November 2010, Vol. 41, Issue 5
Are There Any Places That Students Use Their Heads? Principles of High-Quality Japanese Mathematics Instruction
Douglas L. Corey, Blake E. Peterson, Benjamin Merrill Lewis and Jared Bukarau
Previous research gives evidence that Japanese mathematics teachers “may have a more detailed and widely shared theory about how to teach effectively” when compared to their U.S. counterparts (Jacobs & Morita, 2002). This study explores the conceptions and cultural scripts of a group of Japanese mathematics teachers by analyzing the conversations between cooperating teachers and student teachers.
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