This study explores the long-term effectiveness of two differing models of early intervention for children with reading difficulties: Reading Recovery and a specific phonological training. Approximately 400 children were pre-tested, 95 were assigned to Reading Recovery, 97 to Phonological Training and the remainder acted as controls. In the short…

This study evaluated the effects of a fluency-based reading program with 15 second and third grade students and 15 matched controls. Gains in oral reading fluency on untrained CBM probes were evaluated using a matched-pairs group-comparison design, whereas immediate and two-day retention gains in oral reading fluency on trained passages were…

Argues that teachers, diagnosticians, and other educators need to reevaluate their thinking about reading. (Author)

Presents a technique for adapting the kinesthetic method for classroom use. (WR)

Suggests that having children learn Latin and Greek elements in words helps them figure out word meanings. (JM)

Presents the 1987 Teachers' Choice list of outstanding books. The books (primary, intermediate, and advanced), chosen annually in a regional-national process, have high literary quality, contain teachable concepts, elicit thoughtful responses from children, provide pleasure, and lead children to discoveries about literature. (SR)

Discusses how to help children understand the reading process instead of simply recalling information. Presents two instructional strategies which help children learn metacomprehension. (MM)

RATE (Read and Then Evaluate) provides opportunities for learning disabled students to self-select appropriate reading materials, form and communicate opinions about their reading, and gain confidence in themselves as readers. Teachers' observations confirmed the effectiveness of the program, which was expanded to involve students sharing the…

The author describes the Neurological Impress Method (NIM), a remedial reading method in which students and instructors read aloud in unison, and the Presenting Technique, designed as a downward extension of the NIM. (CL)

Six elementary level learning disabled students participated in the study which indicated that systematic prepractice procedures were related to higher performance levels than was baseline (no prepractice). Differential effects were noted: the listening procedure was related to higher rates of words read correctly than was the silent procedure.…

A brief analysis of the applicability of different media to the teaching of reading. (LS)

A program to develop methods to improve reading instruction in the nation's grade schools is discussed. (CK)

Offers reasons why teachers should focus on silent reading during instruction and use oral reading only for specific instructional purposes. (FL)

Offers suggestions for making newspaper activities part of the reading curriculum. (FL)