Describes an anticipation guide, a graphic organizer, and a study guide used by secondary level teachers to teach reading comprehension. Explains how to adapt them for use with younger children. (FL)

The article reviews research on the use of multiple oral rereading (MOR) with reading disabled students. MOR uses daily practice on a selection of little difficulty. Its effectiveness in increasing fluency (accuracy and speed) is examined, and the role of redundancy in three types of reading models is analyzed. (CL)

Defines metacognition, discusses its importance in reading, and provides suggestions for its development. (FL)

Fourth-grade children were taught 104 words over a five-month period. Following instruction, these subjects performed tasks designed to require semantic processes ranging from single-word semantic decisions to simple sentence verification. Instructed subjects performed at a higher level than control subjects matched on preinstruction vocabulary…

Describes the development of one child's awareness of print and the stages he passed through while learning to read from birth to age two. (FL)

Disputes the contentions mabe by Bruno Bettelheim concerning the state of reading and reading instruction in the United States. (FL)

Describes the methods of teaching reading in China and the problems children have in learning to read. (FL)

Discusses ERIC documents that deal with the negative influences television viewing exerts on reading achievement. (FL)

Discusses how textbooks can influence students' social behavior throughout their lives. (FL)

Presents the psycholinguistic view of reading, which holds that the reader uses his/her prior knowledge of language, facts, and concepts to process language nad comprehend meaning. (FL)

A fictional letter from a typical student to a teacher suggests the qualities of an effective teacher of reading. (DD)

Indicates that theoretical models describing the flow of information when reading takes place can be categorized as outside-in or as inside-out; suggests that the latter fit the evidence of reading research better. Supports the idea that practice should flow from theory. (TJ)

Describes the techniques used by the tutor of an illiterate firefighter to help him master in one semester a college textbook on emergency medical procedures. (WD)

The Glass-Analysis Method focuses the learner's attention on a stimulus: distinctive clusters of graphic features related to particular sounds. The end result is perceptual learning, an increase of visual and auditory memory through association of redundant letter clusters of sounds-symbols. (Author)

Presents 14 principles for use in the development of a curriculum guide. (Author/FL)