Concludes that, while art activities can be defended as a way of adding variety or diversion in the teaching of reading, the proposition that they have a direct and positive influence on children's learning to read cannot be supported. (GT)

Reports a series of experiments on the difficulty of reading and following instructions and describes activities used to help children who were poor readers learn to read instructions for specific purposes. (GT)

Suggests "Adapted Miscue Analysis" as an effective way for teachers to analyze the reading levels, comprehension, and competence of their students. (TJ)

A humorous account of errors in existing basal readers and workbooks. (DD)

Compares and contrasts the direct teaching of reading and the functional teaching of reading in a content area and indicates that a content area focus may facilitate the learning of reading skills. (TJ)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

Urges credit for college reading and study skills courses and responds to three typical criticisms heard about such courses. (HOD)

A review of research on phonics, concluding that phonics instruction should be minimal. (DD)

Describes a technique for using book reports as a way to encourage self-expression by students. (DD)

Measurement of teacher effectiveness in reading pedagogy is a task that should command far greater attention than it has yet been given. (JM)

Identifies four useful steps to the reading and understanding of metaphors in poetry. (HOD)

Describes reading center activities that take advantage of the citizen's band radio craze to capture student's attention and interest. (HOD)

Discusses how teachers can foster the development of self-monitoring and searching behaviors in beginning readers. Describes reading strategies and cues that tend to be used rather automatically. Discusses two types of processing strategies (monitoring and searching) and observing cues used for self-monitoring. Describes how to foster…

Offers strategies for integrating poetry throughout the year and throughout the curriculum, including suggestions for creating a back-to-school poem and capturing scenes of nature in haiku. Student pages offer a primary poem coloring worksheet and an intermediate haiku worksheet. (SM)