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Toh, Pee Choon; Toh, Tin Lam; Ho, Foo Him; Quek, Khiok Seng – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
We have applied the "practical paradigm" in teaching problem solving to secondary school students. The key feature of the practical paradigm is the use of a practical worksheet to guide the students' processes in problem solving. In this paper, we report the diffusion of the practical paradigm to university level courses for prospective…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Problem Solving, Models, Thinking Skills
Kirkpatrick, T. A. – 1985
Singapore's grammar-based English language syllabus and the wide range of native languages and English oral ability among secondary school students make the second language teaching situation complex and the use of the communicative approach challenging but not impossible. While grammar is an essential element of second language proficiency, it is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Curriculum Design