Examines various written works by the Japanese to help explain reading in the Oriental way of thinking. (HOD)

Describes how Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading has been successfully incorporated into college reading classes with developmental learners as an authentic method of assessing and improving students' attitudes toward reading. (SR)

Although a junior high school sustained silent-reading program showed no effect on student reading achievement, significant differences on four reading attitudes between students in that school and students in schools without such a program were considered tangible evidence supporting continuation of the program. (JT)

Reports that junior high school students who spent an entire school year in a formal sustained silent reading program made dramatic increases in reading ability and interest. (AEA)

Suggests reasons why a sustained silent-reading program failed to work at a San Diego high school. (JT)