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Hiebert, James; Stigler, James W. – Educational Leadership, 2004
International comparisons are made to improve mathematics teaching in United States. In 1995, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) examined national samples of 8th grade mathematics lessons from Germany, Japan and United States.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Comparative Education
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Hiebert, James; Stigler, James W.; Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Givvin, Karen Bogard; Garnier, Helen; Smith, Margaret; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Manaster, Alfred; Wearne, Diana; Gallimore, Ronald – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2005
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Video Study examined eighth-grade mathematics teaching in the United States and six higher-achieving countries. A range of teaching systems were found across higher-achieving countries that balanced attention to challenging content, procedural skill, and conceptual understanding in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods
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Jacobs, Jennifer; Garnier, Helen; Gallimore, Ronald; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Givvin, Karen Bogard; Rust, Keith; Kawanaka, Takako; Smith, Margaret; Wearne, Diana; Manaster, Alfred; Etterbeek, Wallace; Hiebert, James; Stigler, James – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This first volume of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Video Study Technical Report focuses on every aspect of the planning, implementation, processing, analysis, and reporting of the mathematics components of the TIMSS 1999 Video Study. The report is intended to serve as a record of the actions and documentation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Teachers
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Givvin, Karen Bogard; Hiebert, James; Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Gallimore, Ronald – Comparative Education Review, 2005
In order to improve teaching, it is important to understand why teaching looks the way that it now does and how its general form can be explained. One way to address this question is at the classroom level. This approach has been found in the ethnographic work of anthropologists and has been skillfully applied in the recent work of such…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Hiebert, James; Givvin, Karen Bogard; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Garnier, Helen; Wearne, Diana – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2006
Debates about the future of school mathematics in the United States often center on whether standards-based instruction is improving or undermining students' achievement. Critical for making progress in these debates is information about the actual nature of classroom practice in U.S. classrooms. This article focuses on one key element of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, National Standards