Deplores beginning reading instruction stressing drill in isolated skills that interrupts the natural reading process. Suggests the use of imitative reading, such as having preschool children "memorize" a book they have heard aloud several times, as a successful teaching strategy. (HTH)

Discusses the principles of art and provides activities that correlate art and reading and promote cognitive and affective development. (HTH)

Finds that giving students background knowledge of a subject improved their performances on a test of reading comprehension. (AEA)

Offers a teaching technique that modifies the cloze procedure into letter-cloze independent activities designed to aid children in learning difficult sight words. (FL)

Suggests activities based on the newspaper that parents can undertake with their children. Lists newspapers that publish supplemental materials for children. (FL)

Reading in postsecondary occupational education is not being effectively addressed. This is due to institutional bias and to an accumulation of myths in support of the bias. Development of sensitivity to vocational reading is needed so that practical strategies for addressing the problems become available to the teacher. (CT)

Presented are 35 activities guaranteed to nurture healthy attitudes toward reading. The author's original article, containing 30 related ideas, appeared in the November, 1977, issue of Instructor. (Editor/SJL)

Presents elementary reading and mathematics activities, plus a trivia quiz, about baseball. (SJL)

Reviews the distinction between phonic generalizations and letter-sound correspondences and the research examining their usefulness. Discusses implications from that research regarding the teaching of letter-to-sound relationships to secondary school students. (FL)

Describes four types of comprehension that have been investigated: microcomprehension, coherence comprehension, macrocomprehension, and elaborative comprehension. Discusses the relationships among these types of comprehension and examines their implications for research and teaching. (FL)

Describes a child's gradual discovery and awareness of the meaning of print and her beginning reading experiences. (HTH)

This article discusses a study undertaken to determine teacher's perceptions of their students based on factors such as socioeconomic status of the parents. The study involved regression analyses of correctly grouped and misplaced students. Findings indicated that parental socio- economic standing did not have substantial influence on curricular…

Describes the feedback to oral reading miscue analysis system (FORMAS), a systematic procedure for teachers to use in examining the characteristics and effects of their own feedback to students' oral reading miscues. (FL)

Concludes that high interest reading materials should be included in the reading curriculum since they may allow students to attain higher comprehension levels. (FL)

Contends that Jean Piaget's theories may be helpful in three areas of reading instruction: (1) when reading instruction should begin and how it should proceed, (2) the effect of the mature reader's cognitive development on comprehension, and (3) how the theories can help to refine reading theory. (FL)