This National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) instructional aid is primarily concerned with helping youngsters develop concepts about measurement and making useful measurements in science activities. Short activities are given under each of the following headings: How are Human Senses Involved in Measurement, How to Measure by Using Aids for…

Describes a four-step model for teaching the techniques of library research: book report and evaluation, comparison of two articles on the same subject by different authors, comparison of two points of view on four or five articles, and full research project. (TJ)

Three components of a curriculum organized to facilitate a concept acquisition process are discussed. These are concrete experiences related to a concept, skill development activities and applications. (MP)

This article outlines four basic steps in a teaching strategy for the teacher of elementary school mathematics that will accommodate the varying math skill of the students. (JD)

Suggestions are presented for making training in report and manuscript typing more realistic and transferable to real-world typing tasks. (HD)

Pretranscription, the individual skills needed to produce a mailable typewritten letter from shorthand notes, should be included in each semester of shorthand instead of just in the final class, according to this article. The author suggests strategies for teaching such elements as spelling, punctuation, and mailability and offers a guideline for…

Social studies teachers should concentrate on helping students develop basic skills. One comprehensive program to help teachers develop these skills is the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development. Activities and tests from the Wisconsin Design are included along with feedback from teachers who have used the program. (Author/DB)

Argues that instruction in sociology on the college level should work toward the following four intellectual goals: (1) understanding social determinism; (2) relativizing culture; (3) developing a sense of social realism; and (4) instilling skills in critical evaluation. (Author/DB)

Teaching experiences in an undergraduate social work education course in theory and methods are described. Emphasis has been on finding ways to help students discover the meaning of information and experience to themselves as potential social workers. (Author/LBH)

Compared skill-based and conceptual-based training method by measuring graduate level counselor trainees' (N=48) skill application in actual client interviews and client outcomes. Although groups did not differ in responding skills at pretest, skill-based group exhibited greater skill application in client interviews and superior client outcome…

Tested effectiveness of instructional package designed to teach conversation skills to six behaviorally disordered elementary school children who were taught skills in two groups of three. Results indicated that the package was effective in increasing conversational skills above baseline levels in all subjects and in two settings. (Author/NB)

Methods to teach graduate students oral and writing skills for case advocacy were evaluated. Results suggest that students who learned the skills improved the organization, feasibility, and quality of their advocacy responses more than students who did not learn skills. (Author/MH)

Transfer of learning from drills to real games is a complex process, depending on similarities between the components of stimulus and response. Designing drills to more closely reflect game skills and differentiating scoring during games to reward the use of new skills can improve playing performance. (MT)

Aikido is a nonviolent Japanese martial art dedicated to the study of self-defense and self-awareness. This article explores how aikido can help improve students' movement skills. (DF)

For homework assignments to be effective, they must serve to develop skills and help students gain a sense of accomplishment. Suggestions for developing interesting, positive homework assignments that use contracts and skill cards are offered. (DF)