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…

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)

Traces progress of the Research Committee of the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association in surveying present certification requirements, in recommending more stringent requirements, and in seeking to solve the problems involved in their implementation. Bibliography. (MD)

Reports that students who were reading below grade level were better able to learn words they chose to be taught than words the teacher chose to teach them. (Author/FL)

A study investigated the use of visualizing in remembering or understanding difficult abstract prose. Subjects, 40 students in two freshman developmental reading classes in a state college in North Carolina, received either instruction in drawing out images or in writing paraphrases as they read difficult material. Posttests of abstract reading…

This research study demonstrated that using a wireless system makes it possible to use the neurological impress method successfully with several students at a time. (MKM)

Reports the findings of a survey of the prevalence of negative beliefs about the usefulness of phonics among directors of university reading clinics. (JM)

Reports on the effect of remedial reading instruction varied by length of individual sessions and total number of hours. (FL)

Surveys the literature concerning remedial reading in the United States, with particular attention to new developments in treatment in the areas of medical, psychological, and education therapies. (Author/FL)

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the study of reading and reading disability with the use of functional neuroimaging techniques. There is substantial converging evidence that skilled word recognition requires the development of a highly integrated cortical system that includes left hemisphere dorsal, ventral, and anterior…

Describes an experiment to determine the effects of counselling as a method of improving the self esteem of retarded readers. (RB)

Focusing on common misconceptions about children who have trouble learning to read, two papers discuss new ways to think about and teach these students. "Revaluing Readers and Reading," by Kenneth S. Goodman, argues that troubled readers should not be thought of as sufferers from an illness, but as strong, healthy individuals fully…

Concludes that computer assisted instruction can improve student achievement among behaviorally disordered adolescents with reading problems. (RB)