A survey by the Book Industry Study Group found that nearly all Americans do some reading. (MKM)

Describes a remedial reading program utilizing a systems approach in a learning laboratory. (MKM)

Describes how to use puppets as an instructional tool for all ages. (MKM)

Explores character identification as a means of increasing motivation for reading. (MKM)

Describes documents in the ERIC data base which discuss effective use of teacher aides. (MKM)

Discusses the impact of censorship on teachers of reading and describes the mission of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the International Reading Association. (DD)

Discusses recent brain research as it pertains to reading instruction. (DD)

Describes reading instruction of students between the ages of 6 and 16 in Denmark; adapted from a chapter of "The Teaching of Reading without Really Any Method: An Analysis of Reading Instruction in Denmark." (DD)

Working with dictated stories helps young hearing-impaired children improve their ability to communicate. (DD)

A workshop for primary teachers demonstrated the effectiveness of the language experience approach with bilingual students. (DD)

Teachers aware of the value of each child's language can do much to prevent initial reading difficulties among those who speak nonstandard dialects. (DD)

This fifth annual annotated bibliography of trade books reflects the direct choices of 10,000 children from among 500 children's books published in the United States in 1978. (DD)

Describes how students may be taught to read through the "imitative reading" approach and reviews read-along materials that can be used with this approach. (DD)

Describes the books that 300 children selected as most appealing from 200 concept books, picture books, and books of poetry, folklore, fiction, and nonfiction. (DD)

A study of about 3,000 sixth- and seventh-grade children, conducted by Barbara Heyns, suggests that normal development in reading over the summer requires reading for about one hour a day. (DD)