Aki Murata

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 909 citations indexed

About

Aki Murata is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aki Murata has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 909 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Education, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Aki Murata's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (5 papers). Aki Murata is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (5 papers). Aki Murata collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Aki Murata's co-authors include Catherine Lewis, Rebecca Perry, Akihiko Takahashi, Motoko Akiba, Karen C. Fuson, Laura Bofferding, Larry Nucci and Hee-jeong Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Educational Researcher, Teaching and Teacher Education and Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.

In The Last Decade

Aki Murata

15 papers receiving 776 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How Should Research Contribute to Instructional Improvement? The Case of Lesson Study

2006 564 citations Catherine Lewis, Rebecca Perry et al. Educational Researcher profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aki Murata United States	11	816	206	139	126	103	16	909
Gwendolyn M. Lloyd United States	16	975 1.2×	193 0.9×	243 1.7×	154 1.2×	51 0.5×	44	1.1k
Clea Fernandez United States	11	1.2k 1.5×	236 1.1×	114 0.8×	213 1.7×	132 1.3×	13	1.3k
Laurie Sleep United States	8	1.1k 1.4×	229 1.1×	327 2.4×	101 0.8×	90 0.9×	8	1.2k
Brian Doig Australia	13	531 0.7×	127 0.6×	116 0.8×	68 0.5×	53 0.5×	62	610
Rongjin Huang United States	15	702 0.9×	180 0.9×	132 0.9×	84 0.7×	55 0.5×	60	777
Beth Herbel‐Eisenmann United States	19	1.2k 1.5×	403 2.0×	242 1.7×	205 1.6×	65 0.6×	56	1.4k
Amy Roth McDuffie United States	18	1.0k 1.2×	299 1.5×	168 1.2×	92 0.7×	33 0.3×	62	1.1k
Despina Potari Greece	16	664 0.8×	279 1.4×	133 1.0×	79 0.6×	21 0.2×	64	781
Ghislaine Gueudet France	17	785 1.0×	206 1.0×	165 1.2×	185 1.5×	28 0.3×	54	980
Arthur B. Powell United States	12	699 0.9×	232 1.1×	234 1.7×	131 1.0×	19 0.2×	67	896

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2018). Using Lesson Study in teacher professional development for domain-based moral education. Journal of Moral Education. 1–21. 21 indexed citations

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Akiba, Motoko, et al.. (2018). Lesson study design features for supporting collaborative teacher learning. Teaching and Teacher Education. 77. 352–365. 62 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2017). Facilitating Mathematical Practices through Visual Representations. Teaching Children Mathematics. 23(7). 404–412. 3 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2017). Math Talk and Student Strategy Trajectories: The Case of Two First Grade Classrooms. Cognition and Instruction. 35(4). 290–316. 20 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2015). Study with your friends, mathematics for elementary school. 2 indexed citations

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Bofferding, Laura, et al.. (2012). Making 10 My Way. Teaching Children Mathematics. 19(3). 164–173. 4 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2012). Making Connections Among Student Learning, Content, and Teaching: Teacher Talk Paths in Elementary Mathematics Lesson Study. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 43(5). 616–650. 50 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki. (2012). Diversity and High Academic Expectations Without Tracking: Inclusively Responsive Instruction. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 22(2). 312–335. 13 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2011). Grade 3 students’ mathematization through modeling: Situation models and solution models with mutli-digit subtraction problem solving. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior. 31(1). 15–28. 16 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki. (2008). Mathematics Teaching and Learning as a Mediating Process: The Case of Tape Diagrams. Mathematical Thinking and Learning. 10(4). 374–406. 52 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki, et al.. (2007). Transforming Teachers' Knowledge: The Role of Lesson Study in Preservice Education. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki & Karen C. Fuson. (2006). Teaching as Assisting Individual Constructive Paths within an Interdependent Class Learning Zone: Japanese First Graders Learning to Add Using 10.. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 37(5). 421–456. 26 indexed citations

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Lewis, Catherine, Rebecca Perry, & Aki Murata. (2006). How Should Research Contribute to Instructional Improvement? The Case of Lesson Study. Educational Researcher. 35(3). 3–14. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Murata, Aki. (2004). Paths to Learning Ten-Structured Understandings of Teen Sums: Addition Solution Methods of Japanese Grade 1 Students. Cognition and Instruction. 22(2). 185–218. 29 indexed citations

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Lewis, Catherine, Rebecca Perry, & Aki Murata. (2003). Lesson Study and Teachers Knowledge Development: Collaborative Critique of a Research Model and Methods.. 7 indexed citations

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Murata, Aki & Akihiko Takahashi. (2002). Vehicle To Connect Theory, Research, and Practice: How Teacher Thinking Changes in District-Level Lesson Study in Japan.. 39 indexed citations

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