This month's article presents three reading skills reinforcement centers that will strengthen your individualized reading program and make it more flexible. (Editor)

Suggests several ways to motivate adolescents in selecting books for individual reading in the English classroom; stresses the importance of positive attitudes toward reading. (MAI)

Many individual activities are suggested to help children share books they have read. (JH)

Academic tasks are listed on the board from which students choose their work. (JH)

Provides lists of questions, one for fiction and one for nonfiction, that teachers can ask students during reading conferences in order to reinforce student interest and enthusiasm for further reading. (FL)

Presents a method of teaching children how to read using a constructive communicative technique. (MP)

Describes a way in which a microcomputer can be used as a basis for individualized instruction in reading and word meaning. (FL)

Based on the experiences of writing lab instructors working with college students whose writing was affected by poor comprehension of difficult texts, this book explores the use of writing about reading to help students become more aware or analytical of their reading processes. The first chapter provides a theoretical context for teaching…

Briefly defines nine distinct methods of teaching reading and summarizes how teachers use reading materials. (AEA)

Suggestions for improving affective factors in remedial reading programs include conveying positive expectations, encouraging student perceptions of success, and maximizing individual achievement. (MKM)

Planned, individualized vocabulary instruction is an essential ingredient of developmental reading classes, and deserves special attention, since expanding word knowledge is the one area related to reading comprehension in which student progress can be directly observed and measured by the learner in daily or weekly increments. The two factors…

This advisory resource provides a method of understanding the criteria that a reader uses to judge a novel, and recommends titles that fit those criteria. Each book was assigned a primary appeal characteristic of Setting, Story, Characters, and Language. Some were also assigned a secondary appeal characteristic. The book is divided into four…

This teaching unit describes an elective reading course for high school students incorporating the goals and methods of writing across the curriculum. Students choose the books they want to read and read in class at least two days each week, and write a brief journal entry at the end of the class period. Students also have the option of writing a…

Describes a child-centered reading program for a group of 10- to 11-year-old reluctant readers. (JL)

Proposes that physical education teachers can integrate reading exercises into their classes through activities that (1) stimulate recreational reading, (2) reinforce vocabulary and comprehension skills, and (3) provide reading opportunities through alternative learning options. (FL)