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Shouffler, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative case study examines the professional development practice of Lesson Study as a vehicle for teacher learning. Through observing the participation and analyzing interviews of a group of United States middle school mathematics educators as they engaged in Lesson Study, this study examines teachers' learning with respect to (a)…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
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Lomos, Catalina; Hofman, Roelande H.; Bosker, Roel J. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
Secondary school teaching is organized in departments and effective departments functioning as collaborative teams have been associated with effective schools. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship of mathematics departments perceived as professional communities and student achievement in Dutch secondary schools. Cluster analysis and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Academic Achievement, Multivariate Analysis
Droese, Shirley M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigates the use of Lesson Study in three U.S. schools. Lesson Study is part of the culture of teaching in Japanese K-8 schools. Researchers in the United States brought the practice of Lesson Study ("jugyokenkyo" in Japanese) to light in the late 1990's while investigating reasons for differences in the performance of…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Organizational Change, Faculty Development, Educational Change