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- Background and Key Insights
- Introduction to CORE 3
- Research Methodology
- Research Findings
- What Does This Mean for Teaching and Learning?
- Related Links
- Further Readings
- Research Team
- 12 Primary Schools13 Secondary Schools
Primary and Secondary school
English Language
English Literature
Computer Applications
Mathematics
Additional Mathematics
Visual Arts
Music
History
Physical Education
Geography
Principal Investigator
Knowledge Resource Bank
CORE – Why Do Teachers Teach the Way They Do?
Key Insights- Students showed strong conceptual and metacognitive knowledge, with epistemic and rhetorical knowledge emerging as areas for further strengthening.
- Educators can further expand opportunities for reasoning, reflection, and argumentation across subjects, supported by a stronger emphasis on disciplinary ways of thinking.
- While dialogic teaching approaches are growing, procedural and exam-oriented practices continue to feature strongly.
- This offers a steady platform from which to deepen inquiry-based learning.
- Given common time pressures towards the end of lessons, Assessment for Learning approaches, lesson summaries, and closure routines present opportunities for continued refinement.
- CORE 3 findings are being used to:
- Design training modules and inform pre-service training within the National Institute of Education.
- Inform professional learning at the Ministry of Education.
Introduction to CORE 3
Research Methodology
Research Findings
What Does This Mean for Teaching and Learning?
Related Links
- CRPP Core Research Programme
- The Core of Teaching and Learning
- Nurturing Students to be Engaged and Concerned Citizens
Further Readings
For educators interested in the research methodology behind CORE 3, you may refer to:
- Core 3 research programme: Baseline investigation of subject domain pedagogies in Singapore’s primary and secondary classrooms (C3-PP)
- Core 3 Research Programme: Baseline investigation of subject-domain pedagogies in Singapore’s primary and secondary classrooms (C3-PP): Significant findings for PE (P5 and Sec3)
- Core 3 research programme findings on inquiry-based teaching and learning and implications for classroom practice
Research Project
Research Team
To learn more about this research, please contact Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis at dennis.kwek@nie.edu.sg.
Principal Investigator
- Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis, Centre Director, Centre for Research in Pedagogy & Practice and Associate Dean, Strategic Engagement
Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education – Office for Research
Acknowledgement
This study was funded by the Education Research Funding Programme, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (project no. OER 10/17 KBK). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Singapore MOE and NIE.
This knowledge resource was extracted and reconstructed from the published materials from the research team by Ms Shee Yi Xuan, Katherine with input from Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis and Ms Lorraine Ow and presented on 1 January 2025.
