Second in a series based on classroom observations, this article recounts missed or misused opportunities for phonics instruction and suggests remedies. (RB)

Describes the maze technique, which is designed to evaluate reading comprehension, and presents some research substantiating reliability. (RB)

Presents several observations and comments on the problems of the poor speller. (RB)

Describes PEPPER (Parent Education Program to Pep-up Every Reader), a reading program for second graders that requires parental participation. (RB)

Contains a ten item annotated bibliography of resource materials on visual perception problems commonly found in students who experience reading difficulty. (RB)

Examines the role of the administrator in developing and sustaining an effective reading program. (RB)

Describes eight inexpensive reading programs that can be adapted anywhere to provide materials and increase available personnel. (RB)

Describes a step-by-step process for opening up the classroom to students in a way that will allow for both freedom and responsibility in reading instruction. (RB)

Presents ten tips to foster legislative involvement by state reading councils for the purpose of guiding teachers in their efforts to improve reading through political means. (RB)

Describes how Florida's reading professionals entered the legislative halls and prevailed, and provides a list of problems that other reading professionals might avoid in their political efforts to influence legislation. (RB)

Reviews the literature on alternative programs for improving the reading skills of high school students. (RB)

Research supports Samuels' focal attention hypothesis for acquiring reading responses to novel words presented in isolation. (RB)

Contains a list of 53 selected references on research in secondary reading instruction, followed by a further categorization of the contents under fifteen subdivisions. (RB)

A historical survey of the main milestones in the quest for ways to improve reading instruction as reflected in selections from the vast literature on reading that has emerged in the past 20 years. (Author)

Demonstrates some of the important factors that should be considered in research into the teaching techniques used with schizophrenic twins. (RB)