Highlights From the TIMSS 1999 Video Study of Eighth-Grade Mathematics Teaching
Introduction

Similarities Across Countries

Differences Across Countries

Conclusions

References

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Jacobs, J., Garnier, H., Gallimore, R., Hollingsworth, H., Givvin, K.B., Rust, K., Kawanaka, T., Smith, M., Wearne, D., Manaster, A., Etterbeek, W., Hiebert, J., and Stigler, J.W. (forthcoming). TIMSS 1999 Video Study Technical Report: Volume 1: Mathematics Study. U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Stigler, J.W., Gonzales, P., Kawanaka, T., Knoll, S., and Serrano, A. (1999). The TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study: Methods and Findings From an Exploratory Research Project on Eighth-Grade Mathematics Instruction in Germany, Japan, and the United States. (NCES 1999-074). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Stigler, J.W. and Hiebert, J. (1999). The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas From the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. New York: Free Press.

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