Notes the continuing shortcomings of reading research, in spite of the best efforts of many able persons. Theorizes on the reasons for these failures. (FL)

Reviews research concerning sustained silent reading and lists factors that are important in determining whether such a reading program is successful. (FL)

Suggests ways in which school personnel can keep abreast of current educational research. (MKM)

Describes development and possible uses of a list of 593 bibliographic entries for college reading and learning assistance professionals. Notes the list and targets the work of (1) researchers oriented primarily to the present and those concerned with the historical roots of the profession; (2) curriculum design specialists; and (3) graduate…

Suggests that reading specialists can be the change agents needed to bring reading research information to teachers in a practical manner. (MKM)

Argues that reading teachers at the secondary level must become more active in reading research. (RB)

Reviews research dealing with creativity as it applies to the process of reading. (FL)

Studies how the implementation of the K-W-L can be varied in different classroom settings to ensure that it has the desired effect on the reading comprehension and learning of elementary and middle school children. Suggests that the K-W-L approach is one strategy, among others, that should be taught thoroughly. (PA)

Reviews research showing that children beginning to read are often confused by the task. Suggests that this confusion is the result of factors both in the home and at school and calls for research that would identify those factors. (FL)

Argues that if reading instruction is to improve, ideas must flow freely between colleges and school districts, and that this can be facilitated by getting reading journals into the hands of practitioners. (FL)

Studied teachers' responses to syntactically and semantically acceptable miscues, to dialect different miscues, and to graphic and sound similar miscues. Teachers objected most strongly to miscues related to dialect. (MKM)

Extends a previous study examining the relationship between reading comprehension and thinking skills by using an "on-line" reporting procedure in which undergraduate subjects reported on their reading during the process of reading. Reports that the extent of a reader's background knowledge affects the order of processing as well as the kinds of…

Presents a case study that focuses on effects of an extensive reading program on an adult English language learner. Describes subject's reactions to the extensive reading approach using a qualitative framework. Discusses implications for the teaching of adult literacy. (RS)

Investigates the effectiveness of the story impression method--a prewriting activity that develops a schema for ideas found in the story. Suggests that students enjoy using the story clues to write a prestory. Finds that story impressions are a powerful tool for helping all readers (including remedial readers) improve their comprehension. Appends…

Discusses 3 different categories of literacy programs discerned in observations of 37 kindergarten classrooms over an 8-year period: maturationist teachers, basal teachers, and emergent literacy teachers. Provides perceived rationales for the existence of these categories. (SR)