Describes how to evaluate reading assignments so that teachers will know when and how to intervene. (MB)

Suggests that giving disabled readers assignments that involve a purpose and make reading secondary improves motivation and ability. (AEA)

Includes articles that discuss (1) a quick fix for "agitata," (2) getting more effort out of remedial readers in high school, (3) using the "maze" technique to teach students about good style in writing, and (4) a collaborative learning experience. (JD)

Describes activities that use jigsaw puzzles for vocabulary building and positive reinforcement and in-class book publishing to motivate high school remedial readers. (AEA)

Describes story impressions, a prereading activity that uses story fragments in the form of clue words and phrases to help readers activate schemata by building anticipatory models of the text prior to reading, then allowing the reader to confirm or modify the model as the details of the actual story are encountered. (SKC)