What principles are TheBalancedChild workbooks based on?
Our specialist Maths, Science & English workbooks are from Singapore, and are based on the Singapore educational system that has consistently produced the top primary and secondary school students in the world. Singapore students have consistently come top in the 4-yearly worldwide TIMSS (Trends in International Maths & Science Study) evaluation conducted by US educational researchers in 1995, 1999 and 2003 across 46 countries (primarily developed countries) covering some 360,000 students. The study and the results can be found here. The 2007 survey results are expected to be released in 2008. The Singapore teaching approach, nowadays often referred to generically as Singapore Math, draws from leading education research worldwide. However it gives particular attention to the fact that children have different thinking styles, and that consequently different learning strategies and techniques are required for any one learning situation, to address the various learning styles. In addition
