Lesson Study Group at Mills College

Lesson Study Group Videos

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• How Many Seats? - DVD showing excerpts from a lesson study cycle that occurred during a 10-day summer workshop on lesson study and algebra. ©2005

• Can You Find the Area? - DVD showing a series of three lessons (abridged) taught by Dr. Akihiko Takahashi to fourth-graders in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, California. ©2003

• To Open A Cube - DVD showing a public research lesson taught by Dr. Akihiko Takahashi to fifth-graders in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, California. ©2003 Clips available to view.


• Three Perspectives on Lesson Study - DVD presenting Catherine Lewis, Clea Fernandez and Jim Stigler answering a series of questions on Lesson Study. ©2001 Clips available to view.

• Can You Lift 100kg? (220 pounds) - DVD showing the three parts of the Research Lesson cycle. ©1998. Clips available to view.

• The Secret of Trapezes - DVD of Science Research Lesson on pendulums. Grade 5. ©1998

• The Secret of Magnets - DVD of Science Research Lessons on magnets. Grade 3. ©1999

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