Overview

This two-day workshop will focus on using the Singaporean approach to designing and differentiating lessons to meet the needs of our increasingly diverse classrooms, while creating an environment of extraordinary engagement and deeper, more meaningful learning.

Many people don't know that Singapore is a very diverse country. Their students have as many different needs and challenges as the students in the United States, or any other developed nation. What sets Singapore apart is that since the 1970’s, their students have outperformed the rest of the world in mathematics achievement. This progress is nothing short of incredible and has been the result of many years of effortful collaboration and research.  At the core of this country's success is the way they design, deliver and assess their mathematics lessons. Void of unnecessary structures, technology and grounded in select bodies of the most effective education research, their approach to instruction is simple, elegant and powerful.

Workshop Topics:

• Planning with Singapore's 3-Part Lesson Format

• Visual strategies to bridge concrete understanding to abstract understanding

• The 5 elements of an effective mathematics lesson

• Identifying advanced learners and extending tasks

• The 4 Foundational Skills for Intervention

• Questioning to build understanding

• Promoting student collaboration and discourse

• Meeting the needs of struggling learners

Dr. Yeap's workshops are known to inspire, broaden perspective, and change the way his participants think about how they teach. You'll eat well and network with terrific people. And at the end of the day, you'll leave feeling somewhat overwhelmed with the abundance of useful strategies you can immediately implement in your classroom.

**Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be served both days