Asian teaching methods to be introduced to the United States by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is working with Asian educational publisher Marshall Cavendish to introduce "Math in Focus" to the US education system. The material draws from Asian teaching methods that have been proven to be successful in various international studies. The material focuses on a concrete-to-visual symbolic progression of instruction and is aimed at K-5 students.
It will be interesting how such material will be blended into the US education system. Could such material be a major breakthrough in teaching the modern western student math?
It will be interesting how such material will be blended into the US education system. Could such material be a major breakthrough in teaching the modern western student math?
Labels: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Math in Focus
posted by Feargal at
9:04 AM
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Actually, these materials have been available in the U.S. for years at singaporemath.com. These new books are based on Singapore's reduced syllabus introduced in 2001, which opened the market up to publishers outside of the Ministry of Education.
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