Presents two basic parallel block elementary school schedules (schedules in which a block of time is scheduled for essential and/or desired small skill groups parallel to large instructional activities). Contends that parallel block scheduling in elementary schools can lead to improved instructional programs for low achievers. (GC)

This bibliographic essay discusses how Australian children's books and adolescent literature reflect Australian society. For example, Australian society tends to be male dominated; problems of a boy growing up in a mainly macho world are dealt with in Southall's "Josh" and "Walk a Mile" and in Phipson's "A Tide…

Describes the results of a remedial program provided to an adult subject who had incurred aphasia and alexia as a result of a series of strokes. (FL)

To teach reading, teachers should take a greater account of the place of language, its use, and its place in each child's reading development. Advocates stimulating children's oral and written awareness by usage; by reading to and with children; by writing for, to, and with them; and by involving children in books, stories, and in the sense of…

Concludes that teaching fourth- and fifth-grade children to ask themselves questions about key points in a story significantly improved their performance on tests about story content. (FL)

Indicates that hearing stories read aloud in their native languages did not interfer with ESL children's reading achievement in English, and there were many benefits from having parents read those stories in a school setting. (FL)

Presents abstracts of documents reporting computer applications in reading and language arts. (AEA)

Points out, by citing a recently completed longitudinal study at the University of Iowa, that children are more likely to discover how reading works and make it work for them if the book is not too hard. (EL)

Relates the belief that "shared reading" using big books will provide children with a meaningful introductin to reading. (DF)

Presents conceptual framework for classification of poor readers based on a sample of over 5,214 children between 9 and 10.7 years. The framework is based on the notion of low achievers (those whose reading attainment is low but who attain the expected level) and underachievers (those whose reading is poor but who ought to read at a higher level).…

Reports on a study that investigated which of four modes of reading (oral reading to an audience, oral reading to oneself, silent reading, silent reading while listening) best facilitates fifth-grade students' comprehension. Concludes that for these students as a whole, comparable comprehension may be expected when they read to themselves or read…

Describes an attempt to introduce SSR in an English language school near Bombay, India. Shows that the fourth grade students involved in the program improved both their attitude and their reading achievement. (FL)

Addresses both reading researchers and reading teachers, urging them to cooperate in relating research to classroom practice. (HOD)

Outlines three beliefs of theoretical orientations about teaching reading: the teacher's, the child's, and the material's. Shows how these beliefs develop and interrelate. (EL)

Describes the reading and writing laboratory program at the University of Albuquerque. (FL)