The general design of this book is that of a step-by-step self-instructional program leading toward the writing of poetry. It consists of 156 exercises which lead the student from writing about a picture and poems to kinds of poetry and techniques for writing poetry (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, rhyme, meter…

Six passages were used in this study to investigate the recoding behavior of eighth and ninth grade students for both increase and decrease in syntactic complexity and thus gain a more accurate picture of their grammar. Each of the two selections used was written in kernel sentences at the eighth grade level of writing and the skilled adult level…

This manual was designed to accompany the revised version of "Training Judges for Girls Gymnastics," a 16mm black and white sound film available from Association Films, Inc. On the film, the first two routines in each event are shown twice. In the manual, there are three category charts. The first is blank to be filled in by trainees after the…

This booklet, one in a series entitled "What Research Says to the Teacher," deals with physical fitness. The initial section discusses what physical fitness is and what its characteristics are. Section two details various aspects of physical fitness and its relation to mental health. The remainder of the document discusses briefly the need for…

This book was designed to aid in applying the laws of dynamics to the sport of track and field, event by event. It begins by tracing the history of the discoveries of the laws of motion and the principles of dynamics, with explanations of commonly used terms derived from the vocabularies of the physical sciences. The principles and laws of…

Identifies community college students, the educational needs of these students, and the instructional methods necessary for meeting these needs. Specific types of practical writing exercises are listed. (MH)

Presents two teaching methods that lend structure to the teaching of poetry writing. (MAI)

Suggests discussion and a writing assignment on the ways color terms have changed from Old English and Indo-European roots; urges a study of Black-White polarity that goes beyond racial connotations of those terms. Provides informative materials on many specific color terms. (TJ)

Both in standard factors of syntactic maturity and in measures of overall writing quality, first year college students trained in sentence combining achieved significantly higher scores than students following a conventional curriculum. (DD)

The treatment group of college freshmen, which worked with the Strong-Christensen sentence-combining materials during an intensive six-week period, scored significantly higher on two factors of syntactic maturity than the control group. (DD)

Discusses physical activities for six age groups in the 4-month to 6-year range which emphasize the interaction between parent and child. Briefly describes those exercises which are appropriate for each age group. (BR)

There is evidence that the ability to produce syntactically complex structures in a foreign language can be accelerated through a different strategy for teaching writing. A writing strategy is outlined which introduces the student gradually and in a very structured way to the concept of sentence-combining. (CHK)

This article describes a health education class in which the students actively engage in improving their own health by physical activity and good nutrition. They are graded on the success of the program they undertake by clear proof of better physical condition. (JD)