This investigator found and reviewed fifty-one studies reported in the literature on individualized reading between 1937 and 1971. Of this number, forty of these studies were controlled at least to the extent of using control groups. In twenty-four cases the results favored the individualized reading group. Only one author reported higher reading…

Explores two factors which can help teachers in guiding students who have difficulty reading their textbooks--understanding the reasons why students have problems and finding some way to teach the subject content and reading at the same time. (JM)

This article presents an annotated selection of books for children of all ages to help foster desire in reading. The collection includes a list of picture, fiction, and nonfiction books. (DF)

Academic tasks are listed on the board from which students choose their work. (JH)

Appropriate reading materials in the classroom which are self-directed, self-corrective, and a suitable level of difficulty can provide the student practice in those skills in which he is deficient. (MM)

A supplementary reading materials collection in the classroom can stimulate a child's reading interest. (MM)

Detailed presentation of the Pacific Horizons Reading Scheme, an innovative graded reading program based upon the SRA laboratory concept and designed for second-language learners in the Pacific region. The multilevel Scheme contains reading selections accompanied by supplementary materials such as dictionary and cloze-procedure comprehension…

Provides lists of questions, one for fiction and one for nonfiction, that teachers can ask students during reading conferences in order to reinforce student interest and enthusiasm for further reading. (FL)

Presents a method of teaching children how to read using a constructive communicative technique. (MP)

The dissemination to 125 schools of a secondary individualized reading program created by P. K. Yonge Laboratory School was accomplished by a workshop and by the formation into implementation teams of persons responsible for different levels of decisions. Evaluations support the use of this team-based change strategy. (SJL)

Proposes a method for teaching reading comprehension in a second language that may be used on an individualized basis and that develops reading skill through inference. (AM)

Presents highlights of the life and work of scholar Jeanette Veatch, best known for her contributions in the field of reading, her challenge to basal readers, and her espousal of a literature-based, learner-centered approach called Individualized Reading. Covers her early years as an elementary teacher in Michigan, her graduate study, and her…

Since the rise of the whole language movement, Sylvia Ashton-Warner's key vocabulary, individualized reading, and experience charts have been notable for their omission from the many books available on whole language. Whole language strength is notable in at least four major areas: (1) its learner-centeredness; (2) its scorn of commercial…