Marshall Cavendish publishes not only Primary Mathematics, U.S. edition, used by homeschoolers and some schools across the United States, but also My Pals are Here (MPH) and Shaping Maths, the two most commonly used primary textbook series in Singapore.
Thanks in large part to Madge Goldman, president of the Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation, who has had a long-standing relationship with Marshall Cavendish, the publisher Duriya Aziz and Daio' Ng Jui Sia, CEO of the parent company TImes Publishing Limited, hosted a marvelous dinner on Saturday, July 9, at Straits Kitchen, which provided an experience that will be long remembered.
In the afternoon on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, eight Marshall Cavendish staff members, led by Khairi Abdullah (khairi@sg.marshallcavendish.com), introduced us to MPH and Shaping Maths and their pre-kindergarten and kindergarten series. They also showed us the Primary Mathematics, standards edition, a series developed for submission for California adoption. Their PowerPoint presentation is available here.
Twenty to 22 countries currently are using the Singapore edition of either MPH or Shaping Maths.
The decision to move away from Primary Mathematics in Singapore was attributed to a desire to show students more than one way (bar model in PM) to solve problems. MPH takes the middle ability approach, while Shaping Maths targets the 20% high ability students and provides fewer and less explicit steps.
Supplementary resources published by Marshall Cavendish include Handbook for Teachers (one each for primary and secondary) and The Essential Parents’ Guide for Mathematics*.
*Another parent book that may be of interest to readers of this blog is Ron Aharoni's Arithmetic for Parents.
As part of the program registration fee, participants were invited to select books from two grades. Many of us, unable to resist the full display of books, purchased many additional books, requiring us to buy a suitcase to carry all our acquisitions.
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