Reviews the literature in teaching reading as a second language. (RB)

Discusses the literacy problem in Britain, presents research on reading skills, and examines a variety of efforts to improve the reading skills of youngsters. (RB)

Article describes the development of a simple recorder of reading behavior, and an experiment in which it is used to investigate the effect on reading behavior of altering the spatial relationship between a diagram and its reference point within the test. (Author)

Concludes that monosyllabic words are easier for beginning readers to read than are polysyllabic words and that children just learning to read should be taught phonics skills with monosyllabic words. (RB)

AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER READING RATE VARIABILITY DEVELOPED WITH SHORT, TIGHTLY-CONSTRUCTED TRAINING MATERIALS WOULD TRANSFER TO LONGER, MORE SCHOOL-LIKE PASSAGES IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRAINING AND ONE MONTH LATER. THE PROJECT WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE USOE PROJECT 1755, "THE EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF VARIABILITY IN…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether subjective organizational ability and the organization of materials influence reading comprehension for one good and two groups of poor readers. The subjects were 200 freshmen classified as good readers with (average or above average reading comprehension), difference poor readers (with average or…

In 1971, the Wethersfield, Connecticut School Department received a U.S. Office of Education grant to initiate a study testing some of the incentive models proposed by Jung and his colleagues. The goal of this project was to improve students' initial mastery of reading skill objectives by a program of assigning appropriate objectives to each…

This manual has been prepared to provide teachers of developmental reading classes with a quick reference to significant ideas and resources. The introductory chapter is an historical critique of reading efficiency programs. Chapter Two includes a resume of some significant research which has influenced the author in his changing attitude toward…

This document reports (in French) the results of an evaluation of reading methods used in the second year of primary school in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel. The data show that, in mastering reading skills, pupils are helped by a "wide" teaching method--flexible teaching aimed at high-level objectives such as reasoning, understanding,…

This document reports (in French) the results of a study assessing the teaching of reading in three Swiss cantons--Geneva, Valais, and Vaud. This study followed a similar study carried out in the canton of Neuchatel. Data show that the reading context (teacher and pupil population, teaching organization, and teacher training) had a favorable…

Author offers his version of the ultimate reading packet, based on Piaget's developmental psychology and following a basic philosophy of reading instruction. (Author/RK)

Discusses a study which sought to determine whether a correlation existed between reading ability and writing ability of college freshmen as measured by standardized examinations. (JM)

Develops three lines of reasoning relating to the proposition that performance in reading, after the basic decoding skills are mastered, is primarily an indicator of the general level of the individual's thinking and reasoning processes rather than a set of distinct and specialized skills. (TO)

Reviews research findings that suggest that literacy is nearly universal and that interest in reading is at an all-time high in the United States. (FL)