by Michael Nicoloff | Mar 12, 2018
From The New York Times Magazine. Excerpt: When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something...
by Michael Nicoloff | Mar 12, 2018
From NAIS online, 2014. Abstract: In Japan, math educators have been thinking about how to develop problem-solving for several decades. This article walks through a typical 5th grade teaching through problem solving mathematics lesson highlighting some of the...
by Jason Garvey | Nov 6, 2024
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 magnets.” During...
by Jason Garvey | Nov 6, 2024
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 speeds in...
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...
