Faculty, administrators and librarians should form a three fold guarantee of total involvement in reading programs. (Editor/IR)

Argues that only quantity reading, not "comprehension skills," prepares one to understand the content of a given paragraph. (RD)

The effect of orthographic structure on the word search performance of good and poor third-grade readers is examined. (MP)

Describes six advantageous uses of the cloze stencil in the classroom. (HOD)

Describes systematic assessment procedures as alternatives to standardized testing which yield more descriptive records of children's reading abilities. Notes that the assessment procedures are consistent with the contemporary understanding of reading which indicates that prior knowledge and the ability to use predictive skills greatly influence…

Maintains that the Rhyme Detection measure used by Muter et al. (1997) is problematic and that counting onset as well as rhyme choices would yield a score predictive of reading, spelling, and phoneme tasks. Argues that this result would be consistent with the hypothesis that sensitivity to onset and rhyme plays a part in children's reading and…

Examines specific effects of phonological abilities and linguistic comprehension on the development of word-decoding ability and reading comprehension, respectively, of 141 Dutch children from the end of first grade to the end of third grade. Finds that partly different determinants underlie the development of word-decoding ability and reading…

We tend to overlook the fact that we judge performances in context. That is why people who are generally competent outside the classroom can appear so inept inside it. "Can you read this text?" is not merely a demand to make some sense of it, but often, in school, to identify plot, character, author intent, or at a minimum, to be ready to recast…

We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ("dyslexia") over the past four decades. After outlining components of reading ability, we discuss manifest causes of reading difficulties, in terms of deficiencies in component reading skills that might lead to such…

Factors predicting vocabulary learning and reading comprehension of advanced language learners of English in a linear multimedia text were investigated in the current study. Predictor variables of interest were multimedia type, reading proficiency, learning styles, topic interest and background knowledge about the topic. The outcome variables of…

Factors predicting vocabulary learning and reading comprehension of advanced language learners of English in a linear multimedia text were investigated in the current study. Predictor variables of interest were multimedia type, reading proficiency, learning styles, topic interest and background knowledge about the topic. The outcome variables of…

This paper recounts the process by which a severely reading-disabled adult student taught himself to read and write Ancient Greek, and in so doing, improved his ability to read and write in English. Initially, Keith's reading and writing were slow, difficult and inaccurate, accompanied by visual disturbance. However, motivated by a strong interest…

The goals of this study were to (a) develop an empirically based model regarding the development of fluent and automatic reading in the early elementary school years and (b) determine whether fluent text-reading skills provided benefits for reading comprehension beyond those accounted for by fluent word decoding. First-, second-, and third-grade…

Findings stress the importance of the teacher's role in influencing learning in the community college. (RB)

Examines three aspects of reading considered to be important in the development of an individual's skills, citing content, interest, and social role in this literature review on factors affecting reading performance. (RB)