any device, object, or machine used by a teacher to clarify or enliven a subject
teaching aid in American English
noun
material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students
Examples of 'teaching aid' in a sentence
teaching aid
A complete package of teaching aids, course notes and case studies had been drawn up following four years of extensive research.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
It was used as a teaching aid in schools.
The Sun (2015)
All of them are devotees of news and current affairs as a teaching aid and, more than that, as a character-builder.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My adult version was rather more like a kite than his - not so much a teaching aid as a pair of wannabe wings.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He hoped it would serve as a teaching aid as well as being a site to be browsed purely out of interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She and her fellow maths teachers cut their own teaching aids out of cardboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A multi-million-pound investment programme is under way that includes a five-year annual 750,000 lecture theatre refurbishment programme with state-of-the-art teaching aids and audiovisual equipment.