Contends that the use of the cloze procedure, frequently with modifications, can provide reading teachers with an interesting and instructionally sound approach for supplementing the basic reading program. Suggests that cloze techniques can be used both for teaching students how to read more competently and for evaluating their reading…

Points out that current alarmist rhetoric about widespread reading failure is not based on facts. (HOD)

Examines and rejects the theory that the deaf have access to a "phonological" code. Recommends that if deaf children are to be introduced to a manual system of communication, it should be the syntactically adequate Paget-Gorman system. (Author/FL)

Describes the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Terms it an exceptional reading program illustrating how certain dynamics of social interaction may be essential for reading achievement. (FL)

The relationship between word synthesis and beginning reading achievement is tested. A stable direct relationship is evidenced between the two, regardless of the child's reading strategy. (JMF)

Provides a rebuttal to a television interview on the "Phil Donahue Show" in which John H. Richards suggested that many people suffer from an incurable disease called dyslexia and will never be able to read. Insists that with hard work, dyslexics can learn to read. (MKM)

A bilingual/bicultural education program at P.S. 72 in New York City's Spanish Harlem teaches students to read and write in Spanish first; no written English is introduced until the spring semester of second grade. (Author/MLF)

A study of about 3,000 sixth- and seventh-grade children, conducted by Barbara Heyns, suggests that normal development in reading over the summer requires reading for about one hour a day. (DD)

Analyzes a sample reading lesson to test the hypothesis that the reading achievement of young (5-8 years old) Hawaiian children was increased because the participation structures in their reading lessons had become more similar to those of the talk story, a major speech event in Hawaiian culture. (Author/GC)

Reviews studies from the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, drawn together by David Berliner, regarding the amount of classroom learning time spent on reading, and suggests ways to use time effectively to improve reading achievement. (DD)

Describes the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests and evaluates their suitability for testing reading, concluding that they appear to be carefully developed survey tests of general reading achievement. (DD)

Reviews the history and rationale of uninterrupted sustained silent reading and the research related to the technique. Draws conclusions regarding its effectiveness in reading instruction and its place in the elementary school curriculum. (FL)

Details a study of letter reversals, word reversals, and letter sequence errors made by students in grades 1, 2, and 3 while reading a meaningful text. (FL)

Reexamines Preston's 1962 study of reading achievement of American and German boys and girls in the light of implications the study has had on the literature and compares it with recent studies. (MKM)

Reports the effect of the study of connectives on the reading comprehension of 41 seventh- and eighth-grade students. Indicates that the study of connectives had a positive effect on reading achievement. (TJ)