Mathematics Curriculum Reforms Around the World
The 24th ICMI Study
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School mathematics curriculum reforms that take place in one country or region of the world sometimes impact well beyond the boundaries of the contexts for which those reforms were intended or enacted. In this...
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In this penultimate section, two commentaries on the ICMI Study 24 volume as a whole are presented. These reflections are included from two leading scholars in mathematics education research with a keen intere...
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The concluding chapter of this volume distils key messages and lessons learned from ICMI Study 24 across the themes and chapters. We start by recognising the changing of contexts for the study on curriculum re...
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School mathematics curriculum reforms have taken place in many countries around the world within contexts that vary significantly. This introduction to the study volume begins with a recognition that while thi...
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Lesson study is a Japanese concept to improve teaching and learning mathematics through a particular form of activity in which a group of teachers works collaboratively to plan, implement, observe, and reflect...
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After the 2008 global financial crisis, the regulatory tightening, coupled with the spontaneous reaction of financial institutions to avoid risks, prevented increases in money supply in circulation even under ...
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In mathematics education scholarship, the results of international comparative studies tend to be reported with dichotomies: “high-performing” versus “low-performing,” “teacher-centered” versus “student-center...
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This introductory article aims to provide a synthesis of the state-of-the art studies on lesson study with in-service mathematics teachers and an outlook on the entire issue. First, we report a systematic lite...
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Students in East Asia have been performing extremely well in international studies of mathematics achievements such as TIMSS and PISA. On the other hand, education practices in East Asian countries look differ...
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Research in mathematics education that crosses national boundaries provides new insights into the development and improvement of the teaching and learning of mathematics. In particular, cross-national comparis...
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Researchers have increasingly recognized that learning mathematics is a cultural activity. At the same time, research aims, technological advances, and methodological techniques have diversified, enabling more...
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Technetium-99m-galactosyl human serum albumin (GSA) scintigraphy provides an accurate estimation of the hepatic functional reserve but is not applied after a hepatectomy. The aim of this study was to elucidate...
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This paper aims to examine key characteristics of exemplary mathematics instruction in Japanese classrooms. The selected findings of large-scale international studies of classroom practices in mathematics are ...
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What may teachers do in develo** and carrying out exemplary or high-quality mathematics classroom instruction? What can we learn from teachers’ instructional practices that are often culturally valued in dif...