About Innovation Abstracts

Innovation Abstracts, NISOD's flagship teaching strategies publication, disseminates practitioner-written descriptions of successful teaching and learning practices and strategies, programs and initiatives each week of the academic year. Issues are available either in hard copy, mailed for dissemination to NISOD-member colleges, or electronic. The electronic issues will be emailed each Friday of the academic year with a link to the article. The articles are posted on the members-only section of our website; therefore, readers must enter a username and password (given to each college contact) to view the article. The fully searchable online archives begin with articles from August 2002. Members who do not have a password can complete a password request form.

The Latest Issue of Innovation Abstracts

Volume XXX, Number 15
In “The Natural Athlete: A Comfortable Myth,” Suanne Roueche, currently Editor of NISOD Publications, describes 10 strategies for improving athletes’ performances that have proven to work equally as well for improving academic performance. This issue, originally published in 1983, is among the most frequently requested reprints over the last 30 years of Innovation Abstracts.

Read about how athletes prepare to improve their performance and how their strategies parallel students preparing to be more successful in the classroom.

NISOD members can download the full version of the latest issue of Innovation Abstracts as well as previous Innovation Abstracts by logging on to the members-only section of our website. Members who do not have a password can complete a password request form.

Writing an Innovation Abstracts

If you are interested in submitting an article for possible publication as an Innovation Abstracts, please review the submission guidelines.

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