Discusses problems that students encounter in reading content area textbooks; presents learning activities in the areas of word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, and study skills. (MAI)

One-hundred seven Australian children, with learning problems, ages 5 to 12 years, (60 Aboriginal), were studied to identify and remediate their learning difficulties. (PHR)

Reports an investigation of the effectiveness of "Speedway: The Action Way to Read" in increasing the reading rate and efficiency of adult readers. (FL)

Suggests that knowledge of relational structures in combination with techniques for determining the meaning of unknown lexical terms assists Black disabled readers in improving their reading performance. (FL)

A comparison of the effects of educational counseling of parents of backward readers with the effects of specialized remedial help for such readers suggests that an interested, well-informed staff who can enlist the positive cooperation of parents can substantially reduce the problem of reading failure without elaborate specialized provisions. (GT)

Seven visually handicapped adolescents, literate in braille but with little or no visual reading experience, were trained in letter and word recognition by closed circuit television for two weeks. All subjects increased their visual reading speed; in some cases, visual reading speed surpassed that of braille. (SJL)

Describes a prereading learning activity designed to make comprehension easier in content area reading for students with limited background. (MKM)

Reports on studies testing a method that uses a television monitor to present simultaneously the visual and auditory versions of sentences, as a way of facilitating the teaching of reading. (GT)

Discusses how reading literature should be taught in cultures different from the United States as well as in the United States. (Author/RK)

Evaluates the research of Harste and Strickler (AA 525 393) and its rationales. (Author/RK)

A library of teacher-tested ways to interest kids in books. (Editor)

A roomful of activity--book nook, mini-cinema, creature features--provides an effective and delightful mix of reading and science skills. (Editor)

Using verse choir increases students' confidence and helps them appreciate the joy of literature. (HOD)

Language teachers are only now beginning to realize that reading can help improve students' skills in listening and speaking. Three methods of teaching reading which can be combined and are particularly suited for foreign students are the Linguistic method, the Language Experience method and the Individualized Reading Approach. (CFM)