2023 Chicago Lesson Study (mini-) Conference

2023 Chicago Lesson Study (mini-) Conference

At long last, we are back! Lesson Study Alliance, in collaboration with three of our partner schools, will host a one-day mini-conference on Wednesday, April 12, the day before AERA. Space permitting, you may attend the research lesson of your choice, each one...

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Great article on division with remainders

One of Chicago's Lesson Study Leaders, Joshua Lerner, wrote a terrific article in NCTM's journal Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching in PK-12. It is titled, "Recommendations for Teaching Division with Remainders." From the introduction: Recently our team of...

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Fractions as numbers vs. fractions as ratios

A grade 4 team was recently considering the following task for a lesson in which they hoped to have students make a connection between fractions and decimals: What would you say about this? I wrote them two emails about it. First email: What would be the purpose of...

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