by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 26, 2018
A video by the Lesson Study Group at Mills College. Description: This video follows the Lesson Study process of a group of grade 5 and 6 teachers at a public elementary school in Tokyo. The teachers plan a unit and research lesson on levers, teach the lesson to a...
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 24, 2018
A video by the Lesson Study Group at Mills College. Description: This video shows excerpts from a Lesson Study cycle that occurred during a 10-day summer workshop on Lesson Study and algebra. During the first days of the workshop, teachers solve and discuss algebra...
by Laura Henn | Mar 13, 2018
Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of decimals. We consider important similarities and differences between decimals and fractions, qualities of our base-ten number system to emphasize when teaching decimals, and considerations for...
by Laura Henn | Feb 1, 2018
Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of measurement. We highlight important aspects of teaching measurement topics to children and address the main stages of understanding that students go through when learning what it means to measure a...