What happens when an individual spinal nerve is damaged or severed? The loss of function upon nerve damage is a straightforward concept to understand. But what if that spinal nerve contributes to the brachial plexus? The brachial plexus can be an intimidating structure for students, but this structure is also rich in regional anatomy connotations…

How can children's natural perceptuo-motor skills be harnessed for teaching and learning mathematical structure? We address this question in the case of the integers. Existing research suggests that adult mental representations of integers recruit perceptuo-motor functionalities involving symmetry. Building on these findings, we designed a…

The development of a children's form of Your Style of Learning and Thinking (a self report inventory designed to estimate the relative psychological dependence of an individual on the right or left brain hemisphere) is briefly described. Equivalent forms, reliability coefficients from several samples generally are seen to prove satisfactory.…

Nine units on anatomy and physiology are presented in this teacher's guide. The units are the following: organization and general plan of the body; skeletal and muscular systems; digestive system; circulatory system; respiratory system; nervous system and special senses; urinary system; reproductive system; and endocrine glands. Each instructional…