The imparting of knowledge should be approached from the standpoint of equipping students with the skills that will enable them to achieve personal significance in their lives. (CK)

Research in cognitive science is providing an increasingly detailed understanding of human cognition. Teachers can help students become conscious of their own reasoning processes and then learn to compare, contrast, interrelate, or coordinate various ways in which they think in order to refine their problem-solving methods. (Author/MLF)

Offers reasons for the recent increased attention to social studies skills on all grade levels and outlines major skills in three areas--traditional (reading, listening, speaking, discussion, map skills, and written language); inquiry (developing hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data); and values (rational analysis, reading, and citizenship…

Maintains that: (1) mapping skills in elementary school social studies classes should not be separated from life situations; (2) maps are tools that can be used to collect, store, and share information; and (3) the best way for pupils to learn about mapping skills is to combine map and globe activities with content, observation, and real life…

The use of a token economy in teaching special needs students is outlined. Steps in establishing a token economy are presented and activities, such as the use of charge cards and a classroom bank, which help develop related skills are discussed. (PHR)

It is suggested that college instructors must combine teaching their discipline with work on basic academic skills. One way of improving student skills is having students work on research papers on which they receive detailed feedback. Other teaching techniques are suggested, including directing students to relate news accounts to general or…

Suggestions are given for assignments designed to improve general writing skills in conjunction with traditional physical education activities. (LH)

Instructions are given to aid teachers in using students' internal motivation to increase reading skills. (LH)

No significant differences in handball knowledge and skill were found between traditional, contractual, and independent study methods of learning the sport. (MB)

Three studies compared self-instructional training with classroom-oriented, traditional approach to skills training for teaching basic counseling skills to graduate student counselor trainees. Results of three studies revealed that two instructional methods were equally effective methods of teaching such skills to this population of students.…

Fourteen upper elementary-aged learning-disabled (LD) students were trained on referential communication tasks, then compared to an LD control group and a normally achieving training group. The LD trained group achieved significantly higher scores than did the control group on two speaking tasks, but did not perform differently on the listening…

This paper examines the complexities of written language in terms of both its mechanical and creative skills. It discusses four approaches to providing assistance to writers with learning disabilities, including rule and skill instruction, substantive facilitation, procedural facilitation, and self-instructional strategy training; and recommends a…

Described are strategies for teaching social communication skills to 8- to 10-year-old students with mild handicaps. The instructional model involves determining behaviors to be taught; assessing social communication skills; teaching skills through motivating student performance, modeling, and practicing; and maintaining and transferring skills. A…

Seventeen students with severe disability (ages 5 to 18) were assessed on Foundation Outcome Statement (FOS) Skills and subsequently exposed to an interactive multi-sensory environment which included equipment for light and visual stimulation and touch/tactile activities. Students increased in their number of FOS Skills immediately following…