Describes and evaluates a program based on Paired Reading. Reports that the program increased parents' involvement, while boosting childrens' reading ability and attitude toward reading. (NH)

Describes a case study of an English teacher's attempts to change her teaching methods from mostly recitation to an emphasis on discussion, and the resulting changes in her classroom. (MS)

Presents findings from a longitudinal study of reading comprehension development that revealed a negative relationship between the amount of time kindergarten and first-grade teachers spend reading to their students' reading achievement. Results are discussed in terms of a "displacement theory." Students' reading achievement is related to their…

Sixth-grade students (n=22) with learning disabilities were administered a curriculum-based reading measurement over 18 weeks and attitudinal and self-perception measures as pretests and posttests. Students' self-perceptions of reading competence improved. Attitudes toward oral reading, while not improving, were positively related to fluency.…

Focuses on the issues of skills in reading instruction in New Zealand. Feels that instruction can maintain a reciprocal and mutually supportive relationship between teaching word-level strategies and comprehension strategies. (MG)

Compares literacy in colonial and contemporary America along dimensions of conceptions of literacy; practice of literacy; relationships among speaking, reading, and writing; and sites for learning literacy. Comparisons suggest directions for refiguring literacy today, including more emphasis on literacy as a collaborative practice. (SLD)

A study assessed the effect of two types of goal-setting graphing procedures used within curriculum-based measurement (CBM) to provide performance feedback to 18 second-grade students assigned to three experimental conditions: dynamic goal line, static goal line, and control. Students receiving feedback toward short-term or long-term goals…

This study examined literacy instruction in 14 first-grade classrooms of English learners (ELS) in three schools in a large urban school district in southern California over a two-year period. Pre- and posttest measures of oral-reading fluency for 186 first graders, representing 11 native languages, were the outcome data. Reading-fluency data were…

Generalizability (G) theory was used with a sample of 37 third-grade students to assess the variability in words correct per minute (WCPM) scores caused by student skill and passage variability. Reliability-like coefficients and the SEM based on a specific number of assessments using different combinations of passages demonstrated how manipulating…

Aphasia implies the loss or impairment of language caused by brain damage. The key to understanding the nature of aphasic symptoms is the neuro-anatomical site of brain damage, and not the causative agent. However, because "Herpes simplex" virus (HSV) encephalitis infection usually affects the frontal and temporal lobes, subcortical…

A rationale for a novel approach to remedial reading for struggling readers, including students labeled with intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, attention deficit and behavior disorders, below average language development, and those described as reluctant or resistant readers is presented. It is suggested that struggling readers find…

This packet of materials consists of reproducible flyers to promote parents' reading aloud to children. Included are five benefits of reading aloud for children and parents; tips for reading to babies and children and for exposing them to books; suggestions for selecting books for infants; toddlers and preschoolers; a descriptive list of selected…

This set of transparency masters provides information on a study of 52 adolescents with behavior disorders. The study assessed the value of teaching basic reading skills to at-risk 8th- to 10th-graders who were reading below the 4th grade level. Students were divided into three groups based on IQ level. The adolescents attended a foundation course…

This book provides 234 tested, easy-to-use exercises, games, and activities to help reading specialists and classroom teachers correct students' individual reading skill deficiencies at the primary, intermediate, and upper levels. The activities in the book are sequentially organized in the basic skill areas of phonic analysis, structural…

Some of the 172 tests described in this bibliography are subtests of achievement batteries. Listening skills assessed include listening comprehension, understanding words and passages, making inferences, and drawing conclusions. The oral reading tests cover areas such as pronunciation, omissions, insertions, hesitation in reading, and reading…