Dr. Pamela Sharpe, author of the Grade K program for Math in Focus: Singapore Math by Marshall Cavendish, has been involved in training teachers in both Singapore and the United Kingdom for 38 years. She has played a major role in both setting up early childhood programs and in developing a preschool mathematics curriculum in Singapore. Formerly an associate professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, she is currently a part-time lecturer there, as well as a consultant for the early childhood program and early childhood intervention programs. Dr. Sharpe specializes in teaching both high-ability and struggling children at the preschool level. Her research includes studying the adjustment patterns of children in transition from preschool to primary school, as well as identifying and assessing preschool children with special needs.