Theory and Practice of Lesson Study in Mathematics
An International Perspective
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The difficulties that modelling tasks pose to students can be explained by the cognitive complexity of these tasks, as they require a diverse range of mathematical and extra-mathematical competencies. However,...
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The aims of this chapter are: (i) to showcase the state-of-the-art for theoretical perspectives for studying mathematics teacher collaboration; (ii) to identify promising theoretical and methodological perspec...
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Reasoning processes include formulating mathematical conjectures and generalizations and making justifications. In an exploratory approach, students’ development of mathematical reasoning is supported by the w...
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In the research reported in this paper, using a modified version of the interconnected model of teacher professional growth (IMTPG) proposed by Clarke and Hollingsworth (Teaching Teacher Educ 18:947–967, 2002)...
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This chapter traces the connections between Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) and Portuguese developments in mathematics education in terms of research studies and curriculum development. The basis for thi...
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Lesson study, a powerful teacher professional development approach, originating in Asia, has spread globally. Although the positive effects of lesson study on teacher learning and student learning have been wi...
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The adaptation of lesson study to different national contexts raises problems that are attracting the attention of researchers. In this chapter, we show how we have conducted lesson study in , taking into acc...
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This chapter focuses on building capacity in statistics teacher education, with a twofold purpose. First, this chapter reviews prior research into the professional development of teachers of statistics (elemen...
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A proof is a connected sequence of assertions that includes a set of accepted statements, forms of reasoning and modes of representing arguments. Assuming reasoning to be central to proving and aiming to devel...
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In teacher education, a key issue is how prospective teachers learn. At the University of Lisbon, based on an inquiry-based approach to mathematics learning, we developed a secondary school mathematics teacher...
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Throughout the survey one can see that there is a steady growth in the research around prospective secondary mathematics teacher education. Also several of the studies were repeated in at least two of the sect...
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The topic survey on the education of prospective secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) provides significant new trends and development in research and practices related to aspects of preparing PSMTs from 2005...
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This chapter focuses on research on pre-service secondary school mathematics teachers’ (PSMT) knowledge. Fifty-nine papers were reviewed and each paper was coded according to its research focus, theoretical an...
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This paper seeks to identify actions that can be regarded as building elements of teachers’ classroom practice in mathematical discussion and how these actions may be combined to provide fruitful learning oppo...
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Recent mathematics curriculum orientations stress the importance of develo** students’ statistical literacy at different school levels. Many students can read and understand tables, charts, and graphs and pe...
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This paper analyzes the tasks proposed in several Portuguese mathematics textbooks from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. A look at the nature and intended purpose of these tasks raises interesting i...
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