Non-cognitive competencies play critical role in education. Interventions targeted at these competencies require access to valid measures. Within Indian context, no such validated measure exists at present, and teachers depend on their subjective evaluation of students' non-cognitive competencies represented via grade or comment on report card.…

Ever wondered why children have difficulty using a ruler? In this article Michael Drake investigates some of the difficulties students encounter and provides some ideas for teaching about and learning to use rulers.