In three studies, profoundly hearing-impaired children received speech training using a computerized, physiologically based system in which glossometry or palatometry measures were displayed. Overall, results suggest that visually based speech training is a feasible alternative to traditional auditorily based training. (Author/JDD)

Explains how a simple three-step algorithm can aid college students in solving synapse transmission problems. Reports that all of the students did not completely understand the algorithm. However, many learn a simple working model of synaptic transmission and understand why an impulse will pass across a synapse quantitatively. Students also see…

Reviews possible mechanisms by which exercise lowers blood pressure and discusses research which indicates exercise is an effective therapy for hypertension. The article presents information to help physicians counsel hypertensive patients wanting to start an exercise program and examines the use of exercise testing to predict the onset of…

Proper warm-up is important for any activity, but designing an effective warm-up can be time consuming. An alternative approach is to take a cue from Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and consider movement design from the perspective of space and planes of motion. Efficient warm-up exercises using LMA are described. (SM)

Describes a program of bibliographic instruction (BI) that was developed at Concordia University (Montreal) for first-year exercise science students. The use of BI in the classroom is described, aims and objectives of the course are explained, the librarian's presentation is discussed, and a relevant assignment is described. (13 references) (LRW)

This paper addresses the disproportionate number of males in programs for students with emotional and behavioral disorders--estimates of 3:1 and 6:1 are cited. It suggests that a combination of physiological differences between boys and girls and specific educational and environmental effects are plausible contributing factors. (DB)

This study examined head rotation, shoulder extension and rotation, ankle plantar and dorsiflexion, hip flexion, and sit and reach (SR) in 80 adults, aged 45-75, to identify flexibility factors. No single measurement indicates loss of flexibility at all joints, but SR tests are found to be more reliable than others. (SM)

The question as to whether males and females have different kinds of intellectual abilities is addressed. The evidence that there are some differences in cognition and perception between men and women is reviewed. (KR)

Described is the author's decision to help a student find alternatives to performing several terminal experiments on animals in a college physiology class. Replacement exercises used for studying the properties of muscle types are described. Details about the difficulties and successes of the entire experience are reported. (KR)

Presents hands-on science activities that help students learn the concepts of hearing and sound while allowing students to practice science process skills. Students investigate the use of alternative phonograph speakers and needles and apply the knowledge learned to the construction of one-string banjos. (MDH)

Summarizes a debate over biology education that took place during a symposium sponsored by the School Science and Mathematics editors in 1908. The six published symposium contributions were meant to address such questions as whether zoology, botany, and human physiology should be studied in one biology course, and what the general purposes for…

Reviews textbook which focuses on disorders of language processing that can be viewed as generated by specific language impairments (SLI). Highlights the book's examination of root causes which may contribute to developmental language disorders for all components of language processing, as well as the interaction between the disorders. Finds the…

Argues that viewing learning from a biological basis is particularly fruitful for technology-and-science education. Demonstrates the potency of this new view of learning in making sense of the findings of empirical studies of technology-and-science learning, modeling technology-and-science education as a set of five natural and contiguous acts.…

Describes the operation and early findings of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, which allows researchers to look at brain events rather than just structures. (WRM)

A study explored gender differences in neonatal transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) by comparing the reproducibility and amplitude of TEOAEs in 392 female and 435 male newborns. Results indicate female newborns had significantly higher response reproducibility and response amplitude. (Contains references.) (CR)