Presents a set of writing assignments and class activities for helping students to define their own writing problems, set their own goals, and evaluate their own progress. (RL)

Stresses the virtues of one technique and the limitations of another technique for focusing on a writing topic. (RL)

Offers three techniques for helping students learn to revise entire pieces, discover how words work in context, and eliminate errors. (RL)

Describes how one school developed six literature-based explorations involving an author of children's books that was intended to develop children's imaginations. (HOD)

Mitral valve prolapse is the most common heart disease seen in college and university health services. It underlies most arrhythmia and many chest complaints. Activity and exercise restrictions are usually unnecessary. (Author/CJ)

Demonstrates some of the many ways in which a text can be used, not only as a basis for comprehension, but also for practicing grammatical structures, writing, and conversation skills. Such a variety of activities with one text can help to alleviate students' boredom. Sample texts are given. (Author/PJM)

Pupils using a moving model of letter formation in the form of a flipbook demonstrate higher skill improvement than do students using a still model. (CJ)

Reviews the objectives of composition within the total English as a second language curriculum. The limitations of popular instructional methods are discussed and the introduction of controlled paragraph rhetoric is suggested. (CFM)

Suggests a six-step exercise that can be used in one 50-minute session to help students (or teachers at a workshop) experience the writing process of prewriting, writing, and rewriting with response from a peer. (TJ)

The scant literature that does exist is reviewed, and suggestions are made for assessing mobility potential, improving locomotor skills, organizing physical exercises, and teaching orientation skills and cane travel to such persons. (Author/DLS)

Describes the work and preparation--as well as the student response-- that went into the Comic Book Club in an elementary school which resulted in a student developed comic book and comic book fair. (HOD)

Details an activity in which students study physics concepts and principles of motion by observing sporting events. Specific examples, samples of finished projects, and a flipchart scoring rubric are included. (DKM)

Reviews research on feelings of dependency and self-criticism (correlates of depression) among adolescents at camp, on the importance of adolescents being immunized, and on benefits of exercise. Implications for camp involve developing strategies to help adolescents be less self-critical, requiring complete vaccination records from campers and…

The seven habits of healthy camp directors and staff members include setting realistic goals; developing positive health habits such as eating well-balanced meals, getting plenty of rest, and exercising regularly; setting time aside for daily solitude; practicing relaxation techniques; developing a social support system; maintaining a positive…

Determinants of exercise for middle school children were addressed by examining the validity of the Stages of Change (SOC) construct of the Transtheoretical Model, as well as the relation between the stages of change and barrier self-efficacy and decisional balance. Findings provided preliminary cognitive and behavioral support for the use of the…