Making connections : : comparing mathematics classrooms around the world / / edited by David Clarke [and three others].

In this book, comparisons are made between the practices of classrooms in a variety of different school systems around the world. The abiding challenge for classroom research is the realization of structure in diversity. The structure in this case takes the form of patterns of participation: regular...

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Superior document:The Learner’s Perspective Study ; 2
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:The Learner’s Perspective Study ; 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / David Clarke , Eva Jablonka , Jonas Emanuelsson and Ida Ah Chee Mok
  • The Learner's Perspective Study and International Comparisons of Classroom Practice / David Clarke , Jonas Emanuelsson , Eva Jablonka and Ida Ah Chee Mok
  • Addressing the Challenge of Legitimate International Comparisons: Lesson Structure in the USA, Germany and Japan / David Clarke , Carmel Mesiti , Eva Jablonka and Yoshinori Shimizu
  • Beginning the Lesson: The First Ten Minutes / Carmel Mesiti and David Clarke
  • Kikan-Shido: Between Desks Instruction / Catherine O'Keefe , Li Hua Xu and David Clarke
  • Student(s) at the Front: Forms and Functions in Six Classrooms from Germany, Hong Kong and the United States / Eva Jablonka
  • How Do You Conclude Today's Lesson? The Form and Functions of 'Matome' in Mathematics Lessons / Yoshinori Shimizu
  • 'Learning Task' Lesson Events / Ida Ah Chee Mok and Berinderjeet Kaur
  • Interaction, Organisation, Tasks and Possibilities for Learning about Mathematical Relationships: A Swedish Classroom Compared with a US Classroom / Johan Liljestrand and Ulla Runesson
  • The Introduction of New Content: What is Possible to Learn? / Johan Häggström
  • A Study of Mathematics Teachers' Constraints in Changing Practices: Some Lessons from Countries Participating in the Learner's Perspective Study / Herbert Bheki Khuzwayo
  • Deconstructing Dichotomies: Arguing for a more Inclusive Approach / David Clarke
  • The LPS Research Design / David Clarke
  • Author Index / David Clarke , Eva Jablonka , Jonas Emanuelsson and Ida Ah Chee Mok
  • Subject Index / David Clarke , Eva Jablonka , Jonas Emanuelsson and Ida Ah Chee Mok
  • Further Reading / David Clarke , Eva Jablonka , Jonas Emanuelsson and Ida Ah Chee Mok.