3rd Annual WSA—EC Forum 2014
Schools on the WSA-EC programme attended the 3rd Annual WSA-EC Forum at the Academy of Singapore Teachers on 6 November 2014. Professor Neil Mercer, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, delivered the keynote address. A renowned expert in the field of academic talk and its relation to thinking, Professor Mercer shared his research on how language use is related to the development of reasoning and cognitive development as well as highlighting its practical implications for education. The participants then had the privilege of learning from sharing sessions conducted by WSA-EC schools and ELIS’s partners from the National Institute of Singapore (NIE), the Academy of Singapore Teachers (AST) and The British Council in various concurrent sessions.
WSA-EC FORUM 2014
Click on the links below to download the slides made available by presenters from the WSA-EC Forum 2014:
| Concurrent Sessions (Secondary) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1.1a: | WSA-EC innovations @ Chestnut Drive Secondary School | 1.1a WSA-EC Forum Presentation 2014 Chestnut Drive Secondary School(.pdf, 2.07 MB) |
| 1.1b: | Nan Hua High's Journey into Disciplinary Literacy: The First Forays | 1.1b Nan Hua High School #39 Journey in DL_ The First Forays(.pdf, 2.69 MB) |
| 1.1c: | WSA-EC innovations @ Sembawang Secondary School | Download 1: History 1.1c WSA-EC Innovations @ Sembawang Sec - History(.pdf, 146.05 KB) Download 2: Science 1.1c WSA-EC Innovations @ Sembawang Sec - Science(.pdf, 712.66 KB) |
| 1.2a: | WSA-EC innovations @ Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) | 1.2a WSA-EC innovations at PLMGSS (.pdf, 540.78 KB) |
| 1.3a: | Structuring Reasoning Process in a Science Explanation through the Use of Multiple Representations (Northbrooks Secondary School and NIE) | 1.3a Structuring Reasoning Process in a Science Explanation through the Use of Multiple Representations(.pdf, 759.35 KB) |
| 1.4a: | Scaffolding Scientific Writing through Disciplinary Literacy Instruction (CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent and NIE) | 1.4a Scaffolding Scientific Writing through Disciplinary Literacy Instruction(.pdf, 986.06 KB) |
| 1.4b: | Scaffolding Scientific Explanation in Chemistry through Language-specific Support (Junyuan Secondary School) | 1.4b Scaffolding Scientific Explanation in Chemistry - Junyuan Secondary School(.pdf, 451.06 KB) |
| 1.5a: | Empowering Students to meet the Demands of Extended Writing Tasks in Geography (Northland Secondary School) | 1.5a Empowering students to meet the demands of extended writing tasks in Geography(.pdf, 1.34 MB) |
| 1.5b | Scaffolding the Inferential Understanding of Texts in Lower Secondary History (St Margaret’s Secondary School) | 1.5b Scaffolding Inferential Understanding of Texts in Lower Secondary History(.pdf, 1.8 MB) |
| 1.5c: | Students' Progressive Understandings of Historical Accounts (NIE) | 1.5c Students Progressive Understandings of Historical Accounts(.pdf, 668.88 KB) |
| 1.6: | Teaching Approaches for Developing Thoughtful Talk in the Classroom (St Andrew’s Secondary School) | 1.6 Teaching Approaches for Developing Thoughtful Talk in the Classroom _SASS(.pdf, 2.84 MB) |
| Concurrent Sessions (Primary) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2.1a: | WSA-EC Initiatives in Coral Primary School | 2.1a WSA-EC Initiatives in Coral Primary(.pdf, 6.69 MB) |
| 2.1b: | WSA-EC Initiatives in West Grove Primary School | 2.1b WSA-EC @ WGPS_West Grove (WSA-EC Forum)(.pdf, 3.37 MB) |
| 2.2a: | Let’s Talk Card Game: Developing an Educational Resource for Productive Academic Discussions in Subject Classrooms CHIJ (Our Lady Queen of Peace) | 2.2a: Let's Talk Card Game (.pdf, 327.47 KB) |
| 2.2b: | Classroom Interaction Teacher Reflection Tool (CITReT) for Subject Teachers’ Professional development (St. Andrew’s Junior School) | 2.2b CITReT for Teacher Professional Development(.pdf, 748.76 KB) |
| 2.4: | A Topic-Based Approach to Addressing the Language Demands of Science (NIE) | Download 1 2.4 A topic-based approach to addressing the language demands of science _1(.pdf, 457.79 KB) Download 2 2.4 A topic-based approach to addressing the language demands of science _2(.pdf, 495.85 KB) |
| 2.5: | Generating Math Talk that Supports Mathematical Thinking and Learning (AST) | 2.5 Generating Math Talk that Supports Mathematical Thinking and Learning(.pdf, 573.74 KB) |