Describes a behavior modification program aimed at encouraging students to increase the frequency of leisure reading done at home. (EL)

Shows how the reading teacher can use television as a complementary resource and can transfer to his or her classroom some of the popular formats from "The Electric Company." (EL)

Shows how the language experience approach is a useful tool in teaching expository prose structure to elementary school students. (EL)

Points out, by citing a recently completed longitudinal study at the University of Iowa, that children are more likely to discover how reading works and make it work for them if the book is not too hard. (EL)

Cites research showing individual reactions to bright and dim light in the classroom. Shows individual susceptibility to extreme negativism in inappropriate lighting conditions and suggests that students' predispositions for illumination be identified. Notes that restless, fidgety youngsters should be placed into softly lit sections, with the…

Shows how retelling stories appears to be a strategy to improve comprehension, concept of story and oral language. (EL)

Extracts guidelines from research for incorporating vocabulary instruction into the everyday routines of the classroom. (EL)

Summarizes the significant changes in textbooks and in teacher training that have taken place in the Mexican primary schools in the past six years. (EL)

Shows how Caldecott and Newbery Medal books have reflected the changing norms of society during the past two decades. Specifically in the increased number of books with women as main characters, positive images of females, and situations similar to those encountered in everyday life. (EL)

Shows how language arts teachers can help the language building strategies of children by providing creative drama activities to allow them to use a range of strategies in appropriate ways. (EL)

Discusses "The Social Context of Instruction," a summary of the existing knowledge of research methods on instructional grouping prepared by experts of various disciplines in order to share their perspectives on instructinal grouping and research methodologies. (EL)

Cites authorities in the fields of early childhood education and literacy acquisition to show the need to change the way in which children learn to read and write. (FL)

Suggest that teachers start the school year,each school day, and each daily reading lesson with reading activities designed to motivate student interest in reading. Offers ideas for use at each of these times. (FL)

Offers an outline of what research says about silent reading and comprehension. Presents suggestions to help children learn to read silently.

Presents a direct instruction approach to reading comprehension that stresses the use of three forms of knowledge--declarative, procedural, and conditional. Offers a sample lesson demonstrating the application of this approach for teaching a comprehension skill, and concludes with a discussion of how comprehension skill instruction in commercial…