The What Teachers Need to Know About series aims to refresh and expand basic teaching knowledge and classroom experience. Books in the series provide essential information about a range of subjects necessary for today's teachers to do their jobs effectively. These books are short, easy-to-use guides to the fundamentals of a subject with clear reference to other, more comprehensive, sources of information. Other titles in the series include Teaching Methods, Numeracy, Spelling, Learning Difficulties, Reading and Writing Difficulties, Personal Wellbeing, Social and Emotional Development, Students with Disabilities and Assessment and Reporting.