Details an interview with E. Jennifer Monaghan, who discusses her study of the history of reading, explains its importance, and notes that both the role of reading textbooks in society and the history of literacy are current topics of interest. Discusses Monaghan's support for more teacher training in the history of reading. (SG)

This article describes a whole language support group that evolved from the efforts of two teachers to implement the whole language approach to reading. A list of whole language support groups for teachers and of networking newsletters is included. (IAH)

This article presents a rationale and technique for stimulating students' interest in literature. An example, featuring author Donald Crews, is provided. A list of authors of books suitable for primary and middle grades is included together with an author information resource guide. (IAH)

Presents an interview with Dr. Roach van Allen in which he describes how he became involved in education, who influenced him professionally, his proudest accomplishments (a theoretical model for a language experience program), what he sees as the current problems in reading education, and what he sees in the future. (RS)

Reasons for reading difficulties are explored, such as failure to understand the language of instruction and the conventions of print, lack of time, etc. The "hypothesis test technique" is recommended for training students to use context, sentence meaning, and single letter cues to recognize a word. (JDD)

Argues that strategic reading suggests purpose and intentionality on the part of the reader, which is different from a seemingly reflexive response where skills are concerned or where intuition reveals an answer. Argues that teachers can increase strategic thinking by providing demonstrations of strategies and offering incentives to readers. (RS)

Discusses the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1985-86 survey of American students' computer competence, focusing on findings of interest to reading teachers who use computers. (MM)

Describes and examines the taxonomic linguistic system, a multi-level classification of language. Notes that this system not only formed the basis for all reading instruction, but also influenced reading research. Argues that this system should be replaced by one less simplistic and more realistic. (MM)

Shows how Junior Great Books (JGB), a program of interpretive reading and discussion centered around the "shared inquiry" method of learning, improves thinking and discussion skills for students from grades 2-12. Describes a training session for teachers intending to use the program, and provides information for ordering the series. (MM)

Provides a simple outline of theories addressing orthographic analogies in learning to read. Addresses some misunderstandings of the analogy approach. (RS)

This study applied the instructional hierarchy to examining the effects of 3 instructional interventions (listening passage preview, subject passage preview, and taped words) on oral reading performance of 4 students (ages 8-11) with learning disabilities. Results indicated that the listening passage preview intervention (which contained modeling,…

Discusses classroom use of mini-reading conferences (lasting no more than two minutes) on such topics as changing the book a student is reading and following up on a particular skill assignment. (RS)

Investigates the epistemology of reading theory, practice, and research. Examines the theories of knowledge implicit in two views of the reading process (L. Rosenblatt's and D. Rumelhart's). Concludes that differences between and among theories of reading, reading instructional approaches, and reading research paradigms often result from and…

Forty adults with adventitious blindness were administered 12 different Braille discrimination tests representing combinations of standard or enlarged Braille and various amounts of horizontal and vertical spacing. Findings indicated that the most favorable discrimination conditions occurred with standard-sized Braille, with three spaces between…

Strategies that literacy teachers can use to help their students with job searching include text analysis, vocabulary development, self-evaluation, role playing/simulation, field experiences, practice folio, journal keeping, critical reading, and networking. (JOW)