A sampling of students and their teachers discovers the readability of twelve secondary school textbooks. (RB)

Introduces the notetaking system for learning, designed to help high school and college students prepare for objective and essay tests. (RB)

Presents a model inventory which identifies student skill weaknesses and strengths in bookkeeping, and which is adaptable to other content reading areas. (RB)

Argues that the humorous books that teenagers choose to read are appropriate in relation to their interests, maturity, and experience. (AEA)

Describes a readability formula to help teachers of Vietnamese students who have relocated in other countries. (AEA)

Presents a test that teaches test-taking strategies and that can be used to reduce students' test anxiety. (AEA)

Examines ERIC resources for teaching about death and dying. (FL)

Finds that giving students background knowledge of a subject improved their performances on a test of reading comprehension. (AEA)

Describes three junior novels, "The Contender,""Harlem Summer," and "Mary Jane," to use in motivating Black disadvantaged students to read. (MKM)

Reviews data indicating that overall reading achievement in the primary grades is as good or better than ever before, and points to inaccuracies in critics' claims to the contrary. (MKM)

The UNESCO International Bureau of Education comments on the relationship between national and international education, discusses suggestions for international textbook centers, and lists 14 English-language journals that are sources of information on comparative education. (MKM)

Notes recipients of the second International Reading Association Literacy Awards (with the first prize going to the Ethiopian Coordinating Committee for the National Literacy Campaign) and presents the comments about the value of literacy work made at the ceremony by UNESCO Director-General Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow. (MKM)

Presents material available for use that ties in reading and television and asks questions about the future of TV in reading instruction. (MKM)

Suggests using materials dealing with sports in a variety of ways in content classes to improve reading and critical thinking. Provides specific suggestions for using sports in English, mathematics, social studies, science, and health classes. (MKM)