Discusses a document structure called "nested lists" which allows an increased amount of information to be presented in a fixed amount of space while also maintaining its usability. (RS)

Identifies simple, well-formed lists as the basic building blocks of most documents. Examines six characteristics of such lists. (RS)

Summarizes the history of Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week. Notes that NIE curriculum ideas for the 1988-89 school year focus on critical thinking skills, and are available through local reading councils or newspapers. (MM)

Suggests ways for adapting Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review (SQ3R) to help students read music in an instrumental music class. (MM)

Suggests book report questions, covering the hierarchy of thinking skills on one 5" by 8" index card. (MM)

Offers a brief overview of illiteracy in Europe. Argues that the fact that there is no common European strategy, let alone a policy to combat illiteracy, is the biggest problem with literacy in Europe. (SR)

Discusses five issues involved in selecting books for independent reading. (SR)

Muses over and responds to several "letters" regarding top 10 lists for reading teachers, political correctness, best sellers, and Howard Gardner on drill and discipline. (SR)

Offers step-by-step instructions for rewriting reading material which is too difficult for secondary students who are reading at a second or third grade level. (JM)

Describes the use and advantages of a computer version of the Gunning Fog Index. Presents the program for input and use on a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. (HTH)

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

Describes the use of a modified maze approach to teach why some words are more appropriate than others in a poem. (MKM)

Encourages the use of dramatization as a way of building vocabulary by showing the meanings of words in the context of experiences associated with them. (DD)

Describes class activities designed to teach inference skill using combined lists. (RS)