The purpose of this article is to summarize current research findings in reading and to describe programs and practices about the disadvantaged as they relate or may relate to the library and librarians. (54 references) (Author/NH)

The first problem confusing results of reading research is one of definition, with all its attendant questions of generalization and replication. The second problem is one of inference and has at its heart a fundamental disjunction between the statistical model which most studies have assumed and the model which may in fact describe the underlying…

Assesses the current state of knowledge concerning children's perception and the processes of learning to read. Considers research studies and the reasons for their success or failure. (DR)

The controversy over the effectiveness of various emphases in the teaching of reading--phonetic, look-say, decoding, electic-- is unlikely to end. This article, which analyzes reactions to an important 1967 book, provides a useful summary of the reading debate today. (Author)

Examines research to determine whether the commonly recommended procedure of determining a student's potential reading level via listening comprehension is valid for the primary grades. Concludes that it is not. (FL)

Describes the development of one child's awareness of print and the stages he passed through while learning to read from birth to age two. (FL)

Identifies and briefly discusses nine areas of reading research. (AEA)

Disputes the contentions mabe by Bruno Bettelheim concerning the state of reading and reading instruction in the United States. (FL)

The Flesch readability scores for six kinds of newspaper content in 21 daily newspapers showed that newspaper content was generally difficult to read, that international news stories were most difficult to read, and that sports/women's news stories were least difficult to read. (RL)

Describes schema theory and Louise Rosenblatt's transactional theory. Notes the similarities between these two theories of the reading process and suggests directions for research based on their combined use. (RL)