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Teaching Training by Dr Fong, for AMC success.
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With the AMC, approaching on Thursday the 27th of July, the BrainBuilder learning centres are holding a series of intensive training sessions to provide students with effective problem solving strategies in preparation for the annual assessment. Dr Fong’s maths and education expertise are
Dr Fong on Empowering Creative and Critical Thinking within Children and Education.
Watch Dr Fong’s addressing UK educationalists in his keynote talk at Oxford Press University’s International Maths Forum conference. Every parent’s objective is for their child to excel in education and life. Dr Fong puts it down to something more than
Holiday Program Review
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The April Holiday Program has come to a successful end! Based on our feedback, it’s safe to say our students had tremendous fun throughout the April Holiday Program through our Maths and Science curriculum. Aside from their obvious enjoyment,
AMC Training Program
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What is AMC? The Australian Mathematics Competition is one of the largest school-based mathematics competition involving around 700,000 participants yearly in over 30 different countries. The competition, held on Thursday 27th July 2017 this year, aims to test students’ mathematical
Malaysia ranks 18th place in Maths at global achievements test (TIMSS) while Singapore ranks number 1 among 39 countries.
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Malaysian students’ performance in Mathematics has significantly improved since Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) test in 2011, scoring 25 points higher from 440 to 465 in 2015. The TIMSS is a large-scale international test that evaluates students’
Study finds that even the smartest kids need teaching support
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The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) studied a group of 5000 students for more than four decades with results suggesting the brightest students require teachers’ guidance and to optimise their potential. Read full article here At BrainBuilder™ our teachers mentor and
Study supports back-to-basics approach:
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At BrainBuilder™, our programs are designed by Dr Fong who has had the experience and research knowledge of the optimal learning environment for students to perform at their best. Students perform best when introduced to questions scaffolding from Easy-to-Hard A
Maltese school to adopt the Singapore Maths approach
| Global News, Maths
Singapore Maths, based on the successful textbooks written by Dr Fong, has extended it’s global reach, with a leading Maltese school now adopting the approach. According to the Times of Malta, “the independent Chiswick House School will be switching to
Singapore Maths curriculum a global success
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Dr Fong , founder of BrainBuilder™ , has built programs based on the Singapore Maths curriculum; the author of school maths books used in Singapore, the US and the UK. Going Global Research has showed the in-depth Singapore Maths curriculum
Why are Singapore’s kids so good at maths?
| Global News, Maths
A recent article in the Financial Times ‘Why Singapore’s kids are so good at maths’ examines why this relatively small country consistently ranks near or at the top of the global maths comparisons. Andreas Schleicher, Head of the OECD’s education assessment program
