Despite evidence that youths' literacy practices and identities are important contributors to literacy learning, studies of secondary literacy instruction often focus on understanding classroom storylines from the perspectives of teachers and schools. The purpose of this case study was to examine how one youth, Leo, shaped the storyline of his…

Paraphrasing, somewhat different from retelling and summarizing, helps students monitor their understanding and incorporate new knowledge with what they already know about a topic. Paraphrasing helps students realize that comprehension is the goal of reading.

An evaluation of the reading laboratory clinic at the Sulzberger Junior High School, Philadelphia, is reported. On the basis of a group informal reading inventory (IRI) 120 from a total of 467 grade-7 students were assigned to the clinic. Pupils who scored below third-grade second-semester book level were considered eligible for the clinic…

This study was an experimental investigation designed to ascertain the effectiveness of a technique for predicting student success in a special reading program. The disparity between a student's score on a reading test taken silently and his score on an equivalent form which was read orally by the investigator as the student read it silently was…

The 1974-1975 Reading Skills Center component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Remedial Services for Eligible Nonpublic School Pupils Program was designed to provide intensive diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction for students in grades four through eight who had evidence of reading retardation in excess of two and one…

To test the long-range effectiveness of its ESEA Title III-sponsored program, officials of the Logan-Cache County Tutorial Center tested students served by the program 1 and 2 years after participation. The students, originally identified as underachievers, had been tutored in one-to-one or one-to-three tutoring situations or had been part of a…

Reports on a survey of 72 "recognized" middle schools and 83 randomly chosen schools, which indicates that most schools require reading instruction, especially in grade six. Finds that many offer remedial programs, but that practice has not responded to theoreticians' advocacy for reading in content areas. (RS)

This paper describes the Graphics Expression System Reading Center Program, which provided students with limited learning motivation and with below norm achievement in reading, as well as those students reading on and above grade level with the opportunity to use the compact recording studio equipment in the production of television shows. The…