Lesson Study
Subtitle: A Japanese Approach to Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning) (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780805839623
Subjects: Teaching of a specific subject; Study and teaching (Elementary); Japan; Education / Teaching; Education; Study and teaching (Elementary; Lesson planning; Elementary; Organizations & Institutions; Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics; Education / Organizations & Institutions; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics; Case studies; Hiroshima-shi; Mathematics
First sentence: During an early afternoon in September 2000 we observed eight Japanese teachers as they sat around a table in their school's staff room planning together a lesson, which was to be the initial lesson in a 12-lesson unit entitled "proportions."