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

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

Reviews readability research and suggests priorities for future research in the area. (MKM)

Community college students who heard a lecture on how to underline a text did not do better than a control group on a test covering their text, and only two of the 52 students who heard the lecture actually underlined in their text. (MKM)

Reports that reading on the job is extremely widespread, is primarily "reading-to-do" rather than "reading-to-learn," and is often aided by extralinguistic factors. (MKM)

Suggests that no matter how well research is carried out, the results can be almost meaningless unless the design is good. (JM)

Surveys research in the field of listening and explores the relationships between listening and reading. (JM)

Examines health care information given to patients and concludes that most of the material is too difficult for patients to read easily. (AEA)

Research indicates that three samples may not give a good indication of a workbook's narrative readability level. (MKM)

Provides a chart to be used with the Dale-Chall Readability Formula to simplify computation of readability level. (MKM)

According to an analysis of the books most frequently purchased between 1965 and 1975, Americans read to ascribe some sense to their personal universe and affirm intimately who they are. (DD)

Identifies and briefly discusses nine areas of reading research. (AEA)

Explains the importance of the context of the purpose of reading to the final interpretation or understanding. (MKM)

Findings indicate that different readability formulas will not record the same degree of change in readability level if easier synonyms are inserted, sentences shortened, or text rewritten for simplification. (MKM)

Since reading achievement and study achievement failed to correlate significantly in this study, results should be interpreted in a number of ways. (HOD)