An ongoing, structured, low-intensity exercise program designed to foster physical, social, and cognitive functioning was evaluated in 128 seniors ranging in age from 55 to 101 years. The program appeared to be providing an opportunity for social interaction among participants, and the exercises appeared to be mentally stimulating. (Author/CT)

Defines different types of student journals and assesses them worth an allocation of class time based on research and samples of student work. (CRH)

Argues that teachers of young children need to recognize and take advantage of suitable opportunities to model their writing skills. Offers examples of possible activities. (FL)

Presents excerpts of letters written by children to their favorite children's authors, discussing how the letter writing experience parallels authors' experiences. Also presents responses from some of the authors. (HTH)

Describes five prewriting activities for courses that emphasize writing and deemphasize discussion of literature. The activities focus on organization and theme statement so that students think about every possible subject, theme, and approach. (HTH)

Describes two methods of getting students involved in relevant, business writing assignments: reaction papers to business journal articles and exercises in which communication students dictate letters to shorthand students. (AEA)

Effects of several levels of exercise on inappropriate behaviors of four trainable mentally impaired students were observed. Results indicated a decrease in all three inappropriate behaviors for three of four students and an inverse relationship between the level of exercise and the amount of inappropriate behavior for three of four students.…

Discusses a method that reinforces and monitors "correct" writing and editing, reviews the rhetoric for "effective" writing, and demonstrates how specific technical writing tasks fit into an engineer's everyday writing. An example of a technical writing task used in sophomore engineering classes is included. (JN)

Suggests the use of driving directions to help two-year college students understand how the rhetorical principles learned in freshman composition apply to technical writing, and to render the concept of "technical writing" less threatening to the uninitiated students. (HTH)

Discusses a degree requirement of a Bachelor of Management Studies program at a New Zealand University: the writing of an investigative report for a company or government department. (AEA)

After a 10-week physical training program for 11 motorically handicapped Dutch children, aged eight to l4, the experimental group (N=6) demonstrated a significant increase in physical efficiency and classroom attention scores. Follow-up showed that both groups' physical efficiency scores deteriorated and that experimentals' attention scores…

This study determined the maximal mean values for concentric and eccentric back-lift strength as well as isometric, and examined and compared the relationships between the mean peak voltage of the erectores spinae muscle(s) and maximal force exerted for the three types of muscle contractions. (RC)

The results of this study indicated that an endurance training program can be implemented effectively in an entire school system and that the change in fitness can be expected to be significant. (RC)

Reported are effects of an 8-week running program on the cardiorespiratory fitness of normal 10- to 12-year-old males. (GW)