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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784043003321

Titolo

Japanese lesson study in mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : its impact, diversity and potential for educational improvement / / editors, Masami Isoda ... [et al.] ; with support of Shizumi Shimizu ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12136-3

9786611121365

981-270-747-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IsodaMasami

Disciplina

510.71/052

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching - Japan

Lesson planning - Japan

Effective teaching

Mathematics teachers - Training of - Japan

Mathematics - Study and teaching - Research - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction: to the English Translation; Introduction: translated from the Japanese version; Chapter 1: Japanese Lesson Study in Mathematics; Chapter 2: Methods and Types of Study Lessons; Chapter 3: Trends of Research Topics in Japan Society of Mathematical Education; Chapter 4: Diversity and Variety of Lesson Study; Chapter 5: International Cooperative Projects; Appendices

Sommario/riassunto

In Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (2000) in the US, the authors quote from James Stigler's conclusions from various videotape research studies of mathematics teaching: ""The key to long-term improvement [in teaching] is to figure out how to generate, accumulate, and share professional knowledge"". Japanese Lesson Study has proved to be one successful means. This book supports the growing movement of lesson study to improve the quality of mathematics education from the original viewpoints of Japa