Reviews some of the literature in the ERIC data base on test wiseness and test anxiety. (MKM)

Recommends checking skill management systems in reading before implementing one in a school, and includes a guide to weak spots in some of the better known programs. (MB)

Describes how Carl Jung's four personality types might relate to the selection of particular reading instruction methods. (RB)

Describes research on the process of writing using a protocol analysis approach that suggests a writing model containing three major processes: planning, translating, and reviewing. (MKM)

Research indicates that three samples may not give a good indication of a workbook's narrative readability level. (MKM)

Provides a chart to be used with the Dale-Chall Readability Formula to simplify computation of readability level. (MKM)

Presents a public service advertisement distributed by the International Paper Company to help students improve their vocabulary. (DD)

Looks at some of the historical reasons for spelling irregularity and suggests that such information can serve as both background material for teachers and a source of motivation for students trying to learn to spell. (DD)

Extends the discussion of mimetic documents from labeled pictures and picture lists to labeled diagrams and diagram lists. Highlights how different mimetic documents provide qualitatively different levels of understanding. (RS)

Notes that, although informal comments by teachers regarding building principals and other reading leaders are important, formal feedback from a survey or questionnaire helps to objectify the evaluation process and to provide principals with a more complete picture. Presents a survey for teacher evaluation of reading leaders. Offers suggestions…

Reflects on and evaluates the author's past year as a reading resource consultant in a program that has moved from a pullout reading program to a mainstreaming one. (SR)

Describes a questionnaire designed to discover how reading affects students' lives. (RB)

Discusses the use of newspapers as an instructional resource and reviews some of the materials that contain ideas and suggest practices for using the newspaper in the classroom. (RB)

Describes how one reading consultant allocated time to meet the major responsibilities outlined in a job description. (RB)

Argues that to be effective the reading teacher must be strong but sensitive at the same time. (RB)