Questions the credibility of the Diagnostic Spelling Potential Test. (FL)

Argues that teaching students the process of comprehension and ways to improve their own comprehension helps to develop skills in reluctant or poor readers. Offers teaching ideas that involve a variety of reading materials. (FL)

Suggests ways in which reading teachers can help the non-native speaker of English to assimilate new linguistic patterns. (KS)

Reports on the reading programs at Lakewood High School in Ohio and the Reading Laboratory at the University of Iowa. (TO)

Presents a number of resources discussing the structure and operation of successful remedial reading programs. (TO)

Notes the reading problems and reading demands of modern society; provides a four-step plan for community reading programs. (Author/RB)

Examines the state of reading in the secondary schools, reviewing ERIC documents on content area, developmental, and remedial programs. (RB)

Presents methods to stimulate students to use their background knowledge in reading content area texts. Offers a technique to teach students common text structures by having them write to a model. (FL)

Offers a view of literacy within the Australian context and traces the progress of two language and curriculum development projects. (AEA)

Reviews several incidents involving censorship and suggests that if current trends continue, such incidents will become more numerous. (AEA)

Describes a study of how more than 500 teachers responded to staff development sessions and reveals the characteristics of presenters that made such sessions successful. (AEA)

Describes a teaching method that encourages student discussion and gives students an opportunity to express their opinions without fear of failure. (FL)