by Michael Nicoloff | Nov 6, 2018
Originally aired on American Radioworks, August 2015. Description: Research shows good teaching makes a big difference in how much kids learn. But the United States lacks an effective system for training new teachers or helping them get better once they’re on the job....
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 26, 2018
Description: This video shows excerpts from two research lessons: the seventh and eighth lessons of a ten-lesson unit on pendulums taught to fifth graders. In prior lessons, students have created desktop “trapezes” and tried to make them swing at different...
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 26, 2018
Description: This video shows excerpts from the seventh and eighth lessons of a nine-lesson unit on magnets for third graders. During the first part of the double-period lesson, students finish building toys they have designed “using the secrets of...
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 24, 2018
Originally aired on WBEZ Chicago, January 9, 2012. Excerpt: In the sunlit library at Jorge Prieto Elementary on Chicago’s’ northwest side, an experiment is underway. A provisional classroom has been set up. A white board sits at the front of the room, and 20 eighth...
by Michael Nicoloff | Jan 4, 2018
From Journal of Educational Change. Abstract: This paper features a case study of one US K-8 school district pioneering the use of ‘‘lesson study,’’ a teacher professional development approach adapted from Japan. The case explores events that occurred in the district...
