Discusses the wide-spread existence of racial and sexual discrimination in elementary-level reading and instructional materials and suggests several corrective measures. (RB)

Contains practical suggestions for refining children's basic reasoning skills for use in the reading class. (RB)

Letter recognition errors may be the result of children going through normal states of development. (Author)

Illustrates how teachers might select materials, measure readability, lower the reading level, and enrich social studies materials. (Author/RB)

Concludes that the letter close procedure is an effective instructional tool for most elementary children and becomes increasingly effective with each successive grade level. (Author)

The vocabularies of basal reading systems have become more difficult over the past decade. (Author)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on how television influences the reading behavior of children. (RB)

Argues that problems identified with using phonics do not attack the skill, per se, which phonics provides--being able to independently unlock words. (HOD)

Describes a bilingual approach to language learning where students learn to handle comparative "analogical language" between both languages using a series of picture cards which must have a one-to-one relationship with the oral language. (HOD)