A review of research concerning reading achievement of prelingually deaf students found that studies comparing signing versus non-signing parents without regard for parental hearing status typically found no relationship between parental method and reading skills. Studies examining specific types of manual communication found a relationship…

Examines the reading and writing concepts of two groups of low literate adults (prisoners and adults in mainstream society). Finds that both groups possess a restricted view of literacy, viewing reading as a decoding task and writing as a handwriting and spelling activity. (MM)

The FRI and GORT tests are reviewed with attention to test rationales and purposes, test development, test administration, and making the purchase choice. Concludes that the FRI is the preferable test. (JK)

A balanced approach to reading instruction favors cultivating reading as a strategic activity that requires intentionality, interest, and motivation on the part of the learner. Includes references. (MD)

Compares typicality effects in recall between good and poor junior high readers to determine the influence of knowledge base upon memory. Results suggest that poor readers have a different knowledge base for familiar categories than good readers and that cognitive differences between them are related to differences in their semantic memories.…

Reports on a survey of third grade children concerning their criteria for good reading. (FL)

Argues that teacher-made worksheets built on basal reader stories can help students' make connections with the stories and provide them with practice of important comprehension skills. Suggests ways to make such sheets. (FL)

Language analysis tasks (segmentation and rhyming) and rapid automatized naming tasks (objects, colors, and letters) were found to tap different linguistics-processing components in both kindergarteners and first graders. Children who could analyze letter names were more likely to be among the better readers at the end of first grade. (Author/BS)

Latent inferential comprehension scores were calculated for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in a study that investigated cognitive styles as mediating variables in comprehension processes. (HOD)

Reviews attempts to adequately define dyslexia with a focus on recent efforts at developing a nosology of dyslexia and discusses the neurological basis of reading and severe reading failure with an emphasis on validating evidence provided through brain-mapping procedures and postmortem studies. (HOD)

Discusses List-Group-Preview, an activity that combines eliciting prior knowledge with guiding students through a new textbook chapter. (FL)

Reports on a study that investigated the reading interests of low ability junior and senior high readers of both sexes. Results indicate that readers of both sexes share some reading interests--among them topics dealing with the unusual. (HOD)

Concludes that second graders' self-reports of comprehension and liking were highly related to the performance measure of error detection for good readers but not for poor ones. (FL)

Reading interviews with 20 hearing impaired inner-city students (8-14 years old) elicited student perceptions about the home environment in relation to reading, functions of reading, desirable reading strategies, classroom practices, and feelings about reading. (CL)

This article examines the incidence of academic deficiency and functional illiteracy among offenders in a postsecondary prison education program. A descriptive analysis was conducted using aptitude test scores on reading, math, and language from 488 students in a medium security prison in Ohio. Results are presented and analyzed. (CT)