The major way teachers can motivate students to read is to be avid readers themselves. They need to read current young adult books to keep up with frequently changing trends. Preparing short book lists and giving book talks are other effective ways of encouraging students to read. Teachers might use a number of activities in place of book reports…

AS ONE MEANS OF TEACHING LITERATURE, INDIVIDUALIZED READING HAS PROVEN PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN STIMULATING STUDENTS TO READ ON THEIR OWN--AS AN EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN AS AN EXERCISE. INDIVIDUALIZED READING IS A TEACHER-GUIDED PROGRAM IN THE READING OF FICTION WHICH ALLOWS THE STUDENT TO CHOOSE WHAT HE READS OVER A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF TIME.…

The effects of a strong librarian-centered reading guidance program on the reading habits and skills of elementary school pupils were studied. Seventy-nine fifth graders in a rural Florida school were divided into three matched groups according to eye-movement photography scores. Experimental group A received a library reading guidance program and…

This study examines the reasons for cancellations of the newspaper, who makes the decision to stop the newspaper in each household, why the subscriber initiated service and who makes this decision, and why people read a newspaper. The sites selected for this study were Evansville, Indiana ("Evansville Press"), Raleigh, North Carolina…

This monograph seeks to help teachers focus on the development and maintenance of positive attitudes toward reading. Selected research studies are reviewed in order to delineate variables apparently associated with attitudes. Techniques for assessing attitudes are also reviewed, and advice is given on kinds of item-sampling, methods of…

This project is concerned with public, school, and academic library services for the non-institutionalized handicapped of Indiana. Some of the most important questions which are discussed are the following: Who are the handicapped who are unable to use regular library materials and services? What level of library services is presently available to…

The purpose of this study was to describe the differences in reading interests expressed by college students and prisoners. Two forms of fixed-alternative response surveys based on specific reading categories of presumed interest to young males were developed. The short form consisted of fifteen named categories ranging from social problems like…

The "Texas Monthly," a one and a half year old magazine begun in February 1973, provides upper income readers with both booster and critical content. In its first year, the magazine moved from 10,000 circulation to 60,000, from six to thirty-five pages of ads, and from a staff of six to twenty-one. Nearly half of its readers are in the $20,000 and…

The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) was designed by Sir James Pitman as a reading teaching medium from which immediate and efficient transition may be made to the alphabet of regular English. Questions and answers covered in this booklet provide information concerning its history, effectiveness, methods of use, teaching areas, and relationship…

Teenagers are a unique group of people regarded with as little seriousness as possible by some and with intense seriousness by others. Many of their problems, concerns, and needs are reflected through and can be observed in books; among these are parent relationships, the search for a belief or purpose in life, the unknown, the bizarre and…

This research project studies the reading interests of junior high school students in a city school in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Four hundred and fifty students--representative of the school population according to grade level, race, sex, and scholastic standing--were given a questionnaire reflecting their reading interests and habits.…

This issue of the Arizona English Bulletin contains articles discussing literature that adolescents read and literature that they might be encouraged to read. Thus there are discussions both of literature specifically written for adolescents and the literature adolescents choose to read. The term adolescent is understood to include young people in…

A selection of books for young people is presented. In addition to presenting carefully selected titles, this list aids the librarian by the way in which each book is presented. The first long paragraph is a summary of the book's contents. The second indicates the audience to which the book appeals and, in many instances, the particular value of…

Previous research indicates that children comprehend more of high- than low-interest material when given both types of material. In this study fifth grade children each received either high-interest or low-interest cloze passages but not both. Results indicated that the interest effect is not dependent on a contrast phenomenon. (HOD)