Results of three visual sequential memory tests and a group reading test given to 19 elementary students are discussed in terms of task analysis and structuralist approaches to analysis of reading skills. Relation of visual sequential memory to other reading subskills is considered in light of current reasearch. (CMG)

Examines two contrasting texts, "Little Goody Two-Shoes" and "A High Wind in Jamaica" to point to differences between "child" reading and "adult" reading. (HOD)

Analyzes syntactic processes in three learning situations, Japanese reading English, Persians reading English and English speakers reading Hindi; discussed in terms of reading process and second language learning models. (Author/RM)

This article presents summaries of research on 13 core understandings about learning to read, from "Building a Knowledge Base in Reading" (Jane Braunger and Jan Patricia Lewis). In the article, each core understanding is followed by activity ideas and strategies useful for tutors--these activities were created with one-on-one tutoring in…

The National Education Association (NEA) is committed to high achievement for all students and recognizes that the United States has far too many students who read but do not read well enough to meet the high standards set for students or to function in the world. Debates about the best way to teach reading are not new, but the intense…

Middle school students will interact with a variety of different texts to uncover a broader meaning of reading. During the three 50-minute sessions, students will identify different categories of text materials from basic picture books to textbooks; compile a list of strategies and processes needed to read the different types of books; and develop…

A recent report entitled "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children" (Snow, Burns, and Griffin, 1998) concludes that both phonics and whole language are important in teaching young children how to read. These two strategies--along with plenty of time for children to read, to be read to, and to write--are important components of…

Discusses the basic precepts of the Reading Miscue Inventory as an evaluation of oral reading. (TO)

Describes and discusses a wide variety of theories and models of reading acquisition. (Author)

Presents an outline for a course designed to acquaint the school principal with the reading process, since he has the primary responsibility for the school reading program and the great potential to improve reading on a school-wide basis. (MB)