This article shares a simple questionnaire that can be used with students to ascertain their understanding of good readers and the strategies they use. Responses from a questionnaire administered in January and August in one fourth-grade classroom are categorized and shared. The responses show the students' belief that good reading is done by both…

Discusses the importance of learning to transform the visual representation of language into meaning during beginning reading. (RB)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on research into reading comprehension, how to improve comprehension, and methods used by elementary teachers. (RB)

Argues that reading research studies should be more widely disseminated so that teachers may apply the latest information in teaching reading. (RB)

Describes a technique intended to help teach children how to transfer their listening skills to the act of reading. (RB)

Argues that improving a child's self-esteem may lead to improvements in reading skills. (RB)

Argues that reading comprehension involves interpretation and is very difficult to measure. (RB)

Two American educators offer firsthand impressions of school reading programs in the Soviet Union. (RB)

Describes the maze technique, which is designed to evaluate reading comprehension, and presents some research substantiating reliability. (RB)

First in a series of five articles built around personal classroom observation and practical advice which pleads for an expanded, enlightened teacher role in material selection and use. (RB)

Suggests ways to make a child's mathematical achievement more successful. (TO)

Concludes that self-correction is a positive indicator that the reader is comprehending. (RB)

Describes a means of diagnozing the reading miscues of elementary level readers. (RB)

Suggest six steps to follow in preparing to teach prescriptively. (MKM)