Describes an experiment that examined the degree to which self-instructional training influences elementary school aged children's comprehension monitoring during reading, and notes that such training does, indeed, increase comprehension monitoring. (HOD)

Investigates the effect of word acquisition by kindergarten children under two conditions of instruction: an isolated-word condition and a word-sentence condition. (HOD)

Suggests minireplications of research reports as an alternative to traditional research papers in teacher education classes. Includes studies recommended for minireplications as part of reading/language arts classes. (FL)

Reports the results of a survey of primary school head teachers in England carried out in order to take a broad "sounding" of mainstream practice with respect to volunteer help with reading within schools. (DF)

Investigates whether early childhood teachers could achieve consensus on three basic questions related to reading readiness: (1) What is reading readiness? (2) How do we know when a child is ready to read? (3) What should be included in an appropriate reading readiness curriculum for kindergartners? (FL)

Reviews training experiments where the strategies trained had a significant effect on poor readers' comprehension of text. Describes the training procedures that enhanced poor readers' comprehension of text and offers instructional implications for each. (FL)

A study was conducted to assess the differences in beginning second-grade students' recalls after reading a story with a well-formed structure and after reading a story with little structure. Results indicated the importance of providing children with reading selections that conform to their expectations for well-structured stories. (HOD)

Discusses contemporary theory on the comprehension process in first language reading research and psychology. Examines beliefs, materials, and classroom behaviors which have been under recent discussion and applies the theory of comprehension--that comprehension is the process of relating incoming or new information to information already stored…

Argues that the way reading is taught to the youngest children sets the stage for their future learning. Notes that recent research shows that some basal readiness activities are better avoided or postponed. (FL)

Describes a study contrasting hierarchical and causal approaches to story understanding indicating that when the number of causal connections increases, the likelihood of summarization for both goal and other statements increases. Suggests that the importance accorded to a statement in a story structure is the result of causal reasoning during…

Examines the interclass and intraclass reliability of three published informal reading inventories and their alternate forms and concludes that though acceptable, the reliabilities of the inventories suggest the need for cautious interpretation. (HOD)

Examines how spelling-to-sound irregularity affects pronunciation latencies when words are presented in a sentence, and concludes that pronunciation latencies are strongly affected by the type of preceding sentence, with the specific sentences producing shorter latencies than the general sentences. (HOD)

Offers an outline of what research says about silent reading and comprehension. Presents suggestions to help children learn to read silently.

Offers a case study of how one teacher used readability formulas to select the most appropriate materials for her students. Presents 10 suggestions that the teacher followed to avoid being tyrannized by the formulas. (FL)

Concludes that relevant context had an effect on particular cloze items, as the positioning of items at the end of the natural passages did facilitate their prediction. (FL)