The results of this research indicated that whether pictures adversely affect learning to read or not depends on the relationship between the picture and the printed word, a direct equivalence being the least favorable. (Editor/RK)

Study examined causal priorities between comprehension subskills in three types of readers and found that for most readers word meanings do serve as building blocks of paragraph meaning.

Study of effects of contextual information on prose reading comprehension showed that contextual information aids comprehension and retention of prose material, with the degree of recall dependent upon the type of information.

Investigation of the effect of establishing purposes for reading upon reading comprehension showed that neither specific nor general reading directions appeared to affect performance and that purpose-setting directions served to discriminate between intentional and incidental information only for above-grade-level readers.

A study of syntactic variables now undergoing change in a predominantly black community in coastal South Carolina. (DD)

Results of study show that instruction in grapheme-phoneme correspondence using a didactic approach is an invaluable aid in producing specific articulation. (JM)

When cloze and maze scores are compared with teacher judgment in establishing the independent, instructional, and fustration levels of students, both techniques tend to overestimate a child's ability. (HOD)

Listeners shadowed lists of words or parts of sentences, and shadowing latencies were recorded. The effect of attended context was interpreted as a result of strategical manipulation of response bias (a resource-limited process), whereas unattended context may be effective through spreading excitation in semantic memory (a data-limited process).…

Explores some possibilities for literacy links with hypermedia technology. Discusses stepping beyond multimedia; examples of hypermedia software; response to hypermedia; research supporting hypermedia's effectiveness in reading instruction; and future technology in the reading classroom. (RS)

Analyzes aspects of language in three novels and their film adaptations. Gives examples of how the films reshaped the novels; speculates about the relationships between language, content, and media; and offers suggestions for instruction. (SR)

Assesses some phonological tasks of well compensated, high-functioning dyslexics, aged 18, whose reading ability had improved to within one standard deviation of the normal population. Compares them with matched controls. Finds they performed well on word recognition tests but worse on nonword reading and spelling, and worse (in terms of speed) on…

Reprints an article originally published in this journal in March, 1971. Surveys research on motor and perceptual programs for children with severe reading disability, finding no demonstrated special effectiveness for any such programs that claim to prevent or correct reading disabilities. Recommends motor-perceptual programs as general additions…

Investigates what happens when parents are invited and encouraged to share their own knowledge and insight of their children's literacy development with teachers. Finds that such sharing can help teachers design instruction to better meet students' needs. (SR)