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Peer reviewedKawanaka, Takako; Stigler, James W. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 1999
Teachers in Germany, Japan, and the United States pose many questions to their students, and it is assumed that the kinds of questions teachers ask influence students' opportunities to think and communicate mathematically during lessons. Investigates teachers' use of questions in 8th-grade mathematics classrooms within the three cultures.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
Stigler, James W.; Gonzales, Patrick; Kawanaka, Takako; Knoll, Steffen; Serrano, Ana – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Describes the methods and preliminary findings of the Videotape Classroom Study, a video survey of eighth-grade mathematics lessons in Germany, Japan, and the United States. Part of the Third International Mathematics and Science study, this research project is the first study of videotaped records from national probability samples. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
