Presents methods and materials used in an NDEA Institute to teach secondary school teachers of reading and English. Participants were expected to instruct the teachers in their school systems in new programs and methods. Discussion of the results of the Institute and their implications for other institute sessions concludes the article.…

The views and actions of five preservice teachers who taught reading in a special practicum (with no cooperating teachers) were studied to determine how that experience affected the views they espoused after taking a methods course in reading. The student teachers' views did change; researchers suggest that reading methods courses be integrated…

Presents the rationale, methodology, data analysis, and positive findings of an 11-year longitudinal study which investigated the effects of a technological intervention strategy (i.e., use of the talking typewriter, talking page, and voice mirror) on reading and reading comprehension at the Early Childhood Center at Drexel University. (EAO)

Methods staff developers used to improve the reading program at a Greenwich, Connecticut, elementary school are discussed. The entire staff of the school was involved in developing the new reading program, which focused on increasing teachers' expectations of student learning, use of diagnostic teaching, and other techniques. (PP)

Works of art can be a valuable tool for teaching reading skills, such as visual discrimination, language experience, word recognition, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and other language arts skills. Classroom activities based on art work are described. Sources of art reproductions are noted. (PP)