ZDM, June 2009

Along with Educational Studies in Mathematics and Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, ZDM has also released the June issue of 2009. This issue is a very interesting (I think) special issue on Exemplary Mathematics Instruction and Its Development in East Asia. Here is a list of the 12 articles contained in this issue:

• Exemplary mathematics instruction and its development in selected education systems in East Asia, by Yeping Li and Yoshinori Shimizu
• Mathematics classroom instruction excellence through the platform of teaching contests, by Yeping Li and Jun Li
• How a Chinese teacher improved classroom teaching in Teaching Research Group: a case study on Pythagoras theorem teaching in Shanghai, by Yudong Yang
• Pursuing excellence in mathematics classroom instruction through exemplary lesson development in China: a case study, by Rongjin Huang and Yeping Li
• Characterizing exemplary mathematics instruction in Japanese classrooms from the learner’s perspective, by Yoshinori Shimizu
• In search of an exemplary mathematics lesson in Hong Kong: an algebra lesson on factorization of polynomials, by Ida Ah Chee Mok
• Characteristics of good mathematics teaching in Singapore grade 8 classrooms: a juxtaposition of teachers’ practice and students’ perception, by Berinderjeet Kaur
• Good mathematics instruction in South Korea, by JeongSuk Pang
• Searching for good mathematics instruction at primary school level valued in Taiwan, by Pi-Jen Lin and Yeping Li
• Exemplary mathematics lessons: what lessons we can learn from them? by Ngai-Ying Wong
• Exemplary mathematics lessons: a view from the West, by Susie Groves
• Book review: Joan B. Garfield and Dani Ben-Zvi: Developing students’ statistical reasoning: connecting research and teaching practice, by Jane Watson