Although the importance of physical development as an integrated part of early childhood education is well understood, many early childhood teachers lack the specific background and training in this area. To fill this gap, this article presents a framework of recommended practices and a corresponding assessment tool. The Head Start Body Start…

Three responsibilities of educators with regard to metric instruction are outlined--providing metric awareness, providing inservice education, and providing materials for metric instruction--and a description is provided of a system for classifying instructional materials in a school library so they become more readily available to teachers. The…

The learning module described deals with the teaching of the skill of conceptualization through the development of categories. Included are exercises at defining and identifying concepts, concept formation and attainment, comparing and contrasting meanings of "statement of values, face and concept" along with others. Included in this descriptive…

Recent research as well as local, state, and national mandates promote an increased role of technology in teaching and learning. In response to this call, K-12 institutions and colleges of education are faced with preparing current and future teachers to teach with technology. The current models of inservice and preservice teacher preparation with…