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 26, 2018
A video by the Lesson Study Group at Mills College. Description: This video features three scholars discussing Lesson Study: Catherine Lewis (Mills College) addresses 16 frequently asked questions about Lesson Study. Drawing on her research on Lesson Study in Japan...
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 24, 2018
From Lesson Study Alliance, based on an article in ZDM, 2016. Excerpt: “Lesson Study” is a translation of the Japanese phrase jugyou kenkyuu, which refers to a set of practices that have been used in Japan to improve teaching and learning for over 100 years. Lesson...
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...
