Lesson Study Group at Mills College

Selected Lesson Study Articles

• What is Successful Adaptation of Lesson Study in the U.S.? Perry, R. and Lewis, C. (in press). Journal of Educational Change.

• Learning Across Boundaries: U.S.-Japan Collaboration in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (2006). Lewis, C. & Takahashi, A. (Eds). This volume includes proceedings from two conferences that brought together U.S. and Japanese educators in the fields of mathematics, science and technology education. (10.7mb).

• Lesson Study Comes of Age in North America Lewis, C., Perry, R., Hurd, J., & O'Connell, P. (2006). Phi Delta Kappan. December 2006, pp. 273-281.

• Lesson Study in North America: Progress and Challenges Lewis, C. (2006). In M. Matoba, K. A. Crawford & M. R. Sarkar Arani (Eds.) Lesson study: International Perspective on Policy and Practice. Educational Science Publishing House, Beijing.

• How Should Research Contribute to Instructional Improvement? A Case of Lesson Study Lewis, C., Perry, R. & Murata, A. (2006). Educational Researcher, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 3-14.

• A Deeper Look at Lesson Study Lewis, C., Perry, R. & Hurd, J. (2004). Educational Leadership. February 2004, pp.18-22.

• What are the Essential Elements of Lesson Study? Lewis, C. The California Science Project Connection. Volume 2, No. 6. November/December 2002.

• Lesson Study: The Core of Japanese Professional Development. Lewis, C. (2000) Paper presented at the Special interest group on Research in Mathematics Education at American Educational Research Association meetings, New Orleans, LA.

• A Lesson is Like a Swiftly Flowing River. Lewis, C. & Tsuchida, I. (1998). A Lesson is Like a Swiftly Flowing River: Research lessons and the improvement of Japanese education. American Educator, Winter, 14-17 & 50-52.

• Does Lesson Study Have a Future in the United States? Lewis, Catherine. (2002). Journal of the Nagoya University Department of Education. Nagoya Journal of Education and Human Development, January 2002, No. 1, 1-23.

• Lesson Study in the San Mateo - Foster City School District. Perry, R., Lewis, C. & Akiba, M. (2002). Lesson Study in the San Mateo - Foster City School District. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (2002 Annual Meeting), New Orleans, LA.

• The Basics in Japan: The Three C's. Lewis, C. & Tsuchida, I. (1998b). The Basics in Japan: The Three C's. Educational Leadership 55:6, 32-37.

• Planned Educational Change in Japan. Lewis, C., & Tsuchida, I. (1997). Planned Educational Change in Japan: The shift to student-centered elementary science. Journal of Educational Policy, 12(5), 313-331.

• Beyond Fourth-Grade Science: Why do U.S. and Japanese students diverge? Linn, M., Lewis, C., Tsuchida, I., & Songer, N. (2000). Educational Researcher, 29(3), 4-14. Contact Melissa Crockett (mcrockett@mills.edu) for further details about accessing this article.