Lesson Study Group at Mills College

Organizations

• American Educational Research Association
  
  
• APEC Education Network
  • Classroom videos - Lesson Study
    
    
• AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Project 2061
  
  
• California Subject Matter Project
  • California Mathematics Project
  • California Science Project


• Chicago Lesson Study Group
  
  
• Child Research Net
  
  
• Cody's Science Education Zone
  
  
• CCSSO (The Council of Chief State School Officers)


• Developmental Studies Center - Lesson Study


• Eastern Michigan State University Lesson Study eNetwork


• EDC (Education Development Center) Lesson Study Project
  
  
• ENC curriculum and professional development materials
  
  
• Global Educational Resources
  
  
• Lesson Lab Inc.
  

• Lesson Study Network, DePaul University, Chicago
  

• Lesson Study Project - University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
  
  
• Lesson Study Research Group at Teachers College, Columbia University
  • List of Schools and Organizations participating in Lesson Study
  • List of Researchers participating in Lesson Study
    
    
• Math New Mexico, Lesson Study
  
  
• National Science Foundation
  
  
• Oakland Unified School District, CA - Lesson Study in History-Social Studies
  • Introducing Lesson Study by Stan Pesick and Carolyn Halpin-Healy
  • Implementing Lesson Study by Roni Jones and Mimi Couglin
  • Matt Karlsen: Introducing Lesson Study
  
  
• Research for Better Schools (RBS)
  • Resources on Lesson Study
  
  
• TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) Resource Center


• U.S. Department of Education
  • Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
  • National Center for Education Research (NCER)
    
  • NCER, International Comparisons in Education

Additional Information

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• A Japanese-inspired approach to teaching is expanding in the Bay Area by Katy Murphy, published in the Oakland Tribune March 30, 2012. Catherine Lewis, Kathy Schultz (Dean of Mills College) and other Bay Area Lesson Study advocates are featured in this article.


• Lesson Study Works! An Interview with Dr. Catherine Lewis. By Anthony Cody, featured in Education Week October 25, 2011
  
  
• Catherine Lewis was featured on CBS Evening News and spoke about how Japanese teachers learn by working with others. See the video here.


• Building Teacher Accountability from the Ground Up. By Anthony Cody, featured by Washington Post Education blogger Valerie Strauss on October 23, 2010.


• Asilomar Lesson Study Conference 2009 proceeding. From Math Village.


• California Capitol Lesson Study Conference proceedings - May 16, 2008, Sacramento, CA.


• APEC - Tsukuba International Conference III proceedings - "Innovation of Classroom Teaching and Learning through Lesson Study," December 9 - 14, 2007, Tokyo Kanazawa and Kyoto, Japan

• Japanese Lesson Study, Staff Development, and Science Education Reform - The Neshaminy Story, The Science Educator, Spring 2007
  
  
• Northwest Teacher, Spring 2003, Volume 4, Number 3. Articles in this volume devoted to Lesson Study include, The Essential Elements of Lesson Study, Researchers in Every Classroom, Lesson Study Advisors, and Lesson Study in the Northwest.
  
  
• RBS 2002 Lesson Study Conference. Papers and presentations available online.
  
  
• CSP Connection Vol. 2, No. 6, November/December 2002. At many of the California Science Project regional sites, there are groups of teachers involved in Lesson Study. They are enthusiastic, motivated and proving that teachers are engaged and critical professionals willing to engage with others and examine science lessons.
  
  
• RBS Currents on-line Vol. 5.2, Spring/Summer 2002 is devoted to issues surrounding Lesson Study.
  
  
• CSP Connection Vol. 2, No. 1, September 2001. In this issue, Catherine Lewis, Senior Research Scientist, Mills College, details many of the merits of Lesson Study.
  
  
• Independent August 18th, 2001 San Mateo - Foster City local teachers learn the art of communication.
  
  
• Northwest Teacher Spring 2001, Volume 2, Number 2. Lesson Study: Teachers Learning Together.
  
  
• Foundations: A monograph for professionals in science, mathematics, and technology education. (ESIE at the National Science Foundation), 2000.
  
  
• Inadequate Teacher Training Puts U.S. Students Behind in Math, Science Washington Post, Dec 21st, 2000.
  
  
• Does Math Matter? A growing number of observers say a math deficit among US students threatens economic vitality in a high-tech age. A three-part series on what's afoot in U.S. classrooms, May 16, 2000.
  
  
• A Teaching Style That Adds Up By David J. Hoff, Education Week, February 23, 2000.
  
  
• Highlights from the TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study. 1999.