Reports on a study that examined the extent to which text with disparate discourse force or type tendencies had a general or differential impact upon the responses of good and poor readers. (HOD)

Through a series of three studies, the facilitative effect of metaphors on children's recall of expository passages was evaluated. Data supports the view that metaphors can serve the function of bridging new and old information in unfamiliar textual settings. (HOD)

Details a study that explored whether a visual syllable duration pattern affected comprehension and whether the fluency effect could be obtained when accuracy of word pronunciation and rate of reading were used as criteria for fluency. (HOD)

This study tested poor readers' facilities at detecting informational inconsistency in a text given at three levels of explicitness in prereading direction. Experimental materials presented a generalizability dilemma, which is discussed in detail. (Author/GK)

Discusses the constructs of decentration and reading achievement; summarizes related research findings. Reports a study of the relationship between children's abilities to use decentered spoken language and reading achievement. Found significant correlations between egocentric spoken language and reading achievement scores for children in grades 2…

Presents theoretical assumptions and a practical guide to creating a reading program based on thematic units. (FL)

Examines the development of knowledge of orthographic structure among beginning readers by testing their ability to discern which word in a pair looked most like a word. (HOD)

Describes a procedure for helping students to reorganize text structured by listing. Details a study proving the effectiveness of the technique. (AEA)

Indicates that student teaching had little effect on the perceived relative importance of selected educational goals of kindergarten and elementary school preservice teachers exposed to a process of goal identification. (FL)

Reveals that the impact of training children with learning disabilities to verbalize a word-attack strategy was not as significant as had been suggested by previous research. (FL)

Notes that most recent reading research conducted in Hungary has focused on the formation of readers' attitudes and value judgments. Discusses studies conducted in the areas of reading psychology, children's reading, reading habits, reading motivation, and readers' responses. (FL)

Presents initial findings of three years of research with six families in which the children were considered by their parents to be successfully learning to read and write. Suggests that multigenerational family literacy patterns mediated by personal experiences are important to the development of a child's reading and writing skills. (FL)

Provides an alternative explanation of the divergent findings appearing in the literature on conceptual tempo and reading acquisition. (HOD)

Discusses the effects on oculomotor behavior of variations of the physical attributes of text and similar effects from physical word cues processed in the reader's parafoveal vision. (HOD)

Indicates that a group counseling atmosphere conductive to self-concept enhancement can lead to reading improvement in college freshmen. (FL)