Lesson study, improvement, and the importing of cultural routines

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 581-587

  Stigler, James W ^a   Hiebert, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural comparisons; Improving teaching; Lesson study; Research on teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976439472     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-016-0787-7     Document Type: Article

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