Decades of research point to the value and importance of spatial skills and have demonstrated the malleability, durability, and teachability of spatial skills across the lifespan. Teachers and caregivers can apply this research in their classrooms or homes through a wide range of strategies. In this article, we offer specific, engaging activities…

The "Forum Guide to Data Literacy" is designed to help education agencies understand and build data literacy skills among various stakeholder groups such as administrators, teachers, students, parents and other caregivers, school board members, legislators, and community groups. This resource defines and discusses the importance of data…

In this article we identify opportunities for students to use timelines and textbooks to meet standards. Through the use of timelines, textbooks, and selected activities, upper elementary and middle school students are able to (1) be engaged in content area reading and writings; (2) understand large themes in social studies including time,…

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of this writing, 21 states and three U.S. territories have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, with closures impacting at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affecting at least 55.1 million students. In addition, districts in nearly all other states…

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of this writing, 21 states and three U.S. territories have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, with closures impacting at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affecting at least 55.1 million students. In addition, districts in nearly all other states…

This guide, produced by the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS), is a collection of essays by various authors on soccer, speedball, and flag football. There is a separate section for each sport. In the section, the following topics are covered: goalkeeping, the use of tires as a teaching aid, skill testing, problem-solving…

This pamphlet identifies the components of the overhead projector and suggests ways it can be used in presenting instruction. Advantages and disadvantages of the overhead are listed, and instructions are provided for setting up, positioning, and focusing the equipment. Information is also given on how to use opaque materials and overlays, how to…

This guide is a collection of essays by various authors on field hockey and lacrosse. There is a separate section for each sport. The topics covered in the field hockey section include half-time coaching, visual aids, umpiring techniques and ratings, goalkeeper training, experimental field hockey rules, and the code of rules for the game of hockey…

By providing the instructor with a nearly limitless surface to write on and the opportunity to simultaneously face students and project a graphic display on an overhead screen, the overhead projector has provided the teacher with an opportunity to improve the clarity of his instruction and to make class presentations more stylish and interesting.…

This guide is a collection of essays by various authors on tennis, badminton, and squash. The document is divided into three sections, one for each sport. The topics covered include general teaching methods, methods to employ for teaching specific skills such as the lob or the backhand, the use of visual aids, conditioning drills, study questions,…

This guide is a collection of essays by various authors on archery and golf. There is a separate section for each sport. In the archery section, the topics covered include archery coaching, aiming, the spine of the arrow, do-it-yourself ideas for archery instruction, archery visual aids, and official rules for various archery activities. The…

The author discusses uses and sources of photographs as effective teaching aids in social studies classrooms. Pictures are not new among learning resources, but they adapt well to new focuses in social studies education. One third of the pamphlet explains how photographs can enhance learning. They can promote discovery learning, concept…

The objective of the handbook is to acquaint the inexperienced instructor with the essential factors in the teaching situation: (1) various teaching methods, (2) effective teaching (with self-evaluation instruments), (3) how to plan and present the lesson, (4) preparing and utilizing audiovisual aids, (5) a list of sources for instructional…

This unique document is a training manual for individuals such as job coaches and janitorial crew supervisors who train and work with Developmentally Disabled (DD) workers in vocational classrooms and on job sites. These workers need to be taught the importance of safety in the workplace using methods appropriate to their developmental needs. The…

A method for introducing estates in land to first-year law students is presented in detail. A key element is its use of transparencies to graphically represent crucial concepts and appropriate language. The concepts are introduced in a systematic fashion to allow students to build an understanding gradually. (JMD)