A student's middle school science experience strongly impacts their future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics interest. The Japanese lesson study (JLS) model strengthens the student's experience through a research-based, collaborative, multistep, teaching-centered process focused on transforming local instructional practices. The JLS model has seen very limited application to middle school life science classrooms. The six-year-long implementation of JLS to core standards in the seventh-grade life science curriculum at a Los Angeles area school serving a historically underrepresented population found large, gender-independent increases in student mastery of key science standards, increased teacher collaboration in the areas of lesson development and data analysis, and school-site reform yielding district and statewide recognition.
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30 August 2024
Enhancing Life Science Learning in Middle School: Unleashing the Power of Japanese Lesson Study
Chris L. Craney,
Thomas Lau,
James Rust,
Robert M. De Groot,
William T. Nelson,
Adriana Ghomeshi,
Alicia Ogas
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 86 • No. 6
August 2024
Vol. 86 • No. 6
August 2024
collaborative learning
hands-on activities
Japanese lesson study
middle school life science
minorities in science
professional development
women in science
