Compares the cultural role of sports and physical education in various countries around the world. The author discusses how the motivations underlying the demand for physical exercise and sports will affect future cultural roles of professional and recreational sports. (AM)

Analyzes the omission, overgeneralization, and misuse errors in the compositions of first- through third-year university Spanish students, with major emphasis placed on the role errors play in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language. (EKN)

Because student writing in science is often routine (note taking, completing lab reports, paraphrasing information), suggestions are offered to allow students to expand ideas, synthesize information, and use their imaginations. The 25 activities described are designed to add variety to classwork and to encourage students to think creatively.…

Applies educational research on the composing process to the writing of junior high school students. Explains how tapes were used to create a new unit aimed at correcting student writing weaknesses. (JL)

Shares some approaches and suggests poems that can be used to inspire discussion and creative writing in bilingual classes. (RL)

Describes a writing workshop in which teachers work with clay and write about their products. (HTH)

Explores how Stephen Toulmin's "layout" for arguments might be usefully adapted to the teaching of "argumentative" sentence-combining exercises. (JL)

Describes an experiment in which biofeedback training was used with student instrumentalists to decrease unnecessary muscular tension and fatigue and to improve dexterity and speed. (SJL)

Presents strategies that teach children how to write in order to demonstrate, to facilitate, and to record science learning. Also suggests using frame of reference- how a writer views and interprets an issue by comparing different source accounts of science questions. (Author/JN)

Reports on the development of a home intervention strategy at the secondary school level to improve students' writing abilities. (HOD)

Explores ways teachers can intervene in the writing process to help students advance in their writing. (JL)

Prescribes steps that can be taken to overcome the problems of teaching the research paper. (JL)

Recent trends in physical education programs show a diverse spectrum of clients and an increasing amount of health-related litigation. These developments call for increased emphasis on exercise prescription. The sit-up is used in an example of a step-by-step guide to prescriptive technique. (JN)

Physical education should be considered a basic component of education since it contributes to the total development of the individual. However, physical education objectives have not been reached, in spite of research supporting the goals and a large percentage of students participating in physical education programs. (JN)

Describes and illustrates a writing assignment in which students assume the role and the voice of someone they perceive as different from themselves, requiring attention to appropriate--not necessarily "correct"--language styles. (RL)