Explores the gap between adult writers and children readers and examines some misconceptions about writing for children. (HTH)

A technique for developing reading in the severely reading disabled student is described and data illustrating the efficacy of the procedure are presented. (SB)

Describes experimental program at the Language Center of the University of Kent at Canterbury in which Belgian university students participated in a course designed to increase their English reading speed. Purpose of course was to decrease tendency to concentrate on every word. Results suggest the participating students made significant progress.…

Notes that information to assist reading supervisors with self-development comes from four sources: observation and imitation, situational study, precepts of human motivation, and professional organizations and readings. (FL)

Offers suggestions for improving reading programs at boys' boarding schools, including (1) providing inservice training for teachers, (2) developing material selection procedures that consider boys' reading interests, and (3) capitalizing on the boarding school environment. (FL)

Describes a study designed to determine the order of introduction of the common phoneme-grapheme correspondences needed for use in decoding written words in the elementary grades. Includes tables showing the order of introduction of vowel and diphthong phonemes and of consonant phonemes, and presents a teaching hierarchy for introduction of…

Describes a study in which investigators attempted to provide an example for approaching vocabulary development from a theoretical basis and tried to provide empirical support for some techniques presently used in teaching word meanings. (Author/HOD)

Presents some ideas for teaching critical and creative reading to both gifted and average readers. (HOD)

Reviews six recent texts for teachers regarding reading instruction and four guides to children's books. (SJL)

Examines the meaning of "Jack and Jill" according to different semantic theories. (MKM)

Examines whether (1) the belief of reading educators that beginning reading methods do not significantly differ is correct; (2) differences exist among methods for teaching older readers and for remediating disabled readers; and (3) instructional methods differ across subject type, treatment characteristics, different achievement measures, and…

Examines published statements by reading experts, deploring their use of educational jargon and their omission of references to the reading of literature; notes the power of literature in encouraging children to read enthusiastically and voraciously. (GT)

Describes the introduction of the Prescriptive Reading Inventory in an elementary school, outlines its use, and presents several mastery learning theories that support and clarify its use. Concludes by recounting the benefits of the program. (Author/IRT)

Brief answers are provided to 50 questions concerning basic reading research and how a parent can help teach reading. (SJL)

Points out some recurring ideas about the use of children's literature in the elementary reading program based on a review of 25 years of "The Reading Teacher." (FL)