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Sawada, Daiyo – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Five classroom situations in Japanese elementary schools are described and interpreted from perspective of first four standards in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards. Concludes that Japanese children do so well in mathematics because Japanese teachers embody essence of the standards in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Creative Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique)