The coauthor of "Stack the Deck," a junior and senior high school composition program, discusses the program's philosophy and its implications for composition teachers and their students. (HTH)

Exercise stress testing provides information on the aerobic capacity, heart rate, and blood pressure responses to graded exercises of a healthy adult. The reliability of exercise tests as a diagnostic procedure is discussed in relation to sensitivity and specificity and predictive accuracy. (JN)

Gives reasons for using writing projects rather than writing assignments. Offers the group project of writing pamphlets as an example of students applying knowledge from outside the classroom in developing writing and communication skills. (RL)

A collection of articles provides current instructional information to softball players and coaches. Topics discussed in the series include practice, basic skills, defense, pitching, catching, offense, and warm-up exercises to be used in conjunction with other conditioning drills. (JN)

Presents a rationale for organizing a writing course around a feminist perspective and provides course outlines with appropriate readings and writing activities. (HTH)

Drinking and smoking habits of a group of college students did not change after a 15-week period of exercises. Results indicate a conscious commitment to changing life-styles may be an important factor and should be considered before physical activites are added to drug and alcohol abuse programs. (Author/JAC)

Describes use of Ten Perfect Sentences approach to teaching English writing skills to nonnative English language students at the upper secondary and university levels. The purpose of this approach is the writing of correct sentences in English on a topic before progressing to compositions. Stresses insistence on high standard of mechanical…

Physical exercise contributes to individuals' abilities to function better in all areas of human functioning and thus to cope better with daily problems. Leaders of multimodal counseling groups can use many elements in the group process to encourage exercise and enrich the lives of group participants. (Author)

Describes a "directed writing activity" that teachers can use in developing writing sessions that consistently produce good results. Outlines six steps in the writing activity: prewriting, framing the writing assignment, writing the assignment, revising the draft, editing, and writing the final draft. (AEA)

Suggests incorporating business writing into a freshman English course. Outlines three writing and research assignments: a financial status memorandum, a management analysis report, and an evaluation of applicants for a position at a university. (TJ)

Discusses well-written, moving children's stories that can be used to promote children's writing. (RL)

Presents a vision of how a school of running could provide young people with learning experiences encompassing body and mind. The school would have four tracks: running, body work, inner space development, and academic subjects. Sea Pines Resort in South Carolina will be ideal for the kind of education described here. (Author/BEF)

Recounts the rationale and design of an ongoing attempt to use sentence-combining as a basic component of an effective instructional technology and to integrate that technology into a course in technical exposition. (TJ)

Reports on the positive effects of free writing that is followed by rewriting. (RL)

The value of exercise in coping with stress is well documented. A series of isometric exercises may be used in the classroom by a teacher to release tension and reduce stress. (JD)