This book presents the highlights of the twenty-second annual reading conference at Lehigh University which covered a multitude of topics related to practices of classroom reading instruction. The contents include "Creativity in Teaching Reading,""A Consumers' Report on Learning to Read,""Open Education: What Is It?""Primary Reading--What Is…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the readability of three collections of reading textbooks adopted for use in California for four student groups--culturally disadvantaged, slow, average, and fast. The Botel readability formula was applied to nine, 100-word samples taken from a total of twenty-four…

Presented in this paper are some suggestions for cooperation between the schools and the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for the improvement of children's reading ability. Suggestions for how the school can inform the parents about the school's reading program include: undertaking a long range study of the reading program in the school;…

The building of a repertoire of written words recognized on sight is an important prerequisite for complex reading skills. Coordination of certain sense modalities, when present in the learning of a new written word, increases the probability that this word will be retained over a period of time. This coordination involves specific intersensory…

The purpose of this study was to determine if students in a field-based program performed significantly better on a test of ability to assess and to teach specific reading skills than students enrolled in on-campus reading methods courses which employed the same textual materials and different amounts of field experiences with children. The…

This paper describes the generation, implementation, and results of a personalized reading program operating in a conventional college classroom intended to create opportunities for students to learn how to learn, to direct their own learning, and to improve their reading and vocabulary skills. The contents include "Program Generation, which…

Six lectures presented by TESOL experts for the 1973 Annual Defense Language Institute are summarized and discussed here. The first paper, by John B. Carroll, "Some Suggestions from a Psycholinguist," concerns the relationship between learning and memory. Albert H. Marckwardt, in "The Dictionary as an English Teaching Resource," recommends the…

Intended for practitioners, this comprehensive, year-long reading readiness curriculum is for use with 2 1/2 -- 6-year-old children. Readiness skills are taught through other subjects appropriate for young children. A major objective of the curriculum is to establish a positive motivational framework for reading instruction, based on early…

This paper traces the development of the seven-volume Florida Catalog of Performance Objectives for Reading and Writing, kindergarten through grade twelve, and describes the nature, purposes, and use of the finished product. The project was funded by the Florida Education Department, and the researchers built on earlier catalogs developed in…

This sourcebook for high school teachers suggests procedures not only for teaching the fundamental process of reading, but also for teaching reading in all of the high school content areas. It features motivating activities, a subject-area index, and guide sheets and work sheets. Chapters include "How to Use This Book,""Building Vocabulary and…

This volume considers reading as it affects and is affected by a culture which is becoming increasingly oral, presenting the speculations, research, and recommendations of reading professionals. Contents include a brief introduction of Neil Postman followed by Postman's "The Politics of Reading" and nine articles divided into four sections: "Oral…

The objectives presented in this booklet are those that were prepared for the second assessment in the area of reading. The objectives are only one step in the total National Assessment project and provide the foundation upon which the exercises are based. The contents include "Development of Revised Reading Objectives," which presents a…

Both the remediation of reading deficiencies and the alleviation of severely deviant behaviors are necessary for the proper social and emotional development of the child and for his normal academic achievement. A successful reading program for children with behavior problems provides for daily success. Initial and continued teacher reinforcement…

The Executive Summary contained in this volume is intended to offer to Congress, agency officials, and the general public an initial descriptive assessment of school-based sites in the National Right to Read Program and to report on the study made in the areas of reading instruction and acquisition by Contemporary Research Incorporated (CRI) in…

This book, volume two of a four-volume report of 44 school-based sites in the National Right to Read Program, documents the reading gains made by the students. Statistical data on reading test scores are charted by grade level and by total school for each of the sites involved. The same statistics are included on an across-site comparative basis.…