This article reviews research concerning the organizational, selective, and connective aspects of reading and then assesses the impact of constructivism on four reading-related issues in the United States: (1) readability of texts; (2) assessment of reading ability; (3) instruction in reading; and (4) conception of literacy. The article argues…

The purpose of this instructional guide used at Roosevelt University is to provide training information about reading, literacy, writing, and adult reading instruction for tutors and tutor supervisors. After a review of the literature, the instructional guide is developed in a step-by-step workbook format that allows the future tutor to work at an…

Issues in reading teacher education as well as other aspects of reading instruction are the focus of this yearbook. Titles of some of the articles and their authors are as follows: "Sampling Bias Limitations in Generalizations in Reporting Scores on Standardized and Criterion Referenced Reading Tests" (L. Carswell and W. White); "A Comparison of…

A study investigated whether students' abilities to solve verbal analogy problems can be increased through teacher-generated direct instruction and whether increased ability in solving verbal analogies is directly related to increased reading comprehension ability. Subjects, 90 children (30 from fourth, fifth, and sixth grades), participated in…

Two experiments were conducted in order to determine whether children are able to make analogies in learning to read. In the first experiment, 24 children from a primary school were taught three types of word pairs--only one pair of which was analogies--and then tested. Results showed not only that children are aware that consistency of spelling…

A study investigated the effectiveness of semantic mapping as a technique to improve recall of word meaning versus the traditional method of teaching vocabulary. Eight intermediate-level students from grades 4, 5, and 6, five of whom were identified as learning disabled students, were subjects. They were tested using vocabulary subtests of the…

Modeling the behaviors they expect students to exhibit is one way teachers can teach comprehension skills. Teachers need to give multiple examples wherein the teacher models every behavior students should exhibit, giving the answer to the question, and giving the line of reasoning followed to arrive at the answer. To teach each separate…

Defines black dialect and traces its history; explores the myths of the linguistically underdeveloped black child; discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of black dialect and its relation to teaching black children to read; summarizes some of the implications for teacher attitudes and our educational system as a whole. (EH)

Reports on a visual-auditory analysis of each of the 1575 e-ending words found on the "Rinsland Vocabulary List" to determine whether the e should be considered as a diacritic. (RB)

Reports the reading achievement during grades one through four of children who participated in a two-year, pre-first grade language arts program. (RB)

This article describes the successful use of the initial teaching alphabet at Lenwood Elementary School in Barstow, California. (PD)

This study was designed to evaluate the instructional effectiveness of the introductory units (Programs 1-25) of the Trimodal Programmed Instruction in Reading. (Editor)

This reading rate improvement program stresses flexibility - matching rate with aim. (Editor)

Contains a review and discussion of the informal reading inventory which is one of the most widely accepted techniques in the diagnosis of reading problems. (RB)

Presents a descriptive review of six criterion-referenced reading programs now on the market and suggests a format for evaluating other programs. (RB)