Describes how to record storybooks in a way that slow readers can follow and how to set up a story center where they can listen and read. (FL)

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

Notes that the goal of phonics instruction is to help students develop the alphabetic principle. Explains how the words "explicit" and "systematic" are used in multiple ways in the context of phonics instruction. Suggests that educators should engage in serious discussions about how multiple approaches to phonics instruction…

Argues that the absence of the arts in testing programs contributes to their marginalization. Considers the role of imaginative potential in determining what is important in schools. Considers what the arts have to do with literacy, that is, with the standard conceptions of reading and writing. Discusses transforming brains to minds, the arts as…

Explores how the imagination might contribute to a sense of knowing in the reading process. Discusses the significance of the imagination when creating meaning from text. Asks about the nature and function of the imagination and seeks answers through the metaphor of "la tristesse" as describes by Francoise Sagan's novel "Bonjour Tristesse" and its…

Offers a method of selecting, analyzing, discussing, and testing from college reading materials that has worked significantly better than previous traditional approaches. Concludes that by employing greater student responsibility for what they read, students' interest, enthusiasm, and scholarly use of read material seems to have risen. (SG)

Provides a selection of criteria (including needs assessment, shared responsibilities, decision making, constant communication, and continuous participation) which must be part of lasting and long-term outreach efforts with parents. (MG)

Discusses the range of response modes and formats associated with forms. (RS)

The article reviews findings in research about gifted readers, instructional materials, and curriculum. Promising teaching strategies are examined including interest assessment, learning styles evaluation, curriculum compacting, and enrichment. Innovative current programs and practices are briefly described. (Author/DB)

Discusses several new educational assessment procedures implemented in Illinois and Michigan school districts. (MM)

Argues that research conducted in the last 10 years yields impressive evidence for the effectiveness of several innovative teaching and coaching practices of interest to reading supervisors. Offers 7 tips for improving the retention of information offered during inservice education and facilitating the transfer of that information to the…

Describes four comprehension materials that exemplify good use of instructional language and directions while maintaining high degrees of validity, transfer potential, and amount of reinforcement. (MG)

Considers two characteristics of forms: uses and functions and information sources/types. (RS)

Reviews briefly the development of reading instruction from a skills emphasis to an interactive concept of reading. Notes that regardless of the method used, children's feelings toward reading have been ignored. Suggests several ways to make learning to read enjoyable for students. (MM)

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)