Suggests book report questions, covering the hierarchy of thinking skills on one 5" by 8" index card. (MM)

Suggests several novels for educators' summer reading enjoyment, including classics by Robert Pirsig, Robertson Davies, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, and Charles Dickens. Educators might also read Alex Kotlowitz's "There Are No Children Here" (Doubleday, 1991) and Sharon Quint's "Schooling Homeless Children" (Teachers College Press, 1994) to gain…

We present a theoretical and empirical explication of the intervention of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) that is designed to increase students' reading comprehension and motivation for reading. The framework specifies a set of five motivational constructs that represent goals for the instructional intervention. Necessary cognitive…

This study explored how Thai learners of English as a foreign language, engaged in English activities outside of classrooms to learn and practice the English language. Three research questions of this study include: (a) How do the participants perceive access and availability of out of class English activities in local environments?, (b) How do…

A COMMON PROBLEM IN ASSIGNING BOOK REPORTS IS HOW TO TEST WHETHER STUDENTS ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK OR WHETHER THEY RELY ON SOURCES BESIDES THE BOOK ITSELF. A SINGLE-BOOK APPROACH DEVISED TO GIVE SOME DEGREE OF CERTITUDE THAT STUDENTS READ THE BOOK BLENDS THREE ELEMENTS--(1) ACTUAL READING OF THE BOOK AS CHECKED BY AN OBJECTIVE TEST, (2) DEEPER…

A school-wide reading campaign emphasized the joy of reading. (MKM)

Suggests some techniques for encouraging student writing and reading. (DD)

Explores the problem of motivating children to choose books from the library, and suggests ways in which teachers can interest children in library books. (JM)

Describes 30 years of promoting the good pleasure-reading habits of 530,000 Kansas children. (JM)

A Summer project designed to encourage students to read as a pleasurable and profitable activity is described. (MM)

Fantasy fiction of the type listed may be used to attract and hold an otherwise reluctant reader. (SP)

All public, private and parochial schools in the city of Baltimore were polled to find out what young adults were reading on their own time for pleasure. The most popular teen titles in each school, as well as the overall top ten titles for the city are given. (NH)

Reviews research findings concerning the recreational reading habits of students in colleges of further education. (FL)

Concludes that providing first and second grade students with books to read over summer vacation may prevent a loss of reading skills. (Author/FL)

Recent surveys show that many adults do not read extensively. Senior citizens, despite increased leisure time, do not acquire reading habits if they have previously failed to develop systematic reading habits. Rather, reading behavior of retired persons tends to closely reflect previous reading habits, educational attainment, and socioeconomic…