Programme - Conference

Programme (Tentative)

DAY 1 – Saturday, 17 November 2012
Time	Speaker
8:30	Registration OPENS
9:00	Welcome to Conference
9:10	Speech by GOH, Ms Sim Ann (Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Law)
9:20	Introduction to Conference
9:30	Prof Brian Butterworth Arithmetic and the Dyslexic Learner
10:30	Interval – Morning Tea
11:00	DAS Presenters (Ms Clair Yeo & Ms Priscillia Shen) An Investigation of Dyslexia and Maths Difficulties in Singapore
12:00	Lunch
1:15	Assistant Prof Lee Ngan Hoe Teaching and Learning of Maths for Low Attainers - The Interplay of Representation and Abstraction
2:15	Anne Henderson Maths & Dyslexia
3:15	Interval – Afternoon Tea
3:45	Prof Steve Chinn Seven Things My Students Taught Me About Teaching Mathematics
4:45	Q & A
5:15	Finish

DAY 2 – Monday, 19 November 2012

FULL

Seminar 1

9:00am to 12:00pm

FULL

Diagnosis and Assessment of Maths Learning Differences.

by Prof Steve Chinn

Workshop 1

1:30pm to 4.30pm

Using materials and visual images to teach children how to understand the basic concept of maths.

by Prof Steve Chinn and Anne Henderson

Workshop 2

6.00pm to 9.00pm

Strategies to support struggling Primary School Maths Learners.

by Priscillia Shen and Clair Yeo

DAY 3 – Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Workshop 3

9:00am to 12:00pm

Supporting Secondary School maths students – parents and teachers.

by Prof Steve Chinn

Workshop 4

1:30pm to 4.30pm

Exploring some strategies to help children who are struggling in maths.

by Anne Henderson

Seminar 2

6.00pm to 9.00pm

Diagnosis and Assessment of Maths Learning Differences

by Prof Steve Chinn (Repeat Seminar)