This book is the first in the series of the yearbooks of the Association of Mathematics Educators in Singapore. It is highly unique as it addresses a focused theme of mathematics education. The chapters of the book illustrate the immense diversity within the theme and presents research that translates into classroom pedagogies.The chapters of the book illustrate how mathematical problems may be crafted and infused in classroom teaching. Several novel pedagogies, such as learning mathematics through productive failure, problem posing and generative activities are presented in the book. The chapters are comprehensive and laden with evidence-based examples for both mathematics educators and classroom teachers of mathematics. The book is an invaluable contribution towards the already established field of research of mathematical problem solving. It is also a must read for graduate research students and mathematics educators.

 

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd .

Victor Chow is the author of the original Discovering Mathematics series in Singapore, where he is known as Chow Wai Keung. Singapore leads the world in secondary results in mathematics, and Discovering Mathematics has been its leading series for secondary 1 to 5 for over a decade. Victor Chow is a respected mathematics author, with over 16 years' experience of teaching in secondary schools and technical institutes. Passionate about writing textbooks, he is the author of a number of successful mathematics and statistics series for students in Years 7 to 12. Berinderjeet Kaur is a Professor of Mathematics Education at the National Institute of Education in Singapore; the first person to hold this position in Singapore. Professor Kaur is the founding chairperson of the Singaporean Mathematics Teachers' Conference series, and founding editor of the Association of Mathematics Educators Yearbook series. She was awarded the Public Administration Medal by the President of Singapore in 200