The Asian Scientist – Claudia Chong 
US-based company Singapore Math Inc. first introduced the Singapore Math textbook series Primary Mathematics (Standards edition) to the US in 1998. Since then, states such as California and Oregon have approved the use of these textbooks in all kindergarten and elementary schools, International Enterprise Singapore revealed in 2009. Singapore Math textbooks have also found their way into domestic settings for homeschooling purposes. But what exactly makes the Singapore model of math education so attractive to Western countries?.(more)