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Teaching Versus Teachers as a Lever for Change: Comparing a Japanese and a U.S. Perspective on Improving Instruction by Hiebert, James, Stigler, James W.

“…We examine the distinction between teaching and teachers as it relates to instructional improvement. Drawing from work outside of education on improvement…”
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Teaching the Conceptual Structure of Mathematics by Richland, Lindsey E., Stigler, James W., Holyoak, Keith J.

“…Many students graduate from K-12 mathematics programs without flexible, conceptual mathematics knowledge. This article reviews psychological and educational…”
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The Role of Lesson Analysis in Pre-Service Teacher Education: An Empirical Investigation of Teacher Learning from a Virtual Video-Based Field Experience by Santagata, Rossella, Zannoni, Claudia, Stigler, James W

“…A video-based program on lesson analysis for pre-service mathematics teachers was implemented for two consecutive years as part of a teacher education program…”
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Teaching Statistics and Data Analysis with R by Tucker, Mary C., Shaw, Stacy T., Son, Ji Y., Stigler, James W.

“…We developed an interactive online textbook that interleaves R programming activities with text as a way to facilitate students' understanding of statistical…”
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Modeling First: Applying Learning Science to the Teaching of Introductory Statistics by Son, Ji Y, Blake, Adam B, Fries, Laura, Stigler, James W

“…Students learn many concepts in the introductory statistics course, but even our most successful students end up with rigid, ritualized knowledge that does not…”
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The “Better Book” Approach to Addressing Equity in Statistics: Centering the Motivational Experiences of Students from Racially Marginalized Backgrounds for Widespread Benefit by Sutter, Claudia C., Jackson, Matthew C., Givvin, Karen B., Stigler, James W., Son, Ji Y.

“…Although improving racial equity in critical college courses such as introductory statistics is a laudable goal, making research-based progress toward that aim…”
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Removing opportunities to calculate improves students’ performance on subsequent word problems by Givvin, Karen B., Moroz, Veronika, Loftus, William, Stigler, James W.

“…Background In two studies we investigated whether removing opportunities to calculate could improve students’ subsequent ability to solve similar word…”
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Exploring the practicing-connections hypothesis: using gesture to support coordination of ideas in understanding a complex statistical concept by Son, Ji Y., Ramos, Priscilla, DeWolf, Melissa, Loftus, William, Stigler, James W.

“…In this article, we begin to lay out a framework and approach for studying how students come to understand complex concepts in rich domains. Grounded in…”
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Practicing Connections: A Framework to Guide Instructional Design for Developing Understanding in Complex Domains by Fries, Laura, Son, Ji Y., Givvin, Karen B., Stigler, James W.

“…Research suggests that expert understanding is characterized by coherent mental representations featuring a high level of connectedness. This paper advances…”
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Watching Hands Move Enhances Learning From Concrete and Dynamic Visualizations by Zhang, Icy (Yunyi), Xu, Alice, Son, Ji Y., Stigler, James W.

“…This article explores the role of sensorimotor engagement in students' learning of a challenging science, technology, engineering, and math-related concept…”
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Measuring Usable Knowledge: Teachers' Analyses of Mathematics Classroom Videos Predict Teaching Quality and Student Learning by Kersting, Nicole B., Givvin, Karen B., Thompson, Belinda J., Santagata, Rossella, Stigler, James W.

“…This study explores the relationships between teacher knowledge, teaching practice, and student learning in mathematics. It extends previous work that…”
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Thoughts on Creating, Accumulating, and Utilizing Shareable Knowledge to Improve Teaching by Stigler, James W., Thompson, Belinda J.

“…Many have proposed the creation of a practitioner knowledge base as a foundation for the continuous improvement of teaching. In this article, we discuss the…”
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Lesson study, improvement, and the importing of cultural routines by Stigler, James W., Hiebert, James

“…Originating in Asia, lesson study is gradually spreading around the globe. As evident from the papers in this issue, we have much to learn as it is implemented…”
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Using Video Surveys to Compare Classrooms and Teaching Across Cultures: Examples and Lessons From the TIMSS Video Studies by Stigler, James W., Gallimore, Ronald, Hiebert, James

“…Examining the extent, nature, and scope of peer group influence on academic outcomes is an important direction for future research to enrich our understanding…”
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Lower socioeconomic status is related to poorer emotional well-being prior to academic exams by Rahal, Danny, Shaw, Stacy T., Stigler, James W.

“…People of lower social status tend to have greater emotional responses to stress. The present study assessed whether lower social status was related to greater…”
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A Proposal for Improving Classroom Teaching: Lessons from the TIMSS Video Study by Hiebert, James, Stigler, James W.

“…Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Video Study of Teaching show that many teachers in the United States believe they…”
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Watching videos of a drawing hand improves students' understanding of the normal probability distribution by Zhang, Icy Yunyi, Guo, Xiaohan Hanna, Son, Ji Y, Blank, Idan A, Stigler, James W

“…Understanding normal probability distributions is a crucial objective in mathematics and statistics education. Drawing upon cognitive psychology research, this…”
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Value-added Teacher Estimates as Part of Teacher Evaluations: Exploring the Effects of Data and Model Specifications on the Stability of Teacher Value-added Scores by Kersting, Nicole B, Chen, Mei-Kuang, Stigler, James W.

“…In this study we explored the effects of statistical controls, single versus multiple cohort models, and student sample size on the stability of teacher…”
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Teachers’ Analyses of Classroom Video Predict Student Learning of Mathematics: Further Explorations of a Novel Measure of Teacher Knowledge by Kersting, Nicole B., Givvin, Karen B., Sotelo, Francisco L., Stigler, James W.

“…This study explores the relationship between teacher knowledge and student learning in the area of mathematics by developing and evaluating an innovative…”
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Representational-Mapping Strategies Improve Learning From an Online Statistics Textbook by Zhang, Icy (Yunyi), Gray, Maureen E., Cheng, Alicia (Xiaoxuan), Son, Ji Y., Stigler, James W.

“…Using multiple representations is an important part of learning and problem-solving in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. For students to…”
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