Responds to the author's genuine and imagined reader mail. Discusses issues involving "information anxiety," educational jargon, statistical versus educational significance, and cultural literacy. (RS)

Cautions that a lack of rigor in research methodology and a lack of restraint in interpretation may ruin the potential benefits of educational ethnography. (HOD)

Praises the writing persona of syndicated columnist Mike Royko and speculates on how he might comment on the research related to reading. (HTH)

Comments on how reading research studies sometimes work their effects in wonderous ways. Illustrates this in humorous reviews of several recent research reports. (HOD)

Summary data are reported for the forty-one annual reviews of studies related to reading reported in The Journal of Educational Research. Total studies reported each year are reported along with lists of journals cited most frequently in the areas of sociology, psychology, physiology, and the teaching of reading. (Authors)

Suggests a whimsical text on dyslexia that might be written by David Barry, columnist for the "Miami Herald." (RAE)

Since an annual review now appears in the Reading Research Quarterly which will be combined with the Eric effort and other more specialized reviews, this is the last of the forty-one annual summaries and reviews to appear in The Journal of Educational Research. (Authors/CB)

Reports investigations from journals in the areas of sociology, psychology, physiology, and the teaching of reading. (MB)

This paper describes a research and development center's project to design procedures for helping students both to develop and to apply effective behaviors for understanding text. The project's developmental efforts are summarized and promising directions for future work are examined. Specifically, the paper (1) clarifies the goals of the project,…

Argues that the field of education has produced and absorbed a steady barrage of information about the threats and causes of illiteracy. Contends that the field has managed to demystify the wondrous and profound acts of reading and writing. Concludes that research on reader response has much to offer in the rehumanization of literacy. (RS)

In a question-and-answer format similar to that used by Dear Abby and Ann Landers, a professor suggests possible letters he might receive and formulates humorous answers to them. (DF)

Notes the weakness of comprehension assessment as it occurs in standardized tests and exercise books, and reports on a new approach which views reading as a constructive process that results from a complex set of interactions between reader and texts. (NH)

Discusses the influence of Thorndike's 1917 study on attempts to define the reading process and its practical impact on reading research. (VJ)

This annotated bibliography of publications by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling provides teachers and administrators with information sources that could improve individualized instruction and learning in elementary and secondary schools. Seventy-one technical reports, theoretical papers, and working papers…