Proposes that by focusing on comprehension and schema development rather than skill and drill, secondary and college level reading instructors can promote more meaningful reading. (HOD)

Examined research into the memory deficit of retarded readers within a working memory framework. Results showed fairly consistent evidence that reading retardation can be associated with a deficit in long-term storage of phonological information, which may affect retarded readers' ability to utilize the articulatory loop. (JAC)

Investigates the hypothesis that dialect speech interferes with the auditory discrimination of standard English speech sounds. (Editor/RK)

It is maintained that the distinction between "phonics" and "look and say" methods of teaching is irrelevant for learning to read, and it is suggested that there is a specific sequence of steps which are essential if children are to learn to read an alphabetic script. (Author/RK)

The author's philosophy of reading is that if a child is going to learn to read he must want to learn and he must know he is capable of reading. (AM)

This brochure presents guidelines to help parents and educators work together in developing young readers. The brochure states that supporting a child is best accomplished when parents and teachers share common methods and basic understandings about the reading process. It describes ways parents can help their children as readers, outlining three…

As students move on to more challenging texts in middle and high school, their reading skills do not grow automatically to meet those demands. They need help figuring out "how" to read, not just "what" to read. As the focus on reading more sophisticated kinds of texts intensifies in schools, student need more help than ever.…

This booklet offers 10 ideas to transform instruction in reading and heighten literacy for all students. The booklet states that these principles and ideas, interrelated and built one upon the other, are based on solid research findings and practical experience and that they are already being used in classrooms across the country. The 10 ideas…

Researchers have found that readers they described as "strategic" had a purpose for reading, that they monitored their comprehension as they read, and they reflected on their reading. Although most readers have grasped fundamental reading processes by age 12, they still do not have well-articulated concepts about effective strategies to…

This paper discusses reading instruction in the 20th century. The paper begins with a tour of the historical pathways that have led people, at the century's end, to the "rocky and highly contested terrain educators currently occupy in reading pedagogy." After the author/educator unfolds his version of a map of that terrain in the paper,…

Presenting the story of how discussion became the foundation of a teacher's classroom practice, this book examines reading development in a group of second graders, observing classroom discussions and the transformation of a basal-reading curriculum into one which used literature-study groups. The book reports on close-up classroom observation as…

The entire issue summarizes reading research published between July 1, 1971 and June 30, 1972, covering: Summaries of Specific Aspects of Reading Research,'' Teacher Preparation and Practice,'' Sociology and Reading,'' Physiology and Psychology of Reading,'' The Teaching of Reading,'' and Teaching of Atypical Readers.'' (RB)

Results agreed with previous findings that good and poor readers did not differ in mean scan rate when words instead of letters had been used as stimuli. (Authors)