Studying Sample Lessons Rather than one Excellent Lesson: A Japanese Per- spective on the TIMSS Videotape Class- room Study

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  • Yoshinori Shimizu
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The findings of the TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study include aspects of mathematics lessons showing a strong resemblance between Germany and the U.S. in difference to Japan. This paper discusses some of the features that appear to make Japanese lessons different from the other two countries. In particular, the paper examines the goals of lessons described by Japanese teachers, how lessons are structured and implemented, and the emphasis on alternative solutions to a problem in the teaching and learning processes. The characteristics of Japanese lessons identified by the TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study can naturally be interpreted as indications of teachers’ efforts to foster students’ mathematical thinking in the classroom. Kurzreferat: Stichprobenhafte Untersuchungen von Unterrichtsstunden sind besser als Untersuchungen einer mustergültigen Stunde: Japanische Aspekte der TIMS-Videostudie. Die Ergebnisse der TIMS-Videostudie enthalten Aspekte des Mathematikunterrichts, die große Ähnlichkeiten zwischen Deutschland und den USA aufzeigen sowie Unterschiede zu Japan. In diesem Beitrag werden einige Merkmale des japanischen Mathematikunterrichts behandelt, die den Unterschied zu den beiden anderen Ländern ausmachen. Insbesondere geht es um die von japanischen Lehrern genannten Ziele ihres Unterrichts, darum, wie Unterrichtsstunden strukturiert und gehalten werden sowie um die große Rolle, die alternative Lösungen einer Aufgabe im Lehrund Lernprozess spielen. Die Merkmale japanischen Unterrichts, wie sie durch die TIMS-Videostudie identifiziert werden konnten, können als Indikatoren für das Bemühen der Lehrer, das mathematische Denken der Schüler zu fördern, angesehen werden. ZDM-Classification: D10, D40

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تاریخ انتشار 2000