SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School SIME X Sharing Session Mrs. Janice Gan, Head of Mathematics, Methodist Girls’ School

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Methodist Girls ’ School ~ Founded in 1887 ~

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School School Mission Educating the whole person in a Christian environment in order that she may grow in ‘wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.’

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School School Motto To Master To Grow To Serve

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School School Values Excellence Godliness Love

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School School Vision Godly Godly women Excellence of Excellence Love with a heart of Love

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Focus on engaging the learner in various ways Mathematics at MGS ENGAGED LEARNER Experiential learning Exploratory learning Independent learning Creative thinking Critical thinking Collaborative sharing

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Why MGS partnered with HeyMath! It was definitely NOT to implement IT for the sake of IT It was to enrich and enhance the Teaching and Learning of Maths

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School HeyMath! – A virtual extension of our Maths Department! Differentiated learning through HeyMath! projects (eg: statistics and straight line graphs) Interactive Games To enrich Math instruction Animated lessons (construction, relative velocity, …) Interactive activities to reinforce concepts (properties of quad, …) Reading assignments for self-learning (applications of logarithms, …) To innovate assessment Online tests with auto grading (diagnostic, summative, revision) Online tests from the question bank Performance analysis across level, within classes, etc Pupil-centered learning

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Worksheets Lessons Online tests Worksheets Lessons Mock exams Revision notes Projects Online tests Worksheets Lessons Math tools Games & interactivity E-Lessons Mock exams Revision notes Projects Online tests Worksheets Lessons SIME X K – notes Voice Enabled Lessons Games & interactivity E-Lessons Mock exams Revision notes Projects Online tests Worksheets Lessons MGS HeyMath! - An enduring Partnership (2002 – 2006) Sec Sec 3 & All levels 1043 All levels 1058 All levels

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School In initial years, there was apprehension among students and teachers about the benefits of HeyMath! To derive maximum value from HeyMath!, we adopted these strategies – Constant customization of Heymath lessons – Integrated HeyMath! into the Scheme of work – Online tests calculated as 10% - 20% of CA – Professional Sharing among teachers – Regular communication with HeyMath! via helpdesk How MGS implemented HeyMath!

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Key Success Factors Relevance to teaching & learning Continuous innovation Customization

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Nurturing the Programme

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School What students say about HeyMath! Judith Ong, Sec 1 I think that heymath was a really good thing because it helped me understand mathematics better and i was able to print out notes and stuff to help me revise for my mathematics test=)thanks Stephanie Si, Sec 2 I think that it is good that such a website is created to help us students gain a better understanding for maths. The visuals and animations are the best in doing so. Keep up the good job!

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School What students say about HeyMath! Deborah Chan, Sec 3 Step by step working shown in the lessons have helped in the understanding of the various topics. Amiirah Nur Raudhah Bte S H, Sec 4 It really helps in my revision. We learnt that histograms and cumulative frequency graphs are also useful in real life situations and in businesses. It gives us a clearer picture about the situation, in this case, the running of a theme park. Statistics also help us to understand about the construction of a theme park. Overall, this is a good way to learn statistics. -group 5 theme park Denise Tan and Stella Ong What did we learn from the statistics project

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Feedback from teachers to HeyMath! Deborah Ong The lessons are so wonderfully crafted and I cannot imagine the long hours of planning and designing put into them. Please convey our appreciation and thanks to the members of your team on a job so very well crafted. Indeed we are appreciative and impressed. Thanks again. Tania Tang Thank you for all the effort that was put on for Real numbers. It's FANTASTIC. I'm sure the students will find it interesting and meaningful. Janice Tee Thank you for the lessons on the above topics. I have gone through them and am happy with what you have prepared. Really appreciate your effort. Hope the rest of lessons on logarithms can be ready soon.

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School Feedback from teachers to HeyMath! Deborah Ong Love the lesson on Construction -... wonderfully done - esp. with the check and notes (for parallelogram), pls convey my appreciation to the members of your team for a job very well done esp at such short notice...! :) Janice Gan Hi, just taken a look at the lesson on rounding off decimal. I felt the quiz was really good, instant reinforcement. Really appreciate your team's effort in creating such lessons. Well done.

SIMEX 2006 Methodist Girls' School MGS Visit to HeyMath! Lab in Chennai, India