This document discusses lesson study, a form of professional development for teachers. It provides details about a lesson study program in Singapore, including an overview of the lesson study process. The key steps in lesson study are to identify a professional learning goal, plan a research lesson to address that goal, conduct the lesson with students, and have a post-lesson discussion where teachers analyze student understanding and refine the lesson. The document also gives examples of different schools in Singapore that have implemented lesson study and the professional learning goals they focused on.

1. Open Lesson & Forum The Art of Lesson Study DrYeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore banhar@sg.marshallcavendish.com http://singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com Research Lesson in Mayflower Primary School Singapore www.marshallcavendish.com/education/mci

2. “Mathematics is an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a person’s intellectual competence ...” Singapore Ministry of Education 2006 Professional Learning Goal (Research Theme) How to help students develop core competencies such as the ability to visualize, the ability to see patterns, the ability to generalize, and number sense. During the research lesson, observe and record instances where you see these core competencies. What are the catalyst and obstacles to the development of these core competencies?

3. The keynote lecture focuses on big ideas of Singapore Math and the elective session focuses on problem solving. This session allows participants to review the ideas in the keynote lecture and elective sessions through the study of a lesson.

4. This is a third grade problem-solving lesson which focuses on one of the big ideas in mathematics – the ability to see patterns and relationships and to make connections. The anchor problem in the lesson is to arrange five given consecutive whole numbers such that the vertical total is equal to the horizontal total.

6. http://singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com Open Lesson & Forum The Art of Lesson Study DrYeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute Singapore banhar@sg.marshallcavendish.com Open Lesson at National Singapore Math Summer Institute, Denver www.marshallcavendish.com/education/mci

7. Open Lesson at National Singapore Math Summer Institute, Denver

8. Open Lesson at National Singapore Math Summer Institute, Denver

9. Identify Professional Learning Goal Plan Lesson Research Lesson Lesson Plan Revision Post-Lesson Discussion

10. Lesson Study is new to Singapore schools. What are the steps they took to effectively implement lesson study as a form of professional development of teachers?

12. Post Lesson Discussion Meeting Kong Hwa School MCI Lesson Study Program The team did a research lesson on mixed numbers. Lesson Refinement Meeting PCF JalanBesar Kindergarten MCI Lesson Study Program The team did a research lesson on conservation of numbers.

14. Lesson Planning in Action (1 hour)

15. Preparation for Research Lesson (1 hour)

16. Research Lesson (1 hour)

17. Post-Lesson Discussion (1 hour)

18. Forum on Lesson Study Implementation (1 hour)Lesson Planning in Fuchun Primary School Singapore

19. Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA Tsukuba University, Tsukuba (APEC Lesson Study) lesson study around the world BinaBangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia Chiangmai University, Thailand (APEC Lesson Study)

20. Lesson Study is used for teachers in one school district in Chile to learn about the role of manipulatives. lesson study SingaporeMath implementation Lesson Study is used for teachers in one school in the Philippines to learn about the problem-solving approach.

21. Mayflower Primary School, Singapore studied how to help students develop meaning in learning.

22. Bukit View Primary School Primary 2 Team changed their research theme from how to help students with two-step word problems to how to develop independent problem solvers. Bukit View Primary School Primary 5 Team studied how to develop confidence in problem solving.

23. Princess Elizabeth Primary School studied how curiosity helps in problem solving.

24. Teachers from different kindergartens collaborated to study how to get students to visualize even as they learn numbers concepts.

26. Some of us know a bit about lesson study. Some have heard the term but not much else. Some have extensive experience with it. The purpose of the forum is for you to ask any questions you have about lesson study. There is an article on the first things about lesson study at this website. Forum www.academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.gov.sg