In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school district partnered with a local university to develop a model for high-quality professional development that hopefully would result in long-term changes in teachers' literacy instructional/practices. Schools were selected based on their Adequate…

Examines the role of the college reading professor in terms of applying pure research to the realities of classroom instruction. (RB)

For more than twenty years the benefits of extensive reading have been proclaimed to the ELT community, but the inclusion of extensive reading in ELT programmes is far from universal. Extensive reading appears to be particularly absent in higher educational and English for Academic Purposes settings. This paper reports on the implementation of an…

This paper describes the criteria for hiring student tutors for college developmental reading programs, their tutoring responsibilities, their training program, and their supervision. It enumerates some general guidelines for planning a tutoring training program and for supervising the tutors and presents specific suggestions for planning…

Students in a teaching methods course evaluated a recently published basal reader to see if it conformed to guidelines for the efficacy of such materials already established by the class. A story selection was read to identify (1) essential background information, (2) text features that might cause comprehension problems (subject matter for…

Focusing on research and evaluation in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the ninth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1959. Among the topics discussed in the 19 papers are the following: a proposed model of reading comprehension, factors affecting reading test performance, student attitudes toward…

Discusses some of the outstanding and significant research in recent years relating to the problems of evaluating college reading and study skills programs and the implications for improvement. (RB)

Examines the Communication Skills Program at Rutgers State University as a model for other college reading programs for improving comprehension and notetaking skills. (RB)

Describes a competency-based reading program at Illinois State University and presents some of the limitations and advantages of such a program. (RB)

Papers in this journal issue were drawn from the proceedings of the 1984 conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association, as well as articles submitted for juried selection, and focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Papers are divided into sections for…

Faculty, administrators and librarians should form a three fold guarantee of total involvement in reading programs. (Editor/IR)

Suggests that a directed reading and study skill use of content periodicals as a supplementary aid can produce measurable reading comprehension gains and observable content area enrichment. (JM)

Discusses a survey of college reading programs and offers suggestions for future planning concerning such reading programs. (JM)

Presents results of a survey to determine the characteristics, organizational patterns, instructional methods, and current trends in university reading clinics in the United States. (FL)