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Direct linkHiebert, 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
Peer reviewedGivvin, 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
