The purchase of $3,500 worth of paperback books led to 70 percent participation in an Ohio high school reading program run by the library-media center. (An annotated sampling of paperback titles purchased for the reading program is provided.) (MKM)

Instructional time, especially time on task, appears to have a positive relationship to academic achievement. (MKM)

Manual communication methods used by the deaf may be helpful techniques for remedial instruction with hearing children. (MKM)

Students who received phonics and word recognition instruction directly from a teacher developed a more positive attitude toward reading than did students who received instruction through tape-recorded lessons. (MKM)

Described is the methodological and technical background of a project dealing with computer-assisted instruction for deaf children, including computer hardware required and the procedures which will be followed. (BD)

Seriously questions the current beliefs that reading scores in urban schools will remain low due to ever-increasing poverty and minority populations, and that a child's learning patterns are irreversibly set in preschool years. (Editor/RK)

Twenty-one variables from the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Project Coding System were factor analyzed for morning whole class data, afternoon whole class data, and reading group data. Resulting factor scores were correlated with achievement gains. Although significant correlations were few, differences existed between lower and higher social status…

Proposes a method, based on dependency theory, for teaching reading in the foreign language classroom. Examples are provided for English, German, French, and Norwegian. (AM)

Although the average college freshman reads at a tenth grade level, reading instruction for college students is most often viewed as speed reading or remedial education. A new academic department of collegiate reading is proposed to specialize in reading, teaching it as an isolated subject matter. (JMD)

Provides a self-assessment instrument that identifies teachers' attitudes toward various methods of teaching beginning reading. Suggests ways that this instrument can be used in reading program evaluations. (RL)

Prescribes ways that teachers can use the tape recorder in reading classrooms. (RL)

Describes some recent developments in education including the effect taxpayer rebellions are having on public education, the advantages of higher education, the legal protection that parents have in dealing with the way schools treat their children, and a phonetic method of teaching reading to children in lower grades, especially in lower income…

Teachers' comments to children can positively affect children's understanding of their reading skills. (MKM)

Describes a senior course in reading taught at Michigan State University for English majors who plan to teach in secondary English programs. Course participants learn about reading theory, research, and teaching strategies, and they tutor problem readers throughout the term. (GW)

Discusses the use of simplified versions of detective stories ("The Hound of the Baskervilles,""The Speckled Band,""Black Peter") in grades 5-8. The aim is to gain insights and skills transferable to other literature. Examples from the stories show how this is done. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)