TIMSS: math classrooms in action. (Update: education news from schools, businesses, research and government agencies).

TIMSS: math classrooms in action. (Update: education news from schools, businesses, research and government agencies). More conceptual lessons, less review time. Gleaned from a new videostudy of methods for teaching eighth-grade math, the suggestion abovecould potentially cause a teachers' mutiny mutiny,concerted disobedient or seditious action by persons in military or naval service, or by sailors on commercial vessels. Mutiny may range from a combined refusal to obey orders to active revolt or going over to the enemy on the part of two or more persons. . If students aren'tabsorbing a concept, shouldn't they review it before moving on andpotentially lagging LaggingStrategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. behind?The report, Teaching Mathematics in Seven Countries: Results fromthe Third International Mathematics and Science 1999 Video Study, foundU.S. teachers used a lot of time for review. In five otherhigh-achieving countries tracked by the study, teachers make connectionsamong facts, procedures and concepts when introducing new content--sostudents need less review.The study summarizes thousands of hours of videotape videotapeMagnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. from schoolsin the U.S. and six countries that outperformed the U.S. on an earlierTIMSS TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science StudyTIMSS Third International Math and Science Study math assessment.In Japan, private classroom work lime often involves studentsinventing ways to solve problems before they are taught a standardwritten procedure. "The intent is not to practice something theyalready know how to do, but to try to modify or adjust what they know tofit this new situation," says Jim Hiebert, director of the mathportion of the video study and a University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. professor ofeducation.Hiebert says what surprised him most was "the extent ofvariation among high achieving countries in how they teachmathematics." However, he cautions against assuming almost any kindof teaching will work.On the other hand, administrators shouldn't interpret theresults too literally. He warns not to mistakenly mis��tak��en?v.Past participle of mistake.adj.1. Wrong or incorrect in opinion, understanding, or perception.2. Based on error; wrong: a mistaken view of the situation. assume that the kindof instruction in these countries caused high achievement, he says.Instead, the characteristics of teaching in other countries may indicatewhat contributes to high achievement.When introducing the study to teachers, Hiebert suggests they thinkabout their own practices. "Often teachers ... think that the waythey're teaching is the only way to do it, the only way you couldand should," he says. The videos (available for purchase atwww.lessonlab.com) can serve as a mirror of teachers' practices andperhaps broaden their own repertoire Repertoire may mean Repertory but may also refer to: Repertoire (theatre), a system of theatrical production and performance scheduling Repertoire Records, a German record label specialising in 1960s and 1970s pop and rock reissues of teaching strategies. To learnmore about applying research from the study, educators can enroll in aLessonLab online professional development course sponsored by the IntelFoundation.Future video study reports will focus on eighth-grade scienceteaching and a comparison of U.S. math teaching in 1995 and 1999.WE INTERRUPT A signal that gets the attention of the CPU and is usually generated when I/O is required. For example, hardware interrupts are generated when a key is pressed or when the mouse is moved. Software interrupts are generated by a program requiring disk input or output. THIS LESSON ...In looking at disruptions within U.S. classrooms during mathlessons, the TIMS TIMS Thermal Ionization Mass SpectrometryTIMS The Institute of Management SciencesTIMS Thermal Infrared Multispectral ScannerTIMS Transportation Information Management SystemTIMS The International Molinological SocietyTIMS Tuberculosis Information Management System $ video study found that:* 28% of lessons included at least one off-topic publicannouncement by the teacher during private work time* 22% of lessons contained at least one non-mathematical segment of30 seconds or more in lengthSTUDY PARTICIPANTS 1995 TIMSS 1999 TIMSS math score math scoreAustralia 519 525Czech Republic 546 520Hong Kong SAR 569 582Japan 581 579Netherlands 529 540Switzerland 534 --United States 492 502--Melissa Ezariknces.ed.gov/timss