Survey of teacher attitudes toward reading instruction at the primary level provides several ideas for improving reading programs. (RB)

Concludes that the sight method of teaching reading is discredited by recent research findings. (RB)

This study surveyed all-day and half-day Ohio kindergarten teachers regarding their reading or reading readiness instructional practices. First grade teachers in the same schools assessed the preparation and experiences of their incoming students. A Chi Square analysis comparing all-day and half-day programs revealed more areas of similarity than…

Developed to provide supplementary instructional strategies for reading teachers at the kindergarten level, this booklet presents the instructional module for completing patterns, a component of the Comprehensive Reading Program of the Chicago Public Schools. After an overview of the module, activities are suggested for the following areas:…

Whole Language has become a visible and strong movement in language instruction. Yet there is still considerable disagreement as to what Whole Language entails and there are different degrees of knowledge held by various self-professed Whole Language teachers. Some are at a beginning stage of knowledge regarding Whole Language as philosophy and…

Current research in early childhood suggests the need for increased small group instruction, variety and quality of materials, and support for teacher innovation. The use of a literature-based curriculum in the kindergarten offers both a means of bringing about these changes and an alternative to the very structured atmosphere now prevalent in…

Intended to help children learn phonics and to learn how to use phonics, this handbook is modeled on the 15th century hornbook. The handbook is divided into three parts: (1) "What Went Wrong?"; (2) "HOW to Teach Someone to Read by Beginning with Basic Phonics"; and (3) "Special Problems." Nineteen references and a…

The program described in this paper makes beginning reading an activity in which children could use all of their cognitive and affective abilities to experience the images and ideas within the piece. The introduction points out that children can become actively involved in reading by writing poetry because they are creating the reading material…

Discusses four methods of teaching reading to beginning readers and suggests where research can provide improvements in reading instruction. (RB)

Analysis of similar shapes for high-frequency words does not verify the hypothesis that shape provides a useful learning cue for teaching word recognition. (RB)

A look at reading research and practices in Europe and Asia. (RB)

Presents research on the effectiveness of the "Picture-Vocabulary-Story," a new approach to reading and language instruction. (RB)

Twenty children between six and nine years of age and of average or above average intelligence were used in a study to determine whether methods that restrict pupil participation to visual attention or oral response are of more or less value in attempts to recognize words than methods that involve activity with the hands, such as tracing or…