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Peer reviewedSawada, Daiyo – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a typical fifth-grade mathematics lesson as taught in a Japanese elementary school, followed by a reflective commentary focused on problem solving, using manipulative aids, and multiple solutions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Sawada, Daiyo – 1994
It is known from many international studies that Japanese students do well in mathematics. This paper describes a typical lesson from a Japanese fifth-grade classroom, and discusses the lesson in terms of problem solving, including: embedding of the problem, spending 35 minutes or more on one problem, acting out the problem, multiple solutions,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
