The field of reading needs to be more carefully delineated, and a scientific language must be developed for two distinct areas of concern: reading behavior and reading pedagogy. Theorists as well as practitioners are needed if reading is to develop into a scientifically based discipline. Finding the relationships of reading behaviors to other…

This paper traces the development of word lists from 1914 through 1968. Major word lists are cited and a brief description of the research involved in developing the word lists is presented. A bibliography is also included. (WR)

In recent years, coding and decoding have been claimed to be the processes for converting one language form to another. But there has been little effort to locate these processes in the human learner or to identify the nature of the internal codes. Computer simulation of reading is useful because the similarities in the human reception and…

Reviews readability research and suggests priorities for future research in the area. (MKM)

Argues that viewing writing as a social process where writers and readers attempt to make contact is more appropriate than viewing language as information exchange. Also outlines the central assumptions underlying aesthetic reading research. (JC)

Little research was done until recently on the role of books and reading in society because reading was considered as a good thing in itself which did not require sociological justification, and lending libraries enable readers to select required material themselves, so individual reader guidance has not been a priority. (Author/SJ)

Article calls for a closer look at the evidence from research indicating that a positive self-concept contributes positively to a child's reading ability. (GB)

Cites results of a reading inventory measuring word recognition ability of 229 children, ages 4 through 6, which found that most children recognized words in semantic settings, that reading at an early age was related to maturation level, and that early readers had higher mean IQ scores and came from higher socioeconomic levels than did…

Summarizes studies that received awards at the 1982 International Reading Association Convention. (FL)

Community college students who heard a lecture on how to underline a text did not do better than a control group on a test covering their text, and only two of the 52 students who heard the lecture actually underlined in their text. (MKM)

Argues that reading professionals should not reject or neglect theory merely because it is old and offers Jack Holmes' Substrata Factor Theory as a case in point. Reviews the statistical, neurological, and psychological models in Holmes' theory and points out their potential for stimulating further theoretical thought. (FL)

Reports that reading on the job is extremely widespread, is primarily "reading-to-do" rather than "reading-to-learn," and is often aided by extralinguistic factors. (MKM)

Points out an algebraic error in a paper by Glenn E. Roudabush. (JM)

Responds to discovery, by Gordon Rae, of algebraic error in his paper on an empirical structure for reading objectives. (JM)

Investigates the time course of predictive inferences by using naming and word reading times. Explains the setup and results of two different experiments. Suggests that predictive inferences occur online, but require time to be drawn and are initially encoded to some degree, but completed later. (PA)