Improving Mathematics Teaching.

TLDR

A decade‑long research program investigates teaching practices of ordinary 8th‑grade mathematics teachers, many of whom are inexperienced or ineffective. The study uses TIMSS video surveys, a hybrid qualitative–survey method that records close‑up classroom footage of national samples of 8th‑grade math teachers.

Abstract

We have been working for 10 years on a research program aimed at answering these questions. The TIMSS video studies document typical teaching practices in various countries. These studies employ the video survey, a novel methodology that combines two research traditions: qualitative classroom research and large-scale survey research. The video studies capture close-up pictures of the classroom processes used by national samples of 8th grade mathematics teachers in different countries. These teachers are not necessarily experienced or effective. They are ordinary teachers, teaching lessons that they routinely teach.