Over the past decade, Americans have become increasingly concerned about the high numbers--and costs--of high school dropouts. The time is now to build a similar consensus around this less-recognized but equally urgent fact: The pool from which employers, colleges, and the military draw is too small, and still shrinking, because millions of…

The purpose of this research was to ascertain if the reading comprehension skills of English-speaking fifth grade students improve when they study a second language. The research was done in an inner-city elementary school in Rochester, New York. The researcher provided a weekly after-school workshop in foreign languages for a group of children…

Forty-six dyslexic boys (aged eight to 13) were administered Piracetam or placebo in a double-blind, parallel experiment. Although, overall, there were no significant group effects, the within-subject design revealed improvements in reading speed and accuracy in Piracetam Ss. Dyslexics with higher reading ages improved significantly compared to…

A coordinated approach adopted by support personnel (educational psychologist, remedial teacher, occupational therapist, and speech therapist) for two boys (8 and 11 years old) with ocular motor perceptual problems led to initial evaluation of progress in reading and spelling. (Author)

Suggests reading activities involving prose, poetry, fiction, and dramatic reading with expression for sixth-grade students who read at and above grade level. (RH)

Argues that handwriting skills are important to reading improvement because as a child reads his own writing, thoughts, insights, and ideas of his own and others are explored. (RB)

Describes six Right to Read programs funded by Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II grants.

Lists 42 ways of motivating students to read. (RB)

TWO READING PROGRAMS IN WEST VIRGINIA REPRESENTED TWO DISTINCT SOCIOECONOMIC COUNTIES IN APPALACHIA. PROGRAM 1 REPRESENTED A COUNTY WITH ISOLATED SCHOOLS. PROGRAM 2 REPRESENTED A COUNTY WITH AN ACADEMICALLY STRONG COLLEGE AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS. BOTH PROGRAMS ATTEMPTED TO TEACH STUDENTS TO READ BETTER AND TO DEVELOP BETTER ATTITUDES. PROGRAM 1…

Effects of having 32 learning disabled elementary grade students read passages orally one, three, or seven times with instructions to work for either fluency or comprehension were analyzed. Both fluency and comprehension improved with the number of readings with the greatest improvement being between one and three readings. Attentional cues…

Ten practical suggestions for involving children in successful reading experiences. nAuthor)

Points out that the imitative, repeated, and impress methods of teaching reading each have certain strengths and weaknesses of which teachers should be aware. (Author/FL)

Explains how classroom cookery can be used in the elementary school language arts program. Emphasizes ways it can improve reading skills and provides a listing of cookbooks for children. (FL)

Argues that a literate environment can be fostered by teachers requesting children to read the daily newspaper and encouraging them to badger their parents for subscriptions. (FL)

Examines the nature of comprehension, specifically in the area of reading, and offers some techniques for teaching comprehension. (FL)