Many students read below grade level and have problems reading their core textbooks. Presented are five techniques secondary teachers can use to improve their students' reading skills. (MD)

Presents an activity in which students use geometric figures, rep-tiles, to design a tile floor. Rep-tiles are geometric figures of which copies can fit together to form a larger similar figure. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)

Four worksheets are presented, each using cubes to develop students' spatial visualization abilities. Directions and answer keys are both included. (MNS)

Dissection work with two-dimensional shapes is discussed, and patterns to be copied are given on three worksheets. A fourth worksheet contains instructions for pupils to make their own shapes and dissect them. (MNS)

This series of activities on spatial relationships was designed to help users acquire the skills of spatial visualization and orientation and to improve their effectiveness in applying those skills. The series contains an introduction to spatial orientation with several self-directed activities to help improve that skill. It also contains seven…

The properties of the cube are explored. A set of activities is given that forms the basis of a class project on discovery. (MNS)

Presents activities using interpretation of visual clues and making decisions on the basis of those clues. Students in grades 2-4 use pictures of Native American tribal clothing. Students in grades 5 and 6 can practice determining scale and proportion as they make scale drawings. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)

Intended for college students and other writers, this book contains a detailed, step-by-step description of the writing process, from prewriting and brainstorming to polishing the mechanics of a final draft. The book is divided into five major sections. Part 1 is a broad introduction to the natural language attitude toward learning to write. Part…

Reviews the conceptual and developmental issues associated with learning time concepts. Demonstrates how important time concepts are to all subject areas and provides an analysis of the use of time concepts in two widely-used standardized tests. Offers six guidelines for teaching time concepts to children and illustrates these guidelines with…

In an effort to provide students with instruction in academic writing early in their college careers, a project was undertaken to link a developmental composition course to an introductory psychology course at Washington's Bellevue College. The two professors designed a sequence of four papers offering practice in two of the more common academic…

Theories and techniques for fostering creativity are described because all students, regardless of intelligence or talent, have artistic ability that should be developed. Four basic visual viewpoints have been identified: the expressive colorist, the hands-on formist, the neat observant designer, and the pattern-oriented draftsperson. These visual…

Some activities with tangrams and their use for investigating fractions, constructions, and percentages are presented, with worksheets included. (MNS)

The document contains work sheets and score sheets for a curriculum designed for visually impaired students at the prereadiness (prekindergarten), readiness (kindergarten), and academic (primary grades) levels. Work sheets include pictures, word lists, sentence exercises, mathematics problems, and diagrams. Score sheets, which correspond to the…

Accomplishment of the objectives in this training module for Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees will aid trainees in advancing children's physical and intellectual competencies, building children's positive self-concepts and individual strengths, and promoting positive functioning of children and adults in group settings. The contents of…

A variety of games are described and illustrated for two categories of instructional objectives: (1) to promote relatively complex communicative exchanges among students, and (2) to require students to retain information given by others in the class and use it to solve problems. (MSE)