Suggests activities that reading staff developers can use to "unfreeze" staff members, building an interest in and a state of readiness for the program steps to be discussed. The suggested activities call for the active mental and physical involvement of staff members. (GT)

Reports that first grade children in Zaire who used a carefully controlled native language primer (developed to meet a need for up-to-date, relevant primers in Zairean languages) achieved higher reading scores than children who used an old (1952) primer. (GT)

Annotates books selected by children from across the United States as their favorites from among 500 children's trade books published in 1979. Books are categorized as beginning independent reading books; books for younger, for middle grade, and for older readers; and informational books. One regional choice (a book popular with Missouri children)…

Offers suggestions from six contributors regarding a variety of classroom activities, including the use of high interest-low vocabulary books with gifted and average readers, an exercise in sequencing, a Halloween project to improve students' grammar, a technique to improve students' dictionary skills, and methods for helping students write books.…

Describes research conducted at the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University in two areas: (1) reading diagnosis and remedial reading instruction, and (2) teachers' conceptions of reading. (GT)

Presents a fictitious dialogue in which a teacher of a college methods course in reading points out to her students that (1) people read for different purposes, (2) reading needs vary from community to community, and (3) teachers should investigate the reading needs of people in their communities. (GT)

Presents examples of syntactic structures that may confuse children when reading. Suggests ways in which teachers can help overcome problems presented by these structures. (FL)

Argues that knowing the stages of spelling development can help teachers guide students to spelling improvement, consciousness, and competency. Suggests teaching methods. (FL)

Suggests ways that teachers can use the limited Asian American children's literature to introduce their classes to students who are of Asian heritage or who are Asian immigrants. Lists 10 good Asian American children's books. (FL)

Reports that students who were reading below grade level were better able to learn words they chose to be taught than words the teacher chose to teach them. (Author/FL)

Presents evidence for the validity of a scale of questions that reflects levels of difficulty in reading comprehension. (FL)

Provides an observation checklist that enables school administrators to discuss with teachers specific aspects of successful remedial reading instruction. (Author/FL)

Reports that the use of an evaluation instrument as part of a staff development project indicated that the quality of teaching methodology could be measured and improved. (Author/FL)

Surveys the literature concerning remedial reading in the United States, with particular attention to new developments in treatment in the areas of medical, psychological, and education therapies. (Author/FL)

Presents a model for teaching proverbs as a way of improving reading comprehension and abstract reasoning powers in students. (Author/FL)