Teachers must be sensitive to the needs of modern farm children to see themselves and their families reflected favorably and accurately in reading materials. (HOD)

Offers suggestions to help teachers, especially bilingual teachers, adapt and rewrite reading materials that can guide children through the desired emotional and intellectual experiences. (HOD)

Describes reading center activities that take advantage of the citizen's band radio craze to capture student's attention and interest. (HOD)

Children with learning disabilities tend to score below the mean on measures of oral language, but not all do. (HOD)

This study finds that the overall readability level of elementary social studies texts, as well as the range of levels within texts, is decreasing. (HOD)

Discusses the compensatory and regular reading programs examined by the Educational Testing Service. (HOD)

Exposing young children to written language helps prepare them for reading. (RB)

The reading habit which is most consistently sensitive to reading ability measures is the habit of seeking out books by known authors. (Author)

Argues that psycholinguists should become aware of the information available to readers at levels beyond the individual sentence. (RB)

Describes how to have the advantages of an open school in older classroom spaces, using team teaching, learning stations, and a group rotation schedule. (RB)