Here are articles for you to use for your 11 o'clock hour projects. Nicole will be leading the first week of Reflections on Practice and would like you to read before arriving in Park City:

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1. The Secret Garden of Teacher Education

by Suzanne M. Wilson

SecretGarden_pp204to209.pdf [PDF format]

 

2. The Teaching Gap: Chapter 7: Beyond Reform: Japan's Approach to the Improvement of Classroom Teaching

by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert

Stigler1999.pdf [PDF format]

Gail would like you to read for the start of the second week.

3. Chapter 10: Using Lesson Study to Develop Effective Blackboard Practices

by Makoto Yoshida

chapter10Lesson_study.pdf [PDF format]

Here are some additional suggestions:

Chapter 3: For Teachers: Planning and Writing a Research Lesson

by Akihiko Takahashi

chapter3lesson_study.pdf [PDF format]

 

Mathematics for Teaching Progress Guidelines for PROMYS for Teachers

by PROMYS

PROMYS_Rubric.pdf [PDF format]

 

Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction

by Karen C. Fuson, Mindy Kalchman, and John D. Bransford

MathUnderstanding.pdf [PDF format]

 

Improving Mathematics Teaching

by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert

Hiebert.ImprovingMathteaching.2004b.pdf [PDF format]