Suggests having students write a series of business magazine article summaries as part of a journal assignment. (MS)

A 12-week structured rehabilitation program featuring warm-up exercises, increased aerobic exercise, cool down, and home-based continuation of exercise helped 12 children with surgically corrected congenital heart disease improve lower extremity strength and flexibility. (Author/CB)

Compared effectiveness of aerobic and nonaerobic exercise in treatment of clinical depression in women. Forty women with a depressive disorder were randomly assigned to eight-week running (aerobic), weight-lifting (nonaerobic), or wait-list control condition. Both exercise conditions significantly reduced depression; exercise conditions appeared…

This study examined treatment-related changes in the health-related variables of weight, exercise, and diet. Two hundred and twenty teachers participated in health promotion workshops, with 115 teachers serving as a control group. Pretests and posttests were administered. Results are presented. (MT)

A visit to the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the University of Tennessee is part of a physical education class required of all undergraduate students. The laboratory demonstration stimulates student interest and enrollment in physical education. Benefits to students, the laboratory, and the school are described. (MT)

Synectics, the making of analogies, was used with learning disabled high school seniors to provide them with a creative process that aids in developing a deeper understanding of literature. After studying Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the students completed a six-step process and produced a short writing assignment. (VW)

Researchers have long understood the relationship between exercise and cardiovascular fitness, but now they are looking into the potential of activity as the key to health. Activity is seen by the federal government as a way to reduce the incidence of chronic diseases. (Author/MT)

Forty-eight runners with runner's knee were examined, treated, and studied for 8 months to identify the causes of this injury and its response to a particular regimen of conservative management. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Data from one-year in prospective randomized trial of 224 men indicated that the magnitude of Type A behavior changed in Type B direction after one year of normal retirement, that mental health of Type As improved with retirement, and that regular vigorous exercise with the attendant improvement in cardiovascular fitness was associated with…

Describes an exercise in which students cut out T-shirt drawings, sort the T-shirts into groups, and "write" a classification essay by pasting the T-shirts on sheet of paper. The T-shirts in each group become the examples used in one body paragraph of the classification essay. (HTH)

Describes an activity in which students must invent graffiti that might have been written by one of the characters studied in the class's literature assignments. (HTH)

Research regarding the direct and indirect effect of exercise on cancer risk is reviewed. (MT)

Predicted leisure time exercise behavior among 62 lower-limb disabled adults using the theory of reasoned action. Results indicated 35 percent of the variance in exercise behavior could be explained with intention being the strongest predictor. In comparison, the ability to predict intentions to exercise showed habit explained only 7 percent of…

This article focuses on three aspects of kinesiology: training principles, technique, and class design as they relate to injury prevention. Recommendations for prevention of some common dance injuries are offered. (MT)

Describes a practical freshman composition writing assignment in which students composed career profiles of notable alumni, which were subsequently used by the college career planning and placement office. A sample letter and profile are included. (HTH)