Are there national teaching scripts? Evidence from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study
Using data on eighth-grade mathematics teaching from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study, this article examines three dimensions of classroom practice (purpose, classroom interaction, and content activity) at multiple time points across the lessons. Data provide some evidence for both national and global patterns and show that there is more evidence for national patterns of teaching in some countries than in others.
Givvin, K. B., Hiebert, J., Jacobs, J., Hollingsworth, H., & Gallimore, R. (2005). Are there national patterns of teaching? Evidence from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study. Comparative Education Review, 49(3), 311-343.
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