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Cai, Jinfa; Jiang, Chunlian – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
This paper reports on 2 studies that examine how mathematical problem posing is integrated in Chinese and US elementary mathematics textbooks. Study 1 involved a historical analysis of the problem-posing (PP) tasks in 3 editions of the most widely used elementary mathematics textbook series published by People's Education Press in China over 3…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Content Analysis
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Cai, Jinfa; Wang, Tao – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
This study examines U.S. and Chinese teachers' constructing, knowing, and evaluating representations to teach the concept of ratio. All Chinese lesson plans are very similar with details in teaching contents and procedure. The U.S lesson plans are extremely varied although they all adopted the "outline and worksheet" format. Both the…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods