Japanese Lesson Study: Ideas for Improving Mathematics Teaching

This product of a seminar, "Analyzing the Teaching of Mathematics in Japan and the United States" in Tokyo, Japan, following the Ninth International Congress of Mathematical Education in August 2000, introduces the concept of Japanese lesson study to the American mathematics education community. The DVD captures the essential elements of lesson study, and the User's Guide provides background information, resource material, and implications for professional development in the United States. User's Guide included.