Abstract
Map reading and related geographical tasks are important, usually as a part of social studies, sometimes as a part of mathematics, and certainly as a necessity for everyday functioning in contemporary society. These skills receive very little systematic attention because they are “assumed,” i.e., everyone assumes that the responsibility for their direct instruction belongs to someone else. This month Mildred Odom, Kansas “Teacher of the Year,” reviews the Actionmap Program designed to provide materials and activities for direct instruction. The editor comments and suggests additional references.
A second feature describes Mathmates, a product of Peter Rosenbaum's Peer Tutoring Project at Teacher's. College, Columbia University. Attention is drawn to Mathmates as providing an exemplar of “drill” materials.
The third item this month is a worksheet, a Multipurpose Guide to analyzing and accounting for some of the elements involved in the organization and management of a learning disabilities program. Such a worksheet should prove useful when considering the design, operation, and evaluation of classroom or district programs.
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