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As the nation undertakes improvement of instruction in mathematics classrooms, there is a need to access the best information available and to create opportunities to learn to use this information universally to help teachers improve their practice. Learning from other countries can be a valuable source in efforts to develop a more coherent approach to mathematics teacher education issues in the Unite(1 States.
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The workshop was able to capitalize on the presence of mathematics educators from the United States and Japan attending {CME-9, using the expertise of the participants from the two countries to develop a better, more flexible, and more useful understanding of the knowledge that is nee(le(1 to teach well anti of how to help teachers obtain this knowledge. The workshop provided an opportunity to learn about the structure of Japanese lesson study and enabled mathematics educators from the Unite(1 States to share with Japanese colleagues their recent thinking about some promising approaches to teacher development in the United States.
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