Seah Lay Hoon
 
 
 
Position
Research Associate
 
Telephone
(65) 6 790 3336
 
Fax
(65) 6 896 8038
 
Email address
 
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Biographical Sketch
 

 
 

Seah Lay Hoon joined LSL as a Research Associate in July 2006. Her previous research experiences include working as a research associate at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (NIE) and as a part-time centre coordinator cum research assistant at the International Centre for Classroom Research (University of Melbourne) while pursuing her Master of Education by Research. Prior to doing her Master, she taught Chemistry and General Science to GCE ‘O’ and ‘N’ Level students in a neighbourhood secondary school. She also has work experience in a law firm as a patent executive.
 
 
Education
 
 

Bachelor of Science, Merit (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
 
 
 

Postgraduate Diploma of Education (NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 
 
 

Master of Education (University of Melbourne)
 
 
 
Selected Publications
 
 
 
 
- Seah, L. H. & Hart, C. (In press). A Cross Disciplinary Analysis of Science Classroom Discourse. In Bokhorst-Heng, W., Osborne, M., & Lee, K. (Eds). Redesigning pedagogies: Reflections on theory and praxis. Sense Publishers.
 
 
- Seah, L. H.; Kaur, B. & Low, H. K. (In press). Case Studies of Singapore Secondary Mathematics Classrooms: The Instructional Approaches of Two Teachers. In Clarke, D.J., Keitel, C., & Shimizu, Y. (Eds.) Mathematics Classrooms in Twelve Countries: The Insider's Perspective. Taiwan: Sense Publishers, p. 151-165
 
 
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Kaur, B., Low, H. K. & Seah, L. H. (In press). Mathematics Teaching in Two Singapore Classrooms: The Role of the Textbook and Homework. In Clarke, D.J., Keitel, C., & Shimizu, Y. (Eds.) Mathematics Classrooms in Twelve Countries: The Insider's Perspective. Taiwan: Sense Publishers, p. 99-115.
 
 
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Clarke, D.J. & Seah, L. H. (2005). Studying the distribution of responsibility for the generation of knowledge in mathematics classrooms in Hong Kong, Melbourne, San Diego and Shanghai. In H. L. Chick & J. L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, h 257-264
 
 
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Kaur, B.; Seah, L. H. & Low, H. K. (2005). A Window to a Mathematics Classroom in Singapore – Some Preliminary Findings. Paper presented at the Redesigning Pedagogy: Research, Policy and Practice Conference, Singapore, 30 May – 1Jun, 2005
 
 
   
 
Research Interest
 
 
Science education, Classroom discourse analysis, Learners’ perspectives
   
 
Awards
   
Awarded Biochemistry Silver Medal (1997) for outstanding achievements in Biochemistry by Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, NUS