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Derby, Tom – Journal of Reading, 1987
Shows why reading instruction in vocational education is needed, discusses the new U.S. Vocational Education Act and its effect on schools wishing to obtain vocational reading materials, and surveys materials now available for use with vocational high school students. (SRT)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection

Blanchard, Jay S.; Mason, George E. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes five categories of computer programs useful for content area reading instruction: utility programs, word processing, simulations, telecommunications for access to a database, and story architecture. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Content Area Reading, Microcomputers

Balajthy, Ernest – Journal of Reading, 1986
Declares the need to train teachers to use computers in reading and language arts and describes a training program used with undergraduate education majors at the State University of New York at Geneseo. (SRT)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education