Describes research on the process of writing using a protocol analysis approach that suggests a writing model containing three major processes: planning, translating, and reviewing. (MKM)

Provides a microcomputer program that will calculate readability levels using Rix, a new, short readability formula. (FL)

Cites many cases where the necessary check on validity of instruments that measure attitude toward reading has been overlooked. (MKM)

A review of recent ERIC materials concerned with textbooks, prose learning, and learning strategies, to determine factors that contribute to learning from textbooks. (DD)

Reviews data indicating that overall reading achievement in the primary grades is as good or better than ever before, and points to inaccuracies in critics' claims to the contrary. (MKM)

The UNESCO International Bureau of Education comments on the relationship between national and international education, discusses suggestions for international textbook centers, and lists 14 English-language journals that are sources of information on comparative education. (MKM)

Presents material available for use that ties in reading and television and asks questions about the future of TV in reading instruction. (MKM)

Reviews research, much of it conducted by the Center for the Study of Reading, on the role of schemata in the process of reading comprehension. (MKM)

Demonstrates through the writings of Gray, Shafer, Smith, and Goodman that although they use different terminology, there are greater similarities than differences in their points of view. (MKM)

Reviews research and informal experimentation on the use of the cloze procedure as an instructional tool to teach use of context. (MKM)

Analyzes information in the ERIC data base which concerns mastery learning and mastery testing with emphasis on the secondary school. (MKM)

Reviews some of the existing data on the effects of homework on learning. (HOD)

Reports the results of a longitudinal study that associated reading achievement with volume of reading and the selection of a book with its content, appearance, and its popularity with the reader's friends. (AEA)

Suggests that books set in Nigeria and written in English provide a means of introducing children in other English-speaking countries to Nigerian cultures. (FL)

Examines research concerning the relationship between Black vernacular English and reading and writing. Makes recommendations for future research. (HTH)