Discusses the importance of the reader's response in achieving an understanding of literature. (RB)

Discusses a number of current documents that reflect the renewed role of phonics in beginning reading instruction. (TO)

This review of the literature notes some of the attributes of successful teachers of reading. Some of the attributes are the ability to motivate students, the ability to individualize instruction, the promotion of positive self-concepts in students, and the conveyance of positive expectations for students. A note of caution in the conclusion is…

Examines the problems of word division, reviews the pertinent literature, and discusses teaching methods. (RB)

Describes an Adult Basic Education reading program currently in operation in Baltimore County, Maryland. (RB)

This textbook is a reading primer intended to appeal to children's immediate interest with stories of their daily activities--experiences of all children, both country-bred and city-bred. Intermingled with real-life selections are stories in cumulative folktale style, all keeping closely to children's speaking vocabulary. Illustrated pre-primer…

This textbook is a first-year reader in a series of illustrated primary readers prepared by the same editor for the first, second, and third grades, leading up to the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade readers. The editor has made a careful study of the most authoritative and recent reports, investigations, courses of study, surveys, and other…

This textbook is a second-year reader in a series of illustrated primary readers prepared by the same editor for the first, second, and third grades, leading up to the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade readers. The editor has made a careful study of the most authoritative and recent reports, investigations, courses of study, surveys, and other…

This textbook is a third-year reader in a series of illustrated primary readers prepared by the same editor for the first, second, and third grades, leading up to the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade readers. The editor has made a careful study of the most authoritative and recent reports, investigations, courses of study, surveys, and other…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF LINGUISTICS TO THE TEACHING OF READING IS DESCRIBED. FOUR MAJOR PRINCIPLES ON WHICH LINGUISTS SEEM TO AGREE ARE OUTLINED--(1) SPEECH IS LANGUAGE, WHILE PRINT IS ONLY THE REPRESENTATION OF LANGUAGE. (2) LANGUAGE IS SYSTEMATIC, NOT HAPHAZARD OR RANDOM, AND CONSEQUENTLY CAN BE STUDIED IN A SYSTEMATIC FASHION. (3) LANGUAGE IS…