Suggests that the skill model reaches a dead end in the high school and that secondary programs can find a promising foundation in the psycholinguistic model of reading. (JM)

Suggests that teachers need training in selecting activities in basal guidebooks so that instruction can be both appropriate and effective. (JM)

Suggests that teachers try "mumble Reading" with beginning readers who have difficulty understanding what reading silently is. (JM)

Outlined is a method for teaching reading through naming and reviewing the names of various foods. (SBH)

This paper presents three views of language and shows that each view, though contributing to understanding, provides no clear direction for instruction. These views are the prescriptive, the psycholinguistic, and the sociolinguistic. It is proposed that the use and reflective appraisal of language are essential parts of language programs. (MT)

Two groups of approximately 40 students matched closely by sex, age, grade, social class, ethnicity, and reading level were identified. One group used read-along tapes and books in their reading instruction, while the control group did not. Results are discussed. (MT)

"Thinking Networks" a computer based (Apple II) reading writing curriculum is reviewed favorably for its holistic approach to reading, program sequence and presentation, educational intent and content, and teacher's guide. (DB)

A "Read-iculous Read-a-thon" at an elementary school highly motivated first and second-graders to increase their reading time and interests through such activities as pep rallies, a reader's day, character act-outs, and other activities. (CB)

Provides support, drawn from classroom experience and research, for the use of drama in the reading class. (ARH)

Recounts the launching of the California Reading Initiative that was designed to improve reading instruction and provide students access to good books. Elaborates on the "living" list of about 1,000 books, divided in three sections, intended for classroom, independent, and middle school grade use. (JK)

Reports findings of an evaluation of "The Reading Teacher" that concluded the journal was "a fine publication." (FL)

Compares the terminology used in three different computerized search services--CIJE, LLBA/Online, and PsycINFO--and shows how the choice of terminology used by them impedes retrieval. Suggests compensatory measures. (FL)

Provides information about "Reading Teacher." (FL)

Drawing on a four-year study of teacher explanation of skills and strategies during elementary reading instruction, this paper identifies and describes properties which distinguish the explanations of more effective teachers from those of less effective teachers. Excerpts of lesson transcripts are used to illustrate these properties. (Author/MT)

A case study of a proficient deaf student reading two versions of the same story (one syntactically more complex than the other) supports the notion that a firm semantic base enables processing at the syntactic as well as the semantic level. (Author/CL)