The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teachers' reading content knowledge, to develop a definition of reading, and to develop an informal test of teachers' reading content knowledge. A content analysis of two contemporary reading textbooks used in university reading courses was the source of a six-tier, hierarchical definition of…

The Institute for Research on Teaching, a major center funded by the National Institute of Education, has as its central mission the determination of the mental life and decision-making processes of teachers, with particular reference to the teaching of reading. The Teachers' Conceptions of Reading Project, part of the Institute, is exploring…