The purpose of this article is to explain each of the three phases of reading textbooks and to provide strategies for aiding students to better understand and connect to their textbooks in each of these phases. Each of the three phases is named for its writing counterpart: planning, drafting, and evaluating. This article also states that three…

Based on research indicating successful readers have several common characteristics (student choice and availability of reading materials, time for reading, and time to talk about their reading), a study explored research findings about each characteristic and surveyed middle grade teachers' reading practices in the classroom. Seventh-grade…

Discusses children's literature in terms of (1) children's responses to it, (2) its literary tradition, and (3) its benefits to children and adults. (VJ)

A measure was developed to assess kindergarten children's interest in reading, and information about their home and school environments was collected. High-reading-interest children were read to more frequently, watched less television, and had more books at home. School factors are also discussed. (Author/PP)

Discusses the genre of romantic fiction written for teens, proposes research questions, and provides publisher information for teachers who wish to stimulate teenage pleasure reading. (AEA)

Describes the origin and evolution of a course to meet the needs of gifted independent readers. (JL)

Recommends reading aloud to students or having them read aloud themselves as a way of stimulating their interest in what they are reading about and in reading itself. (JL)

Indicates that college students need assistance to develop reading maturity along with reading skills and gives specific suggestions for developing reading maturity in developmental reading programs. (AEA)

Provides limited support for the use of newspapers in school. Concludes that the Newspaper in Education (NIE) program does not necessarily increase newspaper readership in adult life. (RL)

Illustrates simple, inexpensive procedures for involving readers in decisions about which comics and light features to include in a newspaper. (RL)

Describes a survey of Israeli high school students to determine the books they considered most impressive in developing national and civic values. Reports that the majority of books selected were fiction and were perceived as very useful in developing national knowledge and less useful in developing civic values. (MKM)

Interviews with 1,575 persons of voting age, conducted during the three-month period following the 1974 congressional elections, suggest that Blacks are less committed to newspapers than Whites and are more dependent on television. (GT)

Presents results of a questionnaire filled out by international students regarding years of English study, length of residence in the United States, free reading habits in the first and second language, and television watching. Reading in English, English study in the home country, and length of residence in the United States affected students'…