LESSONS STUDY

Lessons Study Lesson Study Overview Lesson Study began in Japan in the 19th century. Its purpose was to enable Japanese teachers, who had traditionally used individualized instruction, to learn group instruction skills from their peers in Western countries. Lesson Study follows a continuous improvement process in teaching a topic. It is not limited to mathematics, The process, generally comprises the following steps: 1) Defining a teaching problem based upon student needs 2) Lesson Study planning, with the student and the teacher as the focus 3) Focusing the lesson on student thinking,learning, and misunderstanding 4) Evaluating the lesson's impact on student learning and reflecting on its effect 5) Revising the lesson based upon the data collected 6) Teaching the revised lesson to a new class of students 7) Evaluating and reflecting 8) Sharing the results. (see our Glossary of Lesson Study Terms).