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Corcoran, Dolores – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2009
Lesson study is a form of teacher professional development that is intrinsic to the Japanese educational system in first and second level schools and in teacher education. Lesson study has been credited with the success of Japanese pupils in international comparative tests of mathematics achievement (Stigler and Hiebert, 1999). It is gaining…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Elective Courses, Foreign Countries
Maguire, Terry; O'Donoghue, John – 2001
The newly constituted further education sector in Ireland was developed by the National Council for Vocational Awards. The mathematics for this sector was introduced as Mathematical Methods Level 2 on a pilot basis. The standard module's level proved to be too high, based on high failure rates. A review of the mathematics provision initiated these…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Articulation (Education), Course Content, Curriculum Development