Presents a plan for developing a reading prescription that includes diagnosing the reading difficulty of students, listing objectives, holding conferences with students, applying directed instruction, providing self-directed practice, evaluating, and resetting goals. (FL)

Discusses the creation of a teaching credential course developed at California State University, Bakersfield, with dual emphases on diagnostic training and guided reading. Finds the interaction between diagnostic training and guided reading had an insignificant effect on reading instruction. Suggests that the two teaching strategies be emphasized…

Offers six pedagogical and organizational changes to assist teachers of reading in a Mainstreaming program and to accommodate a wider range of individual needs in their classrooms. (JM)

Discusses a study of changes in preservice teachers' ability to analyze reading instruction problems and prescribe instructional alternatives. Indicates reading methods courses may help participants' decision-making practices and materials use. (RAE)

Suggests ways to improve the quality of language arts instruction in this lighthearted presentation of the objectives and resolutions of a mythical international language arts association. (VJ)

Examines the effectiveness of a systems approach, diagnostic reading program. (RB)

Shows how third graders' error patterns on a reading test related to their cognitive styles. Suggests corrective teaching strategies to follow such categorization and analysis. (RL)

Suggests thirteen diagnostic strategies by which teachers can examine students' abilities and implement appropriate learning activities. (RL)