Explains how students can learn to write reports based on encyclopedia information without resorting to copying or becoming bored. (FL)

Mary E. Allen's contributions to gymnastics, exercise, and physical education are discussed. Basing her approach to physical education exercise on a sound knowledge of anatomy and physiology, Allen pressed for compulsory physical education in both school and society. (CJ)

Offers four reasons for using the case approach in introductory technical writing courses and a sequence of six cases that can be used. (RL)

Offers a method for teaching penmanship whereby the different strokes of a penmanship exercise are used to illustrate the action in a story. Presents some story lines and shows how they may be adapted to imaginative penmanship drills that will hold the children's interest. (HTH)

The University of Hartford planned fitness trail will allow students to develop their bodies by providing a jogging route to improve cardiovascular fitness and exercise stations designed to provide warm-up exercises and improve strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance. (Author/MLF)

Better distance runners perform at a higher percentage of their maximal aerobic power than do distance runners of poorer ability. (JD)

The physiological mechanics of kayaking and canoeing are examined. (JD)

A report is given on alterations in blood pressure, heart rate, left ventricular ejection time, and myocardial oxygen consumption during isometric contraction in a closed heated environment. (JD)

Suggests the value to modern students of paraphrasing and describes exercises in paraphrasing. (DD)

Physical activity combined with proper diet will lead to weight loss without strenuous exercising. (JD)

Describes how to conduct timed writing exercises which extend into proofreading, correcting, and paragraphing exercises. (RH)

Reviews the literature on the left ventricular structural adaptations induced by resistance/strength exercise, focusing on human work, particularly well-trained strength athletes engaged in regular, moderate- to high-intensity resistance training (RT). The article discusses both genders and examines the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in…

Presents a series of warm-up stretching exercises for student actors to do in a seated position. (SG)

Tested the hypothesis that wall thickness, but not chamber dimension, would be larger in endurance- and power-trained athletes with spinal cord injuries than in sedentary people with spinal cord injuries. Data on 11 power-trained and 5 sedentary participants showed no statistically significant differences between groups, though there was a trend…