This section provides discussion of the terms used by the work session team members in their comments on the TIMSS public release lessons. These are broader interpretations—as opposed to definitions—of these terms. Further examples of how participants use the terms appear in the in-depth lesson descriptions.
References to individual lessons include links to lesson descriptions and this guide’s other resources for each lesson.
- Mathematics content and process
- Conceptual and procedural knowledge
- Making connections
- Scaffolding and novel tasks
- Line and bar models
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- Problems and problem solving
- Heuristics
- Proofs
- “Motivating” a topic
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