Covers two major aspects of reading instruction for mildly mentally handicapped children in the regular classroom: a review of their reading characteristics and a presentation of questioning techniques useful for promoting their reading comprehension. (FL)

Eight articles are included in the journal of the National Association for Remedial Education, Malaysia (NAREM). Chua Tee Tee describes the history and objectives of NAREM. Alec Williams reviews philosophical issues in remedial education. Khoo Phon Sai discusses cognitive, social, and emotional characteristics of slow learners and considers…

Reviews recent literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the reading and learning difficulties of slow learners. (RB)

Describes how the combination of composition activities and oral reading encouraged a group of slow learners to read. (KS)

Offers an alternative to current beliefs about holistic learning and teaching. Describes task hierarchies that are closely based on children's information processing skills and that proceed in a systematic fashion from lower to higher levels. (AEW)

Includes Section III, materials for reading students, and Section IV, materials for reading instructors; Sections I and II were published in the Winter 1969 issue (pp. 10-56) and other sections will appear in subsequent issues; to be updated annually. (Editors/RD)

Typing special material of interest to high school students but on a third or fourth grade reading level is a way of instructing reading comprehension to slow learners at Bayside (New York) High School. A STAR (Students' Typing and Reading) lesson is described. (MF)

The present study is a replication of a Lahey and Drabman study (1974) which investigated the effects of contingent versus noncontingent reinforcement on the learning of sight words. The subjects in this study were 14 Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) students who composed the lowest reading group in a combined first-second grade…

This bibliography cites bibliographies dealing with reading instruction and reading problems, and books in each of four areas: general reading, reading and the slow learning child, children with special reading difficulties, and faster reading. Relevant periodicals are also cited. Entries include both American and European publications, most…

Outlines the contents of reading materials kits designed to be used to improve the functional reading ability of adolescents in Great Britain. (VJ)

This 3-year longitudinal study used hypermedia computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to provide individualized reading instruction for approximately 300 students in grades K-3. The software provided reading lessons in a hypermedia format designed as supplementary material for a basal reader series. The low ability subjects achieved significantly…

The purpose of this book is to provide the special educator and the general educator with a basic reference tool concerning the slow learner and the reading problem. The text is divided into two sections. The first section, "An Overview of Selected Factors Relative to Reading and the Slow Learner," includes six chapters that discuss selected…

A two year pilot project studied difficulties of kindergarten-primary children learning to read via materials printed in the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) who, because of immaturity, late development, low ability, or inability to speak English, were expected to experience reading difficulty. Of 39 children in the first year of the study, 20 used…

Includes Section I for adult slow learners and Section II on skill builders for reading students; other sections will be published in subsequent issues; to be updated annually. (Editors/RD)