The time spent by teachers in summarizing and reviewing material is reduced when students become more capable readers of challenging texts. Four interacting dimensions of classroom life are described.

It is easy for intermediate students to get the wrong ideas about the purpose of reading. Educators pay so much attention to decoding and fluency in the early years that children sometimes come to believe that flawless and rapid word recognition is the point. As texts get more demanding or unfamiliar, some of the "good readers" in classes begin to…

This qualitative phenomenological study explored the perceptions and experiences of the middle school students who participated in learning center support as elementary students in independent schools. There were 16 participants from three sites included in the study: six students, seven parents, and three learning specialists. The research…

Contains suggestions for improving the quality of writing and research methodology in articles submitted to the Reading Teacher. (MKM)

Proposes ways to prepare potential reading teachers to work in business employee training programs. (FL)

This Issue Brief describes the qualifications of public school elementary-level reading teachers relative to general elementary teachers, in terms of their educational attainment, their educational preparation and certification in reading, and their educational preparation and certification in elementary education. Data are drawn from the…

The impetus for writing the history of the College Reading Association (CRA) came from charges given to the historians by President Judy Richardson on November 24, 1995. She took the charges from the "Procedural Practices Manual," which mandate the preparation of a series of 5-year highlights of the CRA. This history begins by stating…

In this paper, the author explains why she prefers the term "literacy animator" to "literacy educator." According to Oladumi Arigbede (1994), literacy animators view their role as assisting in the self-liberating development of people in the world who are struggling for a more meaningful life. In explaining the author's…

Offers a clinical supervision model that provides a means by which reading teachers and supervisors can analyze and improve classroom reading instruction. (FL)

Discusses various documents in the ERIC system that suggest ways that reading teachers can work with children of divorced parents. (FL)

Views the reading resource teacher as a change agent in a school who must instruct the content area teacher through a series of levels of conscious behavior related to reading, termed the hierarchy of reading consciousness. (FL)

Summarizes data from a survey of people at the 1979 national convention of the International Reading Association to determine what topics, meetings, and formats they attended. (JT)

Explains the diagnostic-remedial reading practicum, a program in teacher education for those who are completing an area of concentration in teaching reading. (FL)

Discusses the "Fair Use" section of the recent United States Copyright Law and its implications for the reading teacher. (HOD)

Aims to show a connection between authentic assessment practices and qualitative research techniques to aid reading teachers in their authentic assessment endeavors. Contends that awareness of an issue can change models and open minds to new ways of thinking. (PA)