There are numerous individuals to thank for their help in creating a guide to accompany the project “Using TIMSS Videos to Improve Learning of Mathematics.” We are deeply grateful to Monica Neagoy, former NSF program officer, and Susan Sclafani, special counsel to former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, for their belief in the project. We also thank Paige Kuni, Kirk Haffner, and Stephen C. Andrews (Intel Foundation), Carole Johnson (Johnson Foundation), Patricia O’Connell-Ross (USED), and David Royster (NSF) for their support and encouragement. It ws Pat Ross who suggested that we create an online resource guide.
We must also thank two individuals who catalyzed our thinking about the need for this project, James Hiebert and Nanette Seago, who presented at the 2003 TIMSS Video Study Conference “Exploring Mathematics Teaching and Learning”—organized by Research for Better Schools (RBS)—to introduce the TIMSS 1999 video study data to the education community.
For the content we are indebted to the individuals who gave so generously of their time and their wisdom in analyzing and discussing the lessons at the Wingspread Conference Center on August 14—17, 2004. In particular, Susanna S. Epp contributed significant additional time in using the materials in a course and writing a detailed report of her experience.
We also are grateful to Susanna for her persistence and success in acquiring new translations of the four Czech lessons. She also contributed to improving the proof document in the terminology section, along with Alice Gill. Alice further contributed an article on how she used the TIMSS videos in her work with teachers.
Andre Audette, Susan Birnie, Jennifer Chauvot, Victor Donnay, Cos Fi, Susanna S. Epp, Alice Gill, Gail Hood, Gerunda Hughes, David Rasmussen, Robert Riehs, and Tad Watanabe reviewed the guide in its early stages. When we made related presentations, Bruce Campbell and Ty Kelley collected audience responses that informed our design of the guide.
We thank Jim Lewis and Perla Myers for using the TIMSS video clips in their summer conference, as well as the individuals who participated in a second TIMSS video work session organized by Andrea Prejean of the National Education Association: Andre Audette, Lien Diaz, Susanna S. Epp, Cos D. Fi, Gail Hood, Jim Lewis, Perla Myers, Marian Palumbo, David Rasmussen, Robert Riehs, Judy Rohde, Mariano Silva, and Tad Watanabe.
We are indebted to Cathy Kessel for her work over the past year in synthesizing the discussions and commentaries from the lesson analyses and many hours of audiotape and creating several drafts of the guide. We also wish to express our appreciation to Alison Rooney for her consummate skill in editing and organizing these materials and to Tom Lorenz for the attractive Web design.This guide is a product of Research for Better Schools under funding from the Johnson Foundation, the Intel Foundation (grant #19177), the U.S. Department of Education (USED), the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (grant numbers R319A000009-04 and U215U040013), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Teacher Professional Continuum program (grant number ESI-0426016). It does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, or any agency of the U.S. government.