Adults who cannot read are receiving help through a special program operated in New York State. This program is conducted on a volunteer basis; that is, only those who want to improve the level of their literacy are accepted as participants. (CK)

Some of the stated needs of reading teachers include: more books where students can find them at arm's length, more open Door" hours, more help and time for individual students, more flexibility in borrowing rules, more books and other media relevant to the reading specialists, and more storytelling by librarians. (MF)

Excerpt from a speech given before the Third International Congress on Reading in Australia, outlining the number of ways the new media are being employed in the teaching of reading. (LS)

Frequently asked questions about the relationships between giftedness, reading acquisition, and development are answered. Topics covered include the significance of early reading, parents' expectations in reading instruction, and parents' roles in motivating and developing reading at home. (CL)

Offers four steps that parents can follow to help their children develop comprehension while reading. (FL)

Reports that the rule governing the words in the title category are so unreliable as to be useless. (Author/FL)

Describes the insights into themselves and the reading process gained by eight sighted students who learned to read braille. (DD)

Discusses four definitions of literacy: literacy as a skill comprised of a set of subskills to be mastered; being literate is a way of thinking that is more abstract and analytical; literacy is a set of social practices; and literacy is a body of knowledge. (RS)

Summarizes several key findings of National Reading Panel report that identified scientifically credible research on reading instruction. For example, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness improves a child's reading and spelling skills. Recommends that school districts commit resources for teacher professional development to capitalize on…

Reports the results of 2-year implementation of Reciprocal Reading instruction, a sequential, problem-solving approach to reading comprehension, at a Kentucky high school. More than 60 percent of students improved their reading scores on factual questions, and more than 75 percent had improved scores on inferred and prior-knowledge questions. (PKP)

Participants were exposed to 3 conditions in a between-groups design. Participants were told the experiment was about extrasensory perception and were asked to select the word from a pair of words that they thought the experimenter was thinking about. In 1 condition selections of the word with a double letter were reinforced with positive verbal…

Reading fluency has taken a front seat in discussions about student reading success and effective instruction in reading. The dimensions of reading fluency is discussed, which indicates that it is an important factor in reading education.