The Implementation of the Lesson Study Strategy in Teaching Mathematics: Teachers’ Perspectives

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for lesson study (LS) activities and procedures.

N	First theme: LS activities and procedures	Yes		No
		F	%	F	%
1	Participating in a discussion session and drawing up a general plan to discuss the lesson	126	84.6	23	15.4
2	Defining the long-term goals of the LS cycle, such as developing students’ mathematical thinking, providing students with problem-solving skills, increasing their achievement level, improving students’ attitudes and motivation to learn mathematics, and preparing students for national and international tests.	134	89.9	15	10.1
3	Carefully selecting the target lesson (research lesson) by participating teachers	129	86.6	20	13.4
4	Identifying the lesson objectives considering the objectives of the unit and the goal of the distant cycle of the lesson	131	87.9	18	12.1
5	Each teacher proposing effective methods to teach the lesson	131	87.9	18	12.1
6	Collaboratively preparing a preliminary lesson plan considering the initial discussion session	119	79.9	30	20.1
7	Preparing the final lesson plan by one of the teachers	104	69.8	45	30.2
8	Collectively observing one team member while he conducts the lesson	112	75.2	37	24.8
9	Holding a deliberative discussion session after implementing the lesson	121	81.2	28	18.8
10	Giving the teacher an opportunity to comment on the lesson	119	79.9	30	20.1
11	Giving the observers an opportunity to comment constructively and purposefully on the lesson and to ask questions to the implementing teacher	126	84.6	23	15.4
12	Reteaching the same lesson by another teacher in a new classroom after modifying and further developing the lesson plan based on the observations and the deliberative discussion session.	96	64.4	53	35.6
13	A teacher assuming the role of a leader in conducting LS activities.	101	67.8	48	32.2
14	Participation of experts from universities, researchers, and education leaders in LS activities, such as in the identification of the distant goal of the LS cycle, observation, or discussion sessions	92	61.7	57	38.3
15	Writing the LS report after fully completing the LS course	120	80.5	29	19.5