Throughout the 20th century, a limited number of scholarly oriented books and monographs were issued that should have had great influence on later theory, research, and praxis associated with the college reading and study strategies field. Yet, these works have been, at least to some extent, lost to the winds of time. The lessons that can be…

Resurgence in college-level reading research has led to studies on rhetorical reading and reading transfer, but often absent from these discussions are student emotions about reading and themselves as readers. Our qualitative study explores these emotions by examining how basic writing students perceive ideal readers and reading difficulties. Our…

While the critical importance of summer reading loss is receiving more attention than in the past, not all summer reading programs are alike. Featuring three new chapters and extensive updating, the second edition of this groundbreaking book describes current research that confirms the importance of key elements in the authors' summer reading…

For decades there has been a divide between educational research and practice. Sometimes the blame is placed on teachers for not following research-based strategies or not being trained well enough to read the literature. Just as frequently the blame is placed on researchers for not (a) studying topics important to teachers, (b) writing them so…

This study indicated that two-way, or reciprocal, peer tutoring is superior to tutoring by an adult in helping elementary remedial readers. (MKM)

Shows that the Orton-Gillingham reading treatment program can produce positive results in certain populations of college developmental reading students. (SR)

Secondary schools--be they middle schools or high schools--are reading-rich environments. Secondary schools provide contexts in which students must regularly read and write competently to demonstrate their literacy achievement. In any given semester, there are short stories and novels to read, comprehend, and analyze; civics and science texts…

A selection of papers originally presented at six annual United Kindgom Reading Association reading conferences, 1964 to 1969, are collected in this volume. The papers selected are of topical or perennial interest and favor practice rather than theory. They are broadly grouped under four headings: theory and practice, media and materials, remedial…

Three studies assessed the effects of behavioral objectives on the performance of remedial readers. Subjects were three groups of 16 pupils who were participating in a reading-center tutorial program. During the two-month instructional period, half of the students were given behavioral objectives and half were not. For the post-instruction…

Supports the conjecture that learning to recognize text structure through flowcharting transfers to more careful reading of expository texts by less skilled readers. (AEA)

Describes a study that examined whether high school special education students' scores on a phonics test could be perceptively increased through the use of a selected course in phonics and phonetics. (FL)

Acknowledges the influence of Arthur I. Gates, Marion Monroe, and Donald D. Durrell on the author's views about remedial reading. (DD)