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The APEC Conference on Replicating Exemplary Practices in Mathematics Education is part of the APEC project, 21st Century Mathematics Education for All in the APEC Region: Strengthening Developing Economies and Gender Equity Through Standards, Assessments, and Teachers led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Education and the Ministry of Education, Thailand.

The main goals of this project are to:

• Share exemplary practices in mathematics education from around the APEC region
  
• Develop technical assistance from these promising practices to help developing economies in APEC to effectively replicate these practices based on their individual contexts.
  

Conference Details

The conference is being held March 8 to March 12, 2010, with March 8 designated as a special one-day preconference event focusing on gender equity in mathematics and science education.  More details can be found in the agenda.  The conference is being held at the International School of Tourism, Suratthani Rajabhat University, Samui Island. More details can be found on the administrative circular.

Presentation Materials:

Presentation	Author	Description
Promoting Gender Equity in Mathematics / Science Education	Alan Ginsburg, United States Department of Education	Opening presentation at one-day seminar on achieving gender equity in math and science that introduces the issues and stresses the importance of thinking about gender concerns when planning and implementing math and science courses.
Open Educational Resources	Brian Fu, United States Department of Education	Discusses the concept of open education resources and how they can benefit Economies participating in APEC projects.
Discussant’s comments/questions for the Standard Plenary Sessions	Chap Sam LIM School of Educational Studies Universiti Sains Malaysia	Provides an expert's commentary on the content of three monographs being developed on standards.
What can be learned from high-performing Hong-Kong, Korea, and Singapore?	Steven Leinwand, American Institutes for Research Alan Ginsburg, United States Department of Education	Compares the content standards context in the United States with similar structures in Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore, with suggestions for replicating promising practices from the higher-performing economies.
Learning Progressions in Mathematics Content in Grades 7-12	Zalman Usiskin, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Discusses the concept of Progressions based on the needs and goals of mathematic education.
How to Encourage Students to Learn Math Themselves	Shangzhi Wang, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China	Describes recent changes to China's mathematics education system and encourages collaboration between the fields of teaching, learning, and informational technology to create methods of self-guided instruction.
Teachers Plenary Session: Discussion Points And Challenges	Catherine P. Vistro-Yu, the Philippines	Provides an expert’s commentary on four papers written on teacher education and professional development in mathematics.
Adapting Lesson Study in APEC Member Economies	Maitree INPRASITHA, Khon Kaen University, Thailand	Provides an overview of how lesson study was adapted to the Thai context, the implementation problems that were confronted, and how the process was then exported to other APEC Economies.
Mathematics Lesson Plan: What’s in the Box? Geometric Shapes	Khon Kaen University, Thailand	Walks teachers through a lesson on how to teach about geometric shapes.
Rating Teachers & Rewarding Teacher Performance: The Context Of Singapore	Christine Kim-Eng Lee and Mei Ying Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore	Walks through the systemic teacher professional development, evaluation, and reward system in Singapore.
Taking Off With Numeracy: Helping Kids Catch Up	Peter Gould, New South Wales Department of Education and Training, Australia	Describes an instructional program for grades 3 to 6 that focuses on developing numeracy skills and includes a diagnostic assessment.
Feedbacks for Assessment Plenary Session	Nanik Suwaryani, Indonesia	Reviews papers written for the assessment section of the conference program and raises germane issues applicable to each.
High School Competency Exams in Hong Kong and Teaching Training Programme	CHENG Chun Chor Litwin The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong	Provides an overview of the Hong Kong education system and how mathematics teachers are trained, as generalists or specialists, and the implications of these two types of teachers for instruction. The paper presents many mathematics problems.
Formative Assessment: a key component in improving student achievement in mathematics in New Zealand	Ian Stevens New Zealand Ministry of Education	Provides an overview of the formative assessment system in New Zealand and how it is applied in mathematics.
Learning Progressions: Informing and Supporting Instruction and Formative Assessment	Erma Anderson, United States Office of Overseas Schools
Discussant’s comments/questions for the Implementation Plenary Sessions	Jiansheng Bao East China Normal University, Shanghai, China	Provides an expert’s commentary on three papers written on mathematical interventions for students.
The Algebra Project: Building Math Literacy	2009 Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference, Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, San Francisco Unified School District, USA	Overview of The Algebra Project, Inc., a national, nonprofit organization that uses mathematics as an organizing tool to ensure quality public school education for every child in America.