Describes the Reading Comprehension Interview, an individual interview procedure for gathering information about students' perceptions of classroom reading activities. Explains how it can help teachers gain insights into students' actual reading strategies. Contains a copy of the interview. (FL)

Dr. Jeanne S. Chall discusses her research on the stages of reading development from prekindergarten through college and its implications for classroom teaching. (MBR)

Discusses the dualism of literacy and education as an individual possession and communally embedded commodity within many segments of the African-American community, drawing on information from 25 adults. Literacy is an ever-changing continuous activity shaped by cultural and community beliefs about the price of education and rewards of learning.…

Investigated extended effects of an English for academic purposes genre-based reading course on eight adult non-native speakers. Using student interviews collected one year after instruction, examined whether the class genres were connected to students' subsequent reading requirements and interests, what students remembered about genres taught in…