...João Pedro da Ponte; Micaela Martins; Marisa Quaresma; Paula Gomes; Bruna Rodrigues Purpose The aim of this article is to present a systematic literature review on the role of the facilitator in lesson studies in mathematics. The review identifies and synthesizes the facilitators’ needed skills...

..., the current position of validity discussions in published studies and describes the process of test development and validation in a specific learning study project. Knowledge test Test development Validity Lesson and learning study Mathematics Science Swedish Institute for Educational Research...

... highlighted three considerations: (1) the novelty of lesson study for novice pre-service teachers (PSTs) who were unfamiliar with structured problem-solving in mathematics, (2) the need to manage expectations we placed on ourselves as Koshi as well as our PSTs and (3) the need to temper the “critical...

... fieldwork in a secondary school in Tokyo, Japan, including participatory observation of a mathematics class and a semi-structured interview with a teacher. The classroom discourse is analyzed to interpret the students’ thinking dispositions and the teacher's approaches in context using eight lessons...

...Colin Foster; Ruth Trundley This viewpoint article considers the challenges of adapting mathematics lesson study for early-years practitioners working in pre-school settings. Lesson study Early childhood teachers Mathematics Online Professional development Video As part of our...

...-use rights only Lesson study Research on practice Knowledge of student learning Prospective teachers Mathematics To ensure the quality of teaching, teachers need preparation comprising knowledge of how students learn mathematics. Therefore, identifying a learning problem...

..., 2013). Figure 2 Transformative assessment practices through one cycle lesson study It would, therefore, be arguable that the change in students’ mathematics learning and performance has more to do with the changes in teachers’ transformative assessment practices. Furthermore, though...

... develop different aspects of PCK. Lesson study Prospective primary teachers Pedagogical content knowledge Initial teacher education Mathematics Initial teacher education (ITE) plays a key role in improving the quality of teaching and learning. Given its importance, research in this field...

..., carried out with a secondary school mathematics teacher who participated in two lesson studies. Data were collected from participant observation, audio recording of lesson study (LS) sessions and discussions with the teacher, video recording of lessons and semi-structured interviews. Frameworks regarding...

...Janne Fauskanger; Nina Helgevold; Mercy Kazima; Arne Jakobsen This paper fulfills an identified need to learn more about how LS might contribute to challenging teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning worldwide. Malawi Mathematics Lesson study Lesson plans Professional...

...Wanty Widjaja; Susie Groves; Zara Ersozlu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and delivery of a lesson study unit in mathematics to pre-service primary teachers and to identify the opportunities and challenges resulting from the need to deliver the unit wholly online due...

...Helena Sjunnesson Accordingly, four research questions were formulated: What perspectives on learning were expressed in relation to communication in mathematics during the initializing phase of lesson study? What did teachers discuss with respect to communication when analyzing teaching...

... on mathematics (Isoda, 2007), a focus preserved in this study, which aimed to propose a mathematical learning objective (or object of learning) in the initialization phase. The model has several similarities to improvement science and plan-do-study-act cycles (Langley et al., 2009 ; Lewis, 2015...

... is to understand whether educators outside Japan are sharing their work resulting from lesson study to impact the field beyond their local context. Databases were searched to find cases (n=45) of lesson study in K-12 mathematics classrooms in the USA. Descriptions of how lesson study was implemented...

... question is the following: Can a specific form of teachers’ research produce practice-based knowledge relevant beyond the borders of the local school context? This question is addressed through empirical examples from previously published papers on learning studies in natural sciences, mathematics...

... of transforming research questions, when learning study is used may be promoted. Mathematics Learning study Teacher research Learning activity Research questions Marie Björk can be contacted at: bjorkmar@hotmail.com 30 08 2018 04 04 2019 17 04 2019 17 04 2019 ©...

... of emphasis on planned and focused observation of STs’ learning, as evidenced by a review of the research lesson plans. The paper includes a description of mathematics TEs’ understanding of LS in an African context, which can be a valuable information for TEs who are attempting to use LS...

.... Mathematics Lesson study Didactique Theory of didactical situations Fundamental situation Stéphane Clivaz can be contacted at: stephane.clivaz@hepl.ch 10 03 2018 01 05 2018 02 05 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights...

...João Pedro da Ponte Table I Features of the reviewed studies Country, participant prospective teachers (PT) Context and design Theoretical framework (other than “lesson study”) Mathematical content addressed in the lesson study Burroughs and Luebeck (2010) Ireland 16...

...Zoe Bradshaw; Amanda Hazell Purpose Problem solving is a skill in mathematics which although always relevant has heightened priority due to the changes in the new mathematics GCSE (Department for Education, 2013). It has previously been a skill which is deemed underdeveloped within mathematics...