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The belief or myth that any country, state, or school that adopts the Singapore math curriculum would have their students' math scores improve significantly.
Mauritius and Rwanda appear to have gained from the Singapore math effect—both countries are economically better off than their bigger resources-rich African neighbors.
by MathPlus July 24, 2016
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Because Singapore math books cost a fraction of their American counterparts, US distributors have been importing them for homeschoolers, who think they're getting value-for-money textbooks—a number of them might even mistake Singapore for a city in China.
by MathPlus August 11, 2016
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A few local publishers are laughing all the way to the bank, as the result of the Singapore math envy of some African countries, which have started importing Singapore math books for their schools.
by MathPlus October 9, 2016
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A lot of people just can't stand filthy rich trumpists, and their discrimination against these "political opportunists" often blinds them from seeing the painful hard truths.
by MathPlus October 31, 2016
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2. Eurasians who lived in the British colony in the early 1900s.
3. Malayans who lived in Singapore when it was expelled from Malaysia in 1965.
4. Present-day citizens who are tolerant of other races and religions, and ready to defend multiracial Singapore.
2. Eurasians who lived in the British colony in the early 1900s.
3. Malayans who lived in Singapore when it was expelled from Malaysia in 1965.
4. Present-day citizens who are tolerant of other races and religions, and ready to defend multiracial Singapore.
Today's younger Singaporeans are a complaining and an ungrateful lot: most take Singapore's peace and prosperity for granted—terrorism, nationalism, and antiglobalization could usher them into a future they'd be unprepared for.
by MathPlus December 11, 2016
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In an age when you can virtually order your fake PhD of any prestigious university for a few hundred bucks in a matter of days, who says that a doctorate degree is meant only for geeks or nerds?
by MathPlus November 13, 2018
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Should arguments for X and why, or against it, be used to decide whether transgender people born with a mutated gene make-up be allowed to use both male and female public toilets?
by MathPlus November 18, 2018
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