Describes a model for reading--ERICA (Effective Reading in Content Areas)--that consists of four stages: preparing, thinking through, extracting and organizing, and translating. (HOD)

Argues that saying that students have "thinking problems" is hardly a useful diagnostic statement or even a sensible description of flawed cognitive development. Maintains that what is needed to encourage students to think are some sensible models and attractive opportunities to do it in contexts that matter to them. (RS)

Describes the purposes and programs of the national Right to Read effort. (RB)

Describes the Efficiency-Based Change Model, which takes into account the complexity of the change process for individual teachers. Notes that the model is being tested and refined within a variety of settings, including a staff development project designed to support a group of teachers as they explore ways to provide whole-language services to…

Examines the problems in initiating schoolwide reading reform. Argues for the formal establishment of a reading improvement team to negotiate and collaborate on long-range initiatives to improve reading instruction districtwide. Concludes that improving reading instruction is an ongoing, developmental, adult-learning process that requires a…

The ReQuest procedure, designed to teach students to raise questions independently, has many components that lend themselves to solving some of the problems faced by the teacher of juvenile delinquents. (HOD)

Develops an understanding of the interactive nature of the reading process with a focus on vocabulary learning and formulates criteria, based on this understanding, to evaluate approaches to vocabulary development. (HOD)

Discusses the Supplemental Instruction (SI) approach to teaching study skills using course content. Summarizes the methods used in SI review sessions and reviews data measuring the success of students involved in SI with implications for improving student performance in other difficult courses at the community college level. (SKC)