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Blanton, Maria; Brizuela, Bárbara M.; Gardiner, Angela Murphy; Sawrey, Katie; Newman-Owens, Ashley – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2015
The study of functions is a critical route into teaching and learning algebra in the elementary grades, yet important questions remain regarding the nature of young children's understanding of functions. This article reports an empirically developed learning trajectory in first-grade children's (6-year-olds') thinking about generalizing functional…
Descriptors: Young Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Mathematics Instruction
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Lim, Chap Sam; Kor, Liew Kee; Chia, Hui Min – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2016
This paper discusses how implementation of Lesson Study (LS) has brought about evolving changes in the quality of mathematics classroom teaching in one Chinese primary school. The Japanese model of LS was adapted as a teacher professional development to improve mathematics teachers' teaching practices. The LS group consisted of five mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice