The article discusses the teacher's requirements for knowledge regarding teaching as well as reading. A teaching model's seven components are reviewed as are components of a reading curriculum model. An alternative approach is proposed that focuses on school change. (CL)

Proposes ways to prepare potential reading teachers to work in business employee training programs. (FL)

Written by leading special education researchers with the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the University of Kansas, this comprehensive yet accessible reference provides administrators with practical guidelines for launching RTI in their schools. Highlighting the powerful role that RTI can play in prevention, early…

Considers several ways to think about the teacher's role in the teaching of reading. Notes that a curriculum built on critical literacy is one that highlights diversity and difference while calling attention to how people are constructed as literate beings. Argues that students should position themselves as social activists who challenge the…

Argues that computer software designed for use in content areas also can be useful for reading instruction. (FL)

The task of the supervisor is to help the reading teacher learn and use tactics and strategies for improved questioning of students. (Author)

Examines the whole language movement from both historical and research perspectives. Concludes that teachers should not rely on one methodology or philosophy to further children's reading, and that teachers' interactions with students supercede the importance of any particular method. (MM)

Focuses on the complementary model of Lawton's (1999) three collaborative instructional models. Notes that the complementary model establishes the classroom teacher as the educator primarily responsible for instruction. Discusses collaboration during reading instruction, helping students prepare to read, helping students engage in the reading…

Investigates the teacher's role in a whole language classroom. Asserts that explicit written guidelines concerning the teacher's role in directing and supporting student learning should be available for novice teachers in training and for experienced teachers who want to shift from a conventional approach to a whole language approach. (MM)

Proposes three guidelines to assist teachers in helping students become independent decoders: (1) teach the flexible use of a repertoire of strategies, (2) don't overnurture, and (3) provide a strong vocabulary development program. (FL)

Concludes that encouraging students to read and helping them develop alternative reading behaviors can spark interest and lead to reading independence. (FL)

Suggests six activities teachers should undertake in order to have successful conferences with parents concerning their child's reading performance. Offers ideas that teachers can share with parents who want to help children improve reading. (FL)

Looks at vision problems in the areas of visual acuity, visual skills efficiency, and visual perceptual-motor development, and points out symptoms of each that children might exhibit. Suggests things teachers might do to help. (FL)

Offers suggestions for recapturing the interest of students in silent reading. (FL)

Examines the kinds of framing and positioning issues that arise in service sites aimed at literacy learning. Looks at interactions between college students and the middle school students they tutored in after-school programs. Discusses the possibilities that arise when those who teach also serve. Argues that engaging in service learning with…