Examines specific intervention strategies designed to deal directly with complaints, conflict, and criticism. Defines intervention strategies and their importance. Discusses techniques for intervention strategies, and dynamation strategy skills such as observation and listening. (PRA)

Motor skills acquisition in elementary children is facilitated when the cognitive processes of selective attention and rehearsal are applied. Teaching techniques which promote development of these processes include use of verbal cues, mental and verbal rehearsal, questioning, and recall through testing. Sample verbal cues for selected motor skills…

This paper examines knowledge of studying--knowing how and when to apply study strategies. Study strategies may be classified into three categories: memory strategies, comprehension strategies, and problem-solving strategies. Memory-study strategies help students remember what they study. Five attributes often characterize memory strategies:…

This teacher training module classifies visual channel problems into the following four main areas: visual perception, revisualization (memory), visual-motor (eye-hand coordination), and ocular-motor tasks. Specific deficits are listed under these main headings, behaviors are given to help identify the problem, and ways to improve the condition…

An enzyme exercise to address the problem of students inability to visualize chemical reaction at the molecular level is described. This exercise is designed as a dry lab exercise but can be modified into a classroom activity then can be augmented by a wet lab procedure, thereby providing students with a practical exposure to enzyme function.

This book provides guidelines for teachers and parents in helping high-risk students to succeed academically by developing the skills and behaviors necessary for successful learning. It focuses on creating practical applications of the new discoveries being made in the neurosciences and demonstrates techniques for teaching to the whole brain.…