In this paper, I summarize the influence of mathematical problem solving on mathematics
education in Japan. During the 1980–1990s, many studies had been conducted under the …

This paper reports the results of an international comparative study conducted in
Switzerland and Japan of an elementary school mathematics lesson. The principal aim of …

Hilary Hollingsworth is Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational
Research (ACER), Australia. Hilary has over 30 years' experience working in a wide range …

In this paper, we analyse a grade 8 (age 13–14) Japanese problem-solving lesson involving
angles associated with parallel lines, taught by a highly regarded, expert Japanese …

Promising teaching approaches for developing students= mathematical competencies
include the approach of teaching mathematics through problem solving. Orchestrating a …

Se proporciona en este trabajo un marco intelectual que precisa y avanza algunas
dimensiones del currículo de Matemáticas de Costa Rica para la enseñanza primaria y …

In this study, we examined the instructional coherence in a Chinese mathematics classroom
by analyzing a sequence of four videotaped lessons on the topic of fraction division. Our …

Classroom discourse and professional discourse about classrooms constitute forms of social
performance undertaken within affordances and constraints that can be both cultural and …

In this article, we focus on smartphone use initiated by students during lessons, with the aim
of deepening the knowledge of when and why this use happens. Our methodological …

This paper aims to examine key characteristics of exemplary mathematics instruction in
Japanese classrooms. The selected findings of large-scale international studies of …