Presents a technique which uses a skeleton to demonstrate the connection between Latin and the names of parts of the anatomy. (AM)

Creativity is the key word for the teacher as the types of activities for students are limited only to the teacher's imagination and ability to create new learning strategies. Activities for basic business courses are suggested: Projects, committees/teams/groups, field trips and guest speakers, sociodrama, improvisation, problemsolving, and…

Students need to be able to classify mapping devices, map purposes, and code forms so that skills learned on one map setting can be readily transferred to any map using the same techniques. (MB)

Presents strategies for teaching computer skills at a distance. Explains the operation of the Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System interactive distance learning network and describes nine sample class activities. (SK)

Describes a versatile small-group exercise, "Ask the Expert," that encourages appropriation of lecture material by students while enriching their own sense of expertise. Presents a step-by-step procedure and discusses benefits of the exercise. (Author/PVV)

Describes a game used with Chapter 1 students to develop dictionary and reading skills and to help students grasp what it means to define a word. (MG)

Discusses the role of observation in participative learning activities and describes methods to increase observation skills. Purposes of observing are discussed in relation to strategies followed by facilitators; categories of observation are described; methods of recording are examined; and training exercises for observational skills development…

Offers a group exercise for teaching students how to achieve consensus concerning rank order. Explains that students are assigned to rank the incidence of animals biting their own species in New York City. Reports that the teacher chooses a group member to explain the group's ranking. Identifies evaluation methods for the exercise. (SG)

Teachers can give children a learning experience by (1) providing a concept; (2) selecting an activity; (3) generating a learning task; (4) formulating a cognitive challenge; (5) creating small groups; (6) debriefing the meanings learned; and (7) using the feedback to modify the original idea. (DG)

Presents ways of elaborating statistical concepts so as to make course material more meaningful for students. Describes examples using exclamations, circus and cartoon characters, and falling leaves to illustrate variability, null hypothesis testing, and confidence interval. Concludes that the exercises increase student comprehension of the text…

Discusses two interactive techniques for reducing student anxiety and increasing understanding of statistical concepts. Explains that in one method the students are the data when the class members complete one of two versions of an exercise. Describes the second method as one where students create the statistical application and data. (DK)

The National Standards for Business Education include nine areas relating to international business: awareness, communication, environmental factors, ethics, finance, management, marketing, import/export, and organizational structure of international business. (SK)

Discusses basic facts about the brain and new research findings concerning growth and development that may help reconsider how information literacy skills are taught. Explains Kovalik's Integrated Thematic Instruction Model that recommends taking into account brain research and tying into relevant activities for the entire school year. (LRW)

Suggests activities that focus on the beginning of a new school year for grades K-6. The activities are designed to give students open-ended questions. Students may work on the activities individually, in pairs, or in small groups. Activities may be adapted to grade level and integrated with other subjects. (AIM)

One thing scientists study is how objects move. A famous scientist named Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) spent a lot of time observing objects in motion and came up with three laws that describe how things move. This explanation only deals with the first of his three laws of motion. Newton's First Law of Motion says that moving objects will continue…