Book Reviews

Anders P. L. (1983, October). Literacy and megatrends: An educator's perspective. Paper presented at the Annual Arizona State Reading Council Conference.

Naisbett J. (1982). Megatrends: New directions transforming our lives. New York: Warner Books, Inc.

Toffler A. (1971). Future shock. New York: Bantam Books.

Toffler A. (1980). The third wave. New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc.

Adams M. J. Collins A. (1977). A schema-theoretic view of reading (Tech. Rep. No. 32). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading.

Anderson R. C. Spiro R. J. Anderson M. C. (1978). Schemata as a scaffolding for the representation of information in connected discourse. American Educational Research Journal, 15, 443–448.

Athey I. (1976). Research in the affective domain. In Singer H. Ruddell R. B. (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 352–380). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Baker L. Brown A. (1984). Cognitive monitoring in reading. In Flood J. (Ed.), Understanding Reading Comprehension (pp. 21–44). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Balow I. H. (1962). Does homogeneous grouping give homogeneous groups? Elementary School Journal, 63, 28–32.

Barr R. C. (1973–1974). Instructional pace differences and their effect on reading acquisition. Reading Research Quarterly, 9, 528–554.

Benson D. F. (1977). Alexia. In Guthrie J. (Ed.), Aspects of reading acquisition (pp. 7–36). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Bond G. L. Dykstra R. (1967). The cooperative research program in first-grade reading instruction. Reading Research Quarterly, 2, 5–142.

Buswell G. T. (1945). Non-oral reading—A study of its use in the Chicago Public Schools. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Chall J. (1967). Learning to read: The great debate. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Cook W. (1951). The functions of measurement in the facilitation of learning. In Lindquist E. F. (Ed.), Educational measurement (pp. 3–46). Washington, DC: American Council on Education.

Dreher M. J. Singer H. (1984, July/August). Differentiating the acquisition phase from the learning from text phase of reading development. Paper presented at the International Reading Association's Tenth World Congress on Reading, Hong Kong.

Durkin D. (1966). Children who read early. Columbia University: Teachers College Press.

Durkin D. (1974–1975). A six year study of children who learned to read in school at the age of four. Reading Research Quarterly, 10, 9–61.

Durkin D. (1978–1979). What classroom observations reveal about reading comprehension instruction. Reading Research Quarterly, 481–533.

Elkind D. Larson M. Van Doorninck W. (1965). Perceptual decentration learning performance in slow and average readers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 56, 50–56.

Estes T. H. Piercey D. (1973). Secondary reading requirements: A report on the states. Journal of Reading, 17, 20–24.

Farr R. Fay L. (1982). Reading trend data in the United States: A mandate for caveats and cautions. In Austin R. Garber H. (Eds.), The rise and fall of test scores (pp. 83–144). New York, NY: Academic Press.

Hart G. (1982). California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), AB 283, signed by the Governor, May 18, 1982. California Education Code, Section 44252.

Herber H. (1970). Teaching reading in content areas. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Hilgard R. Bowers G. (1966). Theories of learning. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Holmes J. A. Singer H. (1964). Theoretical models and trends toward more basic research in reading. Review of Educational Research, 34, 127–155.

Holmes J. A. Singer H. (1966). Speed and power of reading in high school (Cooperative Research Monograph No. 14, Superintendent of Documents, Catalog No. FS5.230:30016). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

LaBerge D. Samuels S. J. (1976). Toward a theory of automatic information processing in reading. In Singer H. Ruddell R. B. (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 548–579). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Laubach F. C. Laubach R. (1960). Toward world literacy: They each teach one way. Syracuse, NY: University of Syracuse Press.

MacGinitie W. (1981). Readability as a solution adds to the problem. In Anderson R. C. Osborn J. Tierney R. J. (Eds.), Learning to read in American schools: Basal readers and content texts (pp. 271–292). Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading.

Nolte R. (1984, July/August). Active comprehension: Effect of active comprehension on general reading ability. International Reading Association's Tenth World Congress on Reading, Hong Kong.

Resnick D. P. (1981). Testing in America: A supportive environment. Phi Delta Kappan, 62, 652–628.

Ruddell R. B. (1968). A longitudinal study of four programs of reading instruction varying in emphasis on regularity of grapheme-phoneme correspondence and language structure on reading achievement in grades two and three (Final rep. Project Nos. 3099 and 78085). Berkeley, CA: University of California.

Singer H. (1965). Substrata factor reorganization accompanying development in speed and power of reading at the elementary school level (Final Rep., Cooperative Research Project No. 2011). Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Education. ERIC 003 487.

Singer H. (1966). Conceptualization in learning to read. In Schick G. May M. (Eds.), New frontiers in college-adult reading . Fifteenth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Marquette, WI: The National Reading Conference, 1966. Reprinted in Singer H. Ruddell R.B. (Eds.). (1976). Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 302–319). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Singer H. (1977a). IQ is and is not related to reading. In Wanat S. (Ed.), Issues in evaluating reading (pp. 43–63). Arlington, VA: Center for Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University.

Singer H. (1977b). Review of Aspects of reading acquisition, Edited by Guthrie J. T. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1976. The Reading Teacher, 30, 939–941.

Singer H. (1978). Developmental changes in reading instruction: From learning to read to learning from text. The Florida Reading Quarterly, 14(2), 10–13.

Singer H. (1979). Attitudes towards reading and learning from text. In Kamil M. Moe A. (Eds.), Reading research: Studies and applications (pp. 254–260). Twenty-Eighth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.

Singer H. (1981). Instruction in reading acquisition (pp. 291–311). In Tzeng O. J. L. Singer H. (Eds.), Reading research in experimental psychology: Perceptions of print. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Singer H. (1982a). Learning from text in a classroom situation. In Singer H. Bean T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Lake Arrowhead Conference on Learning from Text (pp. 17–40). ERIC ED 222860.

Singer H. (1982b). The great educational earthquake of 1981: Reallocation of resources in California high schools to meet minimal competency requirements. Was the reallocation necessary? The California Reader, 15(3), 13–19.

Singer H. (1982c). An integration of instructional approaches for teaching reading and learning from text. In Reed L. Ward S. (Eds.), 2. Basic Skills: Issues and choices (pp. 147–156). St. Louis, MO: CEMREL.

Singer H. (1983a). Learning from text project: Description, plans and results for 1981–1983 (pp. 1–6). In Singer H. Bean T. (Eds.), Learning from text: Explanation and strategies. Proceedings of Preconvention Institute, International Reading Association, Anaheim, CA. Riverside: Learning from Text Project, University of California. ERIC ED 239221.

Singer H. (1983b). History of the substrata factor theory of reading and its conceptual relationship to interaction theory. In Gentile L. Kamil M. Blanchard J. (Eds.), Reading research revisited (pp. 9–25). Columbus, OH: Merrill.

Singer H. (1984, July/August). Active comprehension: Theory, research, and conditions for developing active comprehension. Paper presented at the International Reading Association's Tenth World Congress on Reading, Hong Kong.

Singer H. Balow I. Dahms P. (1967). A continuum of teaching stategies for developing reading readiness at the kindergarten level. In Figurel J. A. (Ed.), Forging ahead in reading (pp. 463–468). Proceedings to the Twelfth Annual Convention of the International Reading Association.

Singer H. Bean T. (1982). Learning from text project for 1981–82: Conceptualization, prediction, and intervention. Riverside: School of Education, University of California. Learning from Text Project. ERIC ED 223 989.

Singer H. Donlan D. (1980). Reading and learning from text. Boston: Little, Brown.

Singer H. Dreher M. J. (1983). Attitudes towards testing and test results in reading achievement. Journal of Reading Behavior, 26, 332–342.

Singer H. McNeil J. Furse L. (1984). Relationship between curriculum scope and reading achievement in elementary schools. The Reading Teacher, 37, 608–612.

Singer H. Ruddell R. B. McNeil J. Wittrock M. C. (1983). Testing achievement in basic skills (Vol. II). Executive summary and research reports (Vol. II). Description, analysis, and recommendations (Final Rep.). Berkeley, CA: Institute of Governmental Studies.

Tzeng O. Hung D. (1980). Reading in a non-alphabetic writing system. In Kavanagh J. Venezky R. L. (Eds.), Orthography, reading, and dyslexia (pp. 211–226). Baltimore, MD: University Park Press.

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. (1963). Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam.

Wiener M. Cromer W. (1967). Reading and reading difficulty: A conceptual analysis. Harvard Educational Review, 37, 620–643.

Wirtz W. (1978). Testing: The thermometer business. California School Boards, 37(1), 24–25.