This publication is a compilation of the talks given at the 1972 Auburn University Department of Elementary Education Reading Conference. The theme of the conference was "Children and Reading: The Human Connectives." The topics and authors include: (1) "Children and Reading: The Human Connectives," by Donald E. Carline; (2) "Solving Problems…

This reader, intended for fifth-grade Latin students, contains more than a dozen cartoon figures illustrating Latin phrases. A simplified map of Imperial Rome is included. (RL)

A beginning reading alphabet identified as the Simplified Signalling System was developed in this study for the teaching of reading. The system consisted of (1) key symbols and augmentations used in the introduction for beginning and remedial readers and (2) transliteration of sample materials suggested for use by beginning and remedial readers.…

This experiment was an attempt to replicate a sound discrimination training procedure reported by Elkonin (1963). Eight kindergarten subjects were given a training list composed of five words made up of nine sounds. Experimental subjects learned to discriminate the sounds making up the words with aid of pictures representing the words as well as…

Teachers should be concerned with the prevention of reading disabilities rather than emphasizing remediation. Many deprived children in our inner cities are deficient in areas necessary for successful learning. Characteristics of deprived, inner city children which cause learning problems are listening, speaking, experiences, mobility, immediate…

Of 10 participating inner-city school teachers, five used a modified basal series, and five used the language experience approach for reading instruction. Monthly training sessions were held, and the Medley and Smith's Observation Scale and Rating-Reading was used to lend objectivity to the monthly observations of each teacher. The following…

In order to determine whether a child can learn to read more easily from a meaningful context, a six-year-old child was taught to read by a meaning-based approach in which lexical items were introduced in sentences and the semantic context of the material was suited to the child's level of development. This instructional approach also incorporated…

Processing requirements in letter discrimination for beginning readers with reflective-impulsive and field-dependent--field-independent learning styles were investigated. Results were interpreted in terms of feature analyses employed in letter identification and discrimination. (BJG)

An organic approach to the teaching of reading emphasizes the selection of vocabulary from the experiential background of the child. (JH)

Suggests that Piaget's theoretical perspective on children's developmental stages may provide insight into ways to help children who are not succeeding in formal reading instruction. (TJ)

Reports on 3 unorthodox programs for teaching beginning reading. One uses library books and newspapers as the core materials, one features a parent-involvement program, and one emphasizes tender training. (JMB)

Current methods of testing reading ability do not give a full indication of children's reading ability and comprehension and may diminish pleasure in reading. (JD)

Presents five basic decoding patterns which can be applied in a linguistic approach to teaching reading or spelling. (JM)

Ability to read depends less upon learning isolated, sequential skills than upon the natural desire to communicate beyond the oral level and the opportunities offered by society and environment to develop this ability. (JD)