Provides a description of the Educational Resources Information System and explains how to use it as a source for instructional materials and information. (RB)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on the Right to Read Model reading programs developed from various Elementary Secondary Education Act funds. (RB)

Tells how to introduce a reading program in a school or school system and how to dispel administrative skepticism. (RB)

Describes an individualized reading laboratory approach to developing reading skills. (MKM)

Results of study of response patterns to reading passages showed that not only do we take meaning from print, but we also bring meaning to print. (JM)

Students draw upon their experience and community resources in this program designed to prepare them for living on their own. (JM)

Offers step-by-step instructions for rewriting reading material which is too difficult for secondary students who are reading at a second or third grade level. (JM)

Recent studies show that, although graphemic clues are fundamental to reading, older readers can effectively use syntactic and semantic context to improve their perception of word possibilities; the teaching of reading should include helping students increase their use of these supplemental cues. (JM)

Discusses whether the "old" realism has matured and the "new" realism (drugs, abortion, and homosexuality) in current books for young people. Compares "Skinny" (in the traditional vein) and "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me" (in terms of new realism). (JM)

Includes the following short articles describing teaching techniques: (1) "S-RUN: Beyond SQ3R" (Nancy S. Bailey); (2) "Read-React for Unique Responses" (Barbara Zynda); (3) "Use a Literacy Van"; and (4) "Summaries Improve Comprehension" (Milford A. Jeremiah). (MM)

Appraises the literary genre of adolescent literature and describes ERIC documents that discuss the pros and cons of the genre. (HOD)

Describes the use and advantages of a computer version of the Gunning Fog Index. Presents the program for input and use on a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. (HTH)

Provides a microcomputer program that will calculate readability levels using Rix, a new, short readability formula. (FL)

Examines the psycholinguistic perspective of the reading process and describes the development of a secondary-level course in reading that uses a psycholinguistic model. (Author/KS)