When the methodology and pedagogy used in Singapore math textbooks and supplementary titles (foreign and local editions) at the same grade are believed or perceived to be equivalent, yet the level of difficulty of the brain-unfriendly questions in both editions differs significantly—the tailor-made overseas editions are often one or two grades lower than the local one.
US math educators need to take note of the same-same-but-different Singapore math titles to temper their expectations of their students’ mathematical proficiency compared to that of their Singaporean counterparts.
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when two things are similar but not the same
“what was that movie called again? space wars?
“oh star wars?”
“yea same shit different toilet”
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A term used to describe when someone is further ahead than another in a given situation, while still implying the other person will reach that point in the situation eventually.
1: "I love you."
2: "We're on the same book, but different chapters."
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Used in reference to someone to explain that the subject that they are talking about are all in the same
I meant potato not tomato. Different-sames
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The situation is the same as before, only now it's happening in a different location.
When Rob came back to the cafe after spending a few months working at that new restaurant downtown, I asked what it was like there. He said, "Same shit different outhouse."
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When something is pretty much the same but in a different situation.
"Mitch is dating another girl who cheats on him,
Same tiger, different suburb"
"That girl is wearing the same dress that Emily owns.. same tiger, different suburb"
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