Concludes that test results are essentially the same for both the Flesch and Gunning reading indices. (RB)

Reviews the literature in teaching reading as a second language. (RB)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on diagnosing reading difficulties through the use of informal reading inventories. (RB)

Discusses the literacy problem in Britain, presents research on reading skills, and examines a variety of efforts to improve the reading skills of youngsters. (RB)

One of the roles of a teacher is to ensure a positive and stimulating classroom environment. (JH)

Analyzes Skills Management Systems (SMS) as a means for establishing an accountability framework in reading instruction and concludes that at the present time there are too many unverified assumptions in such systems. (RB)

Contends that teaching students to depend on written material without teaching effective habits of recall should be discouraged. (RB)

Concludes that monosyllabic words are easier for beginning readers to read than are polysyllabic words and that children just learning to read should be taught phonics skills with monosyllabic words. (RB)

THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO DEVELOP ENJOYMENT IN READING POETRY, TO EXTEND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET ITS MEANING, TO REFLECT FEELING AND INTERPRETATION THROUGH VOICE INFLECTION, AND TO DEVELOP A FEELING OF GROUP UNITY IN A COMMON ENTERPRISE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR INFORMAL CLASS WORK INCLUDE UNISON, ANTIPHONAL AND A SOLO AND…

This paper reviews the The Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty test. A brief overview of the test discusses the physical format and the procedures for administering it. Norms, reliability, and validity are discussed for the subtests: Oral Reading, Silent Reading, Word Recognition and Word Analysis, Visual Memory of Word Forms, Spelling, and…

The performance of 27 inadequate and 30 adequate readers in the third grade was compared on a dichotic listening task involving conflicting pairs of nonsense syllables. (Author/CL)

Presents ten activity cards which can be used in developing students' defining skills. (DD)

Suggests strategies and questions which may be used to build readers' sensitivity to the relationship between their own values and the values expressed in what they read. (DD)

Describes how asking questions aids comprehension by focusing attention and clarifying what is being read. (MB)