The second in a series of six articles on typewriting as a communication skill. Discusses the feasibility of utilizing the typewriter as a tool for corrective reading instruction and describes briefly some materials recently developed for this purpose. (HD)

This summer issue of the "Kansas Reading Quarterly" is devoted to secondary reading. Although the articles were written with the junior and senior high teachers in mind, many of the ideas can be and have been adapted for use in the elementary grades. The articles include "Black and White and Read All Over," which discusses ways to create interest…

A total of 905 students and 51 teachers were involved in a two-phase study of the teaching of basic reading skills in secondary schools. The first phase of the study used an observation instrument, student ratings, a teacher questionnaire, and a reading achievement test to identify teaching processes that are efficient in helping secondary school…