What are teachers for?

This is from the article, Singapore emerging as 'tuition nation', in The Earth Times by DPA.

Ninety-seven out of 100 students queried in primary, secondary and junior colleges have either private tutors or attend extra lessons at centres.

So pervasive is the practice that some dub the city-state the "tuition nation," the poll report said.

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Singapore mathematics teachers, I think you are in demand.

This is from the article, Lawmakers seek Singapore's help on how to best teach math, by By Lisa Schencker in The Salt Lake Tribune.

Singaporean eighth-graders scored first in the world in math on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2003. Nine countries' students outperformed U.S. eighth-graders in the study.

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SM = Singapore Maths

This is from the article, Singapore Math: Intensive Teacher Trainings, in the Dyslexia Tutor: News Resources by Adrienne Edwards about Singapore Maths.

When the US Department of Education commissioned a study in 2005 to find out why Singapore, a country with a population half the size of New York City, ALWAYS scores No. 1 in a widely accepted comparison of global math skills, it concluded, “Singapore’s textbooks build deep understanding of mathematical concepts through multi-step problems and concrete illustrations that demonstrate how abstract mathematical concepts are used to solve problems from different perspectives.”

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In education, size doesn't matter

This is from the article, Ministry gears to improve education quality, in Daily News of Republic of Botswana on education.

As a soft qualitative skill, he said some countries such as Singapore and USA were leading in the maximisation of human capital that drives their national economy.

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But, even hands-on techniques and models drawing can be memorized

This is from the article, Elementary math lessons in Wentzville will change to Singapore method, in STLtoday.com by Jessica Bock.

WENTZVILLE — Singapore is coming to Wentzville in the form of math lessons.
Educators hope Singapore math will help develop students who are mathematical thinkers, rather than memorizers. The method has gained interest from teachers in the United States in the last decade.

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In this case, one is better than none or more.

This is from the article, Local builder, teacher to leave for mission trip, in Cleveland Daily Banner by Joe Brooks about Andrew Frazier's family following God’s call to serve as missionaries in Singapore.

“ICS is the only international Christian school in the country of Singapore. It is a pre-k through 12th grade school of about 400 students,” Tracy said.

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