teaching aid

teaching aid — noun materials and equipment used in teaching • Hypernyms: ↑equipment • Hyponyms: ↑audiovisual, ↑audiovisual aid * * * noun Etymology: teaching (I) : p …   Useful english dictionary

teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students. * * * …   Universalium

teaching aid — /ˈtitʃɪŋ eɪd/ (say teeching ayd) noun an item of prepared material, or a piece of equipment such as a tape recorder, film strip, etc., used by a teacher to assist in the presentation of a lesson …   Australian English dictionary

teaching — I. noun Date: 13th century 1. the act, practice, or profession of a teacher 2. something taught; especially doctrine < the teachings of Confucius > II. adjective Date: 1615 of, relating to, used for, or engaged in teaching …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Teaching method — Teaching methods are best articulated by answering the questions, What is the purpose of education? and What are the best ways of achieving these purposes? . For much of prehistory, educational methods were largely informal, and consisted of… …   Wikipedia

aid — I n. 1) to extend, give, offer, provide, render aid 2) to come to smb. s aid 3) to cut off, withdraw aid 4) generous, unstinting aid 5) audiovisual; teaching aids 6) first aid (first aid to the injured) 7) a hearing aid 8) economic; foreign;… …   Combinatory dictionary

teaching — noun 1 work/profession of a teacher ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, good ▪ poor ▪ classroom ▪ a system that rewards good classroom teaching ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

aid — aid1 [ eıd ] noun ** 1. ) uncount money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood: economic/medical aid: The UN provided emergency economic aid… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

aid */*/ — I UK [eɪd] / US noun Word forms aid : singular aid plural aids 1) a) [uncountable] economics money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood… …   English dictionary

aid — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money, food, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ emergency ▪ humanitarian ▪ cash (esp. BrE), development, economic, financial, food …   Collocations dictionary

teaching aids — tools which aid in teaching and education (i.e. blackboard, slide projector, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary