Providing Special Help to Retarded Readers 1

Blair Glenn M. Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching in Secondary Schools, chaps. i-vii, xii-xiii. New York: Macmillan Co., 1946.

The chapters indicated are directly concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties of high-school students. The book is written in a simple, readable style and contains many helpful suggestions for teachers of special reading groups.

Fernald Grace M. Remedial Techniques in Basic School Subjects. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1943.

The section on reading describes the “Fernald method” so concretely that any one can follow it; the case studies show results that may be obtained in well-motivated situations.

McCullough Constance , Strang Ruth , and Traxler Arthur . Problems in the Improvement of Reading, chaps. viii-xi. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1946.

A combination of concrete descriptions of reading programs and procedures and underlying theory and results of research on reading problems in college and secondary school.

Robinson Helen M. Why Pupils Fail in Reading. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1946.

Part I reviews the literature on causes of failure in reading; Part II describes the method of study and summarizes the diagnostic findings on thirty cases.

Traxler Arthur E. , and Townsend Agatha . Another Five Years of Research in Reading: Summary and Bibliography. Educational Records Bulletin No. 46. New York: Educational Records Bureau, 1946. Pp. 192.

A ready reference for recent investigations; a source of information on special reading groups and methods.