Hyman Bass, Zalman Usiskin, and Gail Burrill, Editors, U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Reflections on the Workshop; 4 Background Context for Teacher Preparation in the United States and in Japan; 5 Lesson Study as Professional Development; 6 Professional Development Through the Use of Records of Practice; 7 Mathematical Knowledge of Teachers Panel; 8 Small Group Discussion; 9 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 10 Appendix B: Participant List; 11 Appendix C: Steering Committee Biographical Information; 12 Appendix D: A Plan for the Lesson on Division by a Two-Digit Number; 13 Appendix E: A Demonstration Lesson: Function Thinking at Sixth Grade; 14 Appendix F: A Study Lesson: Large Numbers at Fourth Grade; 15 Appendix G: Records of Instruction: Reasoning About Three Coins at Third Grade; 16 Appendix H: Transcript of Excerpts from Small Group Discussions; 17 Appendix I: A Written Case: Pattern Trains at Sixth Grade; 18 Appendix J: To Become a Mathematics Teacher; 19 Appendix K: Glossary; 20 Appendix L: Workshop Reading List; 21 Appendix M: References