To provide learners with the most reliable information, individuals and committees responsible for text selection examine texts for classroom use in steps. Since very few people have the specialized knowledge of all the technical fields like drafting, electronics, or graphics that make up the field of Industrial Arts, a committee is required to…

This report provides administrators and supervisors of reading programs with information to help them evaluate and select commercially developed reading materials. Part 1 opens with a description of the problems researchers studying the adoption of basal reading programs have observed and then offers suggestions (based on both research and…

Many teacher educators have concluded that the format of graduate reading practicum reports (which have been patterned after medical or psychological reports), needs to be reexamined or refined. In the University of Central Florida's reading practicum classes, practicum reports are becoming more simplified, with pedagogical and psychological…

Distilling and interpreting past and current research on the effective teaching of reading is the focus of this volume. The titles and authors are as follows: "Research in Effective Teaching: An Overview of Its Development" (William H. Rupley, Beth S. Wise, and John W. Logan); "Process-Product Research on Effective Teaching: A Primer for a…

The first two parts of a three-part final report on a series of studies that examined the nature, characteristics, and effects of verbal feedback to student reading miscues are contained in this volume. Part I consists of a summary of the nine specific objectives of the research, an overview of the project's methods, and the findings for each of…

The problem of a perceived decline in secondary school students' reading comprehension and the efforts of one high school English department head to address that problem are described in this paper. The first section of the paper presents an extensive documentation of the decline in reading comprehension and of reactions by state and local…

A study was conducted to further understanding of students' perceptions of the teacher's role during guided oral reading. Observations were made of 36 first through sixth grade students reading orally in groups composed of one good reader, one poor reader, and one good or poor reader playing the "teacher." The observations were followed…

Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Bill Fowler and Barry M. Kroll investigate hidden factors in tests of reading comprehension, revealing that most conventional tests have question-design weaknesses allowing students to perform successfully by the use of test wisdom alone. Imogene…

In response to the expressed needs of students for preparation materials and classes relevant to graduate entrance examinations, a course designed to provide a review of math topics was created as part of a reading and study skills laboratory. Reading specialists are able to interface math teaching with their varied training in diagnosis,…

This classification index was compiled for the purpose of providing educators, researchers, and students with a vehicle for quick accessibility to the diversified information appearing in "The Reading Teacher" from 1967 to 1978. The titles of articles in the index have been organized into 15 major categories and 37 subcategories, derived through a…

THIS REPORT IS THE FINAL EVALUATION OF A TWO-PHASE PROJECT WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP SELECTED SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN THE DESEGREGATION PROCESS IN A FLORIDA COUNTY. PHASE A WAS A SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDING INSERVICE TRAINING FOR PRINCIPALS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, CURRICULUM ASSISTANTS, AND TEACHERS. EVALUATION OF THIS PHASE WAS BASED ON THE…

The daily newspaper was chosen for its flexibility and diversity to provide the materials for the instructional strategies outlined in this teaching guide. The lessons, intended for adaptation to all grade levels, are organized into seven sections: reading readiness, phonics and structural analysis, comprehension skills, life skills, reading in…

Describes how a semester-long pen-pal project enabled 18 participating university language arts students, a class of first graders, their teacher, and the university instructors to become co-learners in meaningful, action research. Discusses insights about writing derived from the children's weekly letters. Presents an assessment rubric charting…

Answering the call for a comprehensive textbook on what reading teachers really need to know, this is the book that arms educators with not just the what and the how, but also the why that other texts don't cover. Two prominent literacy experts team with an elementary school specialist to give preservice teachers an easy-to-understand textbook…

This yearbook contains the following 24 articles on a variety of topics: "A Model for Diagnostic Narratives in Teacher Education" (B. J. Walker); "Teacher Expectations: Modifying One's Teaching through the Self-Monitoring Process" (T. R. Blair and D. L. Jones); "Preparing Teacher/Researchers" (M. W. Olson and M. K.…