From his own teaching experience, the author presents his views on the essentials of effective writing instruction: diagnostic testing, student grouping, meaningful assignments, and the teacher as model. He also presents some of his techniques for teaching observational skills, exactness, and logical sequence. (SJL)

Initial weight-loss success was correlated with two severity variables. Persons reporting frequent binge eating and histories of previous dieting weight loss lost the most weight. Persons who were successful at maintenance used frequent exercise. Those who relapsed reported high levels of stress during follow-up. (Author)

The article describes a physical fitness circuit and a sport skill training circuit with several stations, each stressing a particular activity. (JMF)

Suggests a method for helping students learn to revise their papers by carrying out a series of assigned tasks either individually or in groups. (TJ)

This research provides longitudinal information on the motor development of children in kindergarten through second grade. (MM)

Suggests writing activities in eight categories that provide remedial readers with the exposure to language that they need in order to improve their reading. (DD)

Lists suggestions which can serve as springboards for ideas on possible news and feature stories in student publications. (HOD)

Test results suggest that the influence of excess body fat on pulmonary function does not appear until a critical degree of obesity is attained. (JD)

Determined the effects of intensified physical education sessions on adolescents divided into two groups: high intensity running group (HIRG) and high intensity jumping group (HIJG). Heart rate (HR) was monitored during sessions. There was no significant difference between mean HR for HIRG and HIJG. Mean HR was significantly lower for the control…

Provides a framework for using journal writing in the primary grades to develop writing skills. Outlines techniques to help focus teacher observations, deepen insights, inform curricular decision making, and help teachers reflect upon the student's role in journal writing. (RS)

Validated the transtheoretical model for exercise behavior and the constructs of decisional balance and self-efficacy for exercise in low-income, poorly educated individuals from four public primary care clinics. Interview data indicated that respondents had high rates of sedentary behaviors that could significantly impact their health status.…

Examined the effect of 6-month hospital-based exercise training versus 6-month monitored home-based training in cardiac rehabilitation patients following surgery, investigating which conferred the greatest physical, quality of life, and social support benefits. Home-based training resulted in improvements in exercise performance as great as those…

Describes how "speedwriting" requires that all learners become actively engaged in their own learning because, rather than generating ideas orally, students are instructed to write down all their ideas as quickly as they can. Considers how the social engagement of discussion and the sharing of ideas during the writing phase drew even the…

Explored relationship between personality and exercise over the life span using young adult personality characteristics to predict current exercise behavior in late middle-aged college graduates (N=156). Found personality variables improved classification accuracy in discriminant analysis, and especially improved identification of frequent…