Teachers have tried many "keys," some misused or ineffective, and should continue to search for effective keys to open the doors of reading for their students. Results of recent student testing programs indicate that student knowledge is on the decline, suggesting in turn that reading is a declining art. Television may be a major culprit; recent…

Drawn from an annual symposium held at the University of Guam to recognize and encourage scholarly activities of graduate students in the reading education department and to promote continued interdepartmental dialogue on the teaching of reading, the nine papers in this compilation deal with various approaches to reading instruction. Topics…

The continuing theme of these conferences is: "Reading, the Process of Creating Meaning for Sensed Stimuli." The special theme of this 1983 anniversary conference is: "Reading Reading: 50th Anniversary Perspectives." The proceedings in this yearbook reflect the retrospective and prospective emphasis of the special theme.…