The purposes of elementary school career education for mildly handicapped students, and specific learning activities and materials, are discussed. Elementary level career education components are identified as the development of social skills, self-understanding, communication and computation abilities, and the exploration of a variety of careers.…

A study of 165 West German preschool children participating in a motor program which included swimming as an important activity showed that early motor stimulation affected the children's motor, social, and individual development. (CJ)

Teachers who communicate a clear intent to improve students' motor performance present tasks holistically, concretely, and briefly. Movement skills in a physical education lesson are developed primarily by presenting and working with tasks while students are actually moving. (JN)

The Children's Developmental Play Program at Jacksonville State University (Alabama) encourages fine and gross motor skills in developmentally disabled children while simultaneously improving self-concept and optimizing risk taking behaviors. (SB)

A battery of four tasks which measure the interhemispheric transfer of information was utilized to test the hypothesis that there will be an increase in efficiency of interhemispheric transfer with increasing age. (MP)

The relationship between child-rearing practices and motor skill performance of elementary school Black and White children is examined in terms of running and jumping skills and authoritarian control attitudes of their mothers. (CJ)

Low birth weight preterm multiple birth infants do lag behind initially in mental and motor development, but they are equal in development with normal peers by the age of two. It was inferred that the multiple caretaking situation did not interfere with the infants' specific attachment to their mothers. (Author/RH)

In this study, learning was maximized by matching students with a certain learning style with complementary instructional strategies. (MM)

Discusses how supportive and accepting day care personnel can help parents of babies with handicapping conditions, such as cerebral palsy, to cope with their problems. (MP)

This article calls on dance instructors to teach efficient, kinesiologically sound techniques in dance movement that will not injure students and that allow for the proper use of muscles and joints. (JMF)

This study demonstrated the effectiveness of a therapeutic motor development program based on a games analysis model for reducing feminine game choices in emotionally disturbed boys. (MM)

A number of movement skills for young children, based on Ambrose Brazelton's recording, "Only Just Begun," are presented. (LH)

A basic perceptual motor equipment learning course is described including the necessary equipment and suggested activities. (JMF)

Training for distance running over a long period produces meaningful changes in the running mechanics of experienced runners, as revealed in this longitudinal study of the biomechanical components of stride length, stride rate, stride time, and support and nonsupport time. (MB)

Results of research on the influence of body size and composition on peak force and maximal rate of static strength exertion as measured from force-time curves indicates that rate of force production is somewhat independent of peak force, yet influenced by body size and composition, as is peak force. (MB)