This study investigates the interface between speech and gesture in second language (L2) narration within Slobin's (2003) thinking-for-speaking (TFS) framework as well as with respect to McNeill's (1992, 2005) growth point (GP) hypothesis. Specifically, our interest is in whether speakers shift from a first language (L1) to a L2 TFS pattern as…

This study investigated the effect of metaconceptual teaching interventions on students' understanding of force and motion concepts. A multimethod research design including quasi-experimental design and case study designs was employed to compare the effect of the metaconceptual activities and traditional instruction and investigate students'…

We introduce a computer exercise that bridges spectroscopy and thermodynamics using statistical mechanics and the experimental data taken from the commonly used laboratory exercise involving the rotational-vibrational spectrum of HCl. Based on the results from the analysis of their HCl spectrum, students calculate bulk thermodynamic properties…

The objective of this work was to highlight the conceptions of force held by students aged 10-17 years old, in situations where animate and inanimate objects interact. In the proposed experimental situations, we varied parameters such as the motion and position of an object and the agent's effort. We asked questions about both inanimate and…

Some designs of simple wave demonstration devices have been described in this journal and elsewhere. A new simple model can be built using only dowels, binder clips, and loops of thread. Not only can it be easily assembled, stored, or disassembled, but also all the students in a class can cooperate in its building by connecting successive pieces…

This manual is intended for use in college-level courses in structural kinesiology; mechanical kinesiology is introduced only briefly. The first chapter introduces the bases for structural kinesiology. Subsequent chapters are organized according to the areas of the body to be studied (e.g., the shoulder girdle, the shoulder joint, the elbow joint,…

This document examines how subjects accomplish the task of matching movements to the characteristics of the performance environment. Literature pertaining to this topic is reviewed from the areas of time/motion study of industrial tasks, timing of coincidence-anticipation tasks, and cinematographic analysis of motor skill performance. A research…

The real impact of cinema consists in its ability to translate symbols, the mind's form of language, into dynamic moving images. Man's visual orientation produces both his positive reaction to motion--a key element in cinema--and his perceptions of coded, visual information--symbols. The complex relationship between symbols and rhythmic motion…

A study was devised to determine whether, if color is found superior to black-and-white for communicating dynamic picture content, that superiority can be attributed to the realism of authentic color, or whether that superiority is the effect of the simple presence of color. A sample of 90 sixth grade students were shown slides, half of which…

Most studies involving cinematographic analyses acknowledge the work of late 19th-century cinematographers and review current literature, but the significant "middle generation" of cinematographers are deleted. The contributions of Wallace O. Fenn, Herbert O. Elftman, Ruth B. Glassow, Ernst Jokl, and Thomas K. Cureton are highlighted.…

This study investigated the functions of the sartorius and tensor fascia latae muscles through electromyography using fine-wire electrodes. (RC)

A chart lists types of mechanical motion with mathematical formulas describing acting force, direction of force, velocity, acceleration, and path traversed. (JH)