Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: DAVISON, A. & GREEN, G.M. (1988) Linguistic Complexity and Text Comprehension: Readability Issues Reconsidered. HUTSON, BARBARA (ed.) Advances in Reading/Language Research: Volume 3 1985. BRITTON, B.K. and GLYNN, S.M. (eds.) (1987) Executive Control Processes in Reading. TIERNEY, R.J., ANDERS, P.L. and MITCHELL, J.N. (eds.) (1987) Understanding Reader's Understanding. GARNER, R. (1987) Metacognition and Reading Comprehension GRAFF, H.J. (1987) The Labyrinths of Literacy: reflections on literacy past and present. NEWMAN, ANABEL P. and BEVERSTOCK, CAROLINE (1990) Adult Literacy: Contexts and challenges. WILLINSKY, J. (1990) The New Literacy: redefining reading and writing in schools. GOSWAMI, J. and BRYANT, P. (1990) Phonological Skills and Learning to Read. WATERLAND, L. (1989) Apprenticeship in Action: Teachers Write About ‘Read With Me'. MINNS, H. (1990) Read It To MeNow. HEDLEY, C.N. and HICKS, J.S. (eds.) (1988) Reading and the Special Learner. PUMFREY, P. (1991) Improving Children's Reading in the Junior School.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: ZAKALUK, B.L. and SAMUELS, S.J. (1988) Readability: Its Past, Present and Future. STEPHENS, W.B. (1987) Education, Literacy and Society. LANKSHEAR. C. with LAWLER, M. (1987) Literacy, Schooling and Revolution. FAIGLEY. L., CHERRY, R., JOLLIFFE. D. and SKINNER. A. (eds) (1985) Assessing Writers’Knowledge and Processes of Composing. FREEDMAN, S. (ed.) (1985) The Acquisition of Written Language; Response and Revision. MATSUHASHI, A. (ed.) (1987) Writing in Real Time: Modelling Production Processes. TEALE, w. and SULZBY, E. (eds) (1986) Emergent Literacy Writing and Reading. WAGNER, DANIEL (1987) The Future of Literacy in a Changing World. BUTLER. DOROTHY (1988) Babies Need Books. LANGER. J.A. (ed.) (1987) Language, Literacy, and Culture: Issues of Society and Schooling. ANDERSON, C. (ed.) (1988) Reading: the abc and beyond. CHAPMAN. L.J. (1987) Reading: From 5–11 Years. THOMSON. JACK (1987) Understanding Teenagers' Reading: Reading Processes and the Teaching of Literature.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: DE CASTELL, S., LAKE, A. AND KIERAN E. (eds) GARDNER K. (1986) Reading in Today's Schools. EVANS, T. (1987) English in the Primary School. PEARSON, H. (1987) Children Becoming Readers. TOVEY, D. R. and KERBER. J. E. (eds) (1986) Roles in Literacy Learning. NASH, w. (1986) English Usage. A Guide to First Principles. DAVIES, F. (1986) Books in the School Curriculum. INGHAM. J. with BROWN, v. (1986) The State of Reading. ADAMS. J. (1986) The Conspiracy of the Text: theplace of narrative in thedevelopment of thought. HARRIS. R. (1986) The Origin of Writing. READ, c. (1986) Children's Creative Spelling. WEBSTER, A. and MCONNELL. c. (1987) Children with Speech and Language Difficulties. KIERAS, D. E. and JUST, M. A. (eds) (1984) New Methods in Reading Comprehension Research.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: GRIFFITH, P. (1987) Literary Theory and English Teaching. BLOOME, D. (ed) (1987) Literacy and Schooling. HANNON, P. and JACKSON, A. The Belfeld Reading Project Final Report: Belfield Community Council/National Children's Bureau LRWIN, J.W. (ed) Understanding and Teaching Cohesion Comprehension. FOORMAN, B.R. and SIEGEL, A.W. (eds) (1986) Acquisition of Reading Skills: Cultural Constraints and Cognitive Universals.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: BERTELSON. P. (ed) (1987) The Onset of Literacy. Cognitive Processes in Reading Acquisition. SNOWLING, M. (1 987) Dyslexia: A Cognitive Development Perspective. DODD, B. and CAMPBELL, R. (eds) (1987) Hearing by Eye: thepsychology of lip-reading. MILLER, N. (ed) (1984) Bilingualism and Language Disability: assessment and remediation. PEARSON, D. BARR, R., KAMIL, M.L. and MOSENTHAL, P. (eds) (1984) Handbook of Reading Research. ORASANU, J. (ed) (1986) Reading Comprehension: From Research to Practice. POSNER, M.I. and MARIN. O.S.M. (1985) Attention and Performance XI. COLTHEART, M. (1 987) Attention and Performance XII. WADE, B. and MOORE, M. (1987) Special Children … Special Needs: Provision in Ordinary Classrooms. MCNAUGHTON, s. (1987) Being Skilled. The Socializations of learning to read. FREIRE. P. and MACEDO, D. (1987) Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. ALVERMANN, D.E. DILLON. D.R. and O'BRIEN. D.G. (1987) Using Discussion to promote Reading Comprehension. SCHIEFFELIN, B. and GILMORE. P. (1986) The Acquisition Of Literacy: Ethnographic Perspectives. SMITH, P. (ed) (1987) Parents and teachers together: Proceedings of the twenty-third annual course and conference of the United ‘Kingdom Reading Association’. MEEK, M. (1988) How Texts Teach What Readers Learn.     

The poetry explosion

Brian Merrick bas made a major contribution to the development of poetry teaching for younger children in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. CLE invited bim to look back over the decade and to select a personal list of favorite collections.ForCLE he has written on Poetry in Performance (issue 35) and Charles Causley (issue 70). The latter article was expanded intoTalking with Charles Causley for the National Association for the Teaching of English (1989). NATE has also published his influentialExploring Poetry: 5–8 (1987) andExploring Poetry: 8–13 (1990).     

Partisan patterns in presidential campaign speeches, 1948–2000

Mastering SAS

Cody, Ronald P., &; Smith Jeffrey K. Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language. (2nd. ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., 1987.

Jaffe, Jay A. Mastering the SAS System. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989.

Marike Finley, Powermatics: A Discursive Critique of New Communications Technology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988.

How we talk

Goodman, Gerald, &; Esterly, G. The Talk Book: The Intimate Science of Communicating in Close Relationships. Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1988. 360p.

Artificial intelligence

Rainer Born (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence: The Case Against. London: Croom Helm, 1988.     

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EISEMON, T.O. (1988) Benefitting From Basic Education, School Quality and Functional Literacy in Kenya SWEENEY, A. (1987) A Full Hearing: Orality and Literacy in the Malay World MEEK, M. and MILLS, C. (eds) (1988) Language and Literacy in the Primary School. TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE (1987) Written for children (3rd Edition). RUSTIN, MARGARET & MICHAEL (1987) Narratives Of Love and LOSS: Studies in Modern Children's Fiction. NELL. VICTOR (1988) Lost in a Book: the Psychology of Reading for Pleasure. COOPER, C.R. (ed.) (1985) Research Response to Literature and the Teaching of Literature. BENTON, M., TEASEY, J., BELL, R. and HURST, K. (1988) Young Readers Responding to Poems. DIAS, P. and HAYHOE, M. (1988) Developing Response to Poetry. DOWNING, JOHN A. (ed.) (1988) Cognitive Psychology and Reading in the U.S.S.R. FEITELSON, D. (1988) Facts and Fads in Beginning Reading: A Cross-Language Perspective. WATERLAND, L. (1988) Read With Me: An Apprenticeship Approach. Revised Second Edition.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: GORMAN, T.P., PURVES, A.C. DEGENHART, R.E. (eds.) (1988) The IEA Study of Written Composition I: The International Tasks and Scoring Scales. International Studies in Educational Achievement, Volume 5. SCHOLES, R. (1989) Protocols of Reading. GILBERT, P. (1989) Writing, Schooling, and Deconstruction: From Voice to Text in the Classroom. GARTON, A. PRATT, c.(1989) Learning to be Literate: the development of spoken and written language. BAKER, CAROLYN D. FREEBODY, PETER (1989) Children's First School Books. KITAO, S.K. (1989) Reading, Schema Theory and Second Language Learners.     

Science in the extra‐mural departments of British universities 1946–67

Private Schools and Public Policy: International Perspectives. Edited by William Lowe Boyd and James G. Cibulka. Pp. vi, 363. London, New York, Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1989. £11.95, ISBN 1–85000–447–1 fc. Education Policy Perspectives

Thomas Arnold Headmaster: A Reassessment. By Michael McCrum. Pp. viii, 157. Oxford University Press, 1989. £17.50. ISBN 0–19–211798‐X.

Primary Understanding: Education in Early Childhood. By Kieran Egan. Pp xvi, 287. New York, London: Routledge, 1988. £25.00. ISBN 0–415–90003–4

Towards Democratic Schooling: European Experiences. Edited by K. Jensen and S. Walker. Ppxii, 199. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. £10.95 (paperback) £27.50 (hardback). ISBN 0–335–09567–4 (paperback) CP335–09568–2 (hardback).

The Ethics of Educational Research. Edited by Robert G. Burgess. Pp x, 236. Index. Lewes, East Sussex: The Falmer Press, 1989. £25.00 hardcover; £9.95 flexicover. ISBN 1 85000 297 5 hc;‐ 1 85000 298 3 fc. Social Research and Educational Studies Series: 8.

The Educational Insiders: a study of the Society of Education Officers 1971–88. D. A. Howell. Pp x, 240, Index. Harlow: Longman Group U.K., 1989. £25 limp bound. ISBN 0 582 05920 8.

Multicultural Education in a Global Society. By James Lynch. Pp. xxi, 191. Index. Lewes: The Falmer Press (Taylor and Francis Group), 1989, £9.95 flexicover ISBN 1 85000 558 3

Research Papers in Education Volume 4: Number 3; October 1989 (Festschrift for Jack Wrigley) pp. 94. Windsor: NFER‐Nelson, 1989. ISSN: 0267 1522

The Changing Secondary School. Edited by Roy Lowe. Pp 233. Index. The Falmer Press, 1989. £9.95 paper, ISBN 1–85000–556–7 pbk; £20.00 cloth, ISBN‐555–9.

The Search for Enlightenment: The Working Class and Adult Education in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Brian Simon. Pp 334. London: Lawrance and Wishart, 1990. £19.95. ISBN 0 85315 683 2.

Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750–1914. By David Vincent. Pp xii, 362. Index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. £32.50/$49.50 hardcover. ISBN 0–521–33466–7.

The Social Contexts of Schooling. Edited by Mike Cole. Pp ix, 251. London, New York, Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1989. £25.00 cloth, £9.95 Paper. ISBN 1–85000–450–1, 1–85000–451‐X (pbk)

Working with Parents. A Whole‐school Approach. By John Bastiani. Pp x, 140. Windsor: NFER‐Nelson, 1989. £8.50 paperback. ISBN‐7005–1183‐Ofc. Parents and Teachers, Volume 3.

Industry, Children and the Nation: An analysis of national identity in school textbooks. By John Ahier p.p. 203. Index. Falmer Press, 1988. No price given. ISBN 1 85000 408 0.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: UPWARD, c. (1992) Cut Spelling: a handbook to the simplification of written English by omission of redundant letters. CHALL, J., JACOBS, v. and BALDWIN, L. (1990) The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind. LITTLEFAIR, A. (1990) Reading All Types of Writing. ROBECK, M.C. and WALLACE, R.R. (1990) The Psychology of Reading: An Interdisciplinary Approach. BALOTA, D.A., FLORES D'ARCAIS, G.B., and RAYNER, K. (eds) (1990) Comprehension Processes in Reading. SMITH, J., and ALCOCK, A. (1990) Revisiting Literacy: Helping Readers and Writers. CAIRNEY, T.H. (1990) Teaching Reading Comprehension.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Balmuth, Miriam (1982) The Roots of Phonics: a historical introduction. Resnick, Daniel P. (1983) Literacy in Historical Perspective. Banfield, Ann (1982) Unspeakable Sentences: Narration and Representation in the Language of Fiction. Winter, Eugene (1982) Towards a Contextual Grammar of English: the Clause and Its Place in the Definition of Sentence. Hoey, Michael (1983) On the Surface of Discourse. Nuttall, C. (1982) Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language. Berger, A. and Robinson, H.A. (Ed.) (1982) Secondary School Reading: What Research Reveals for Classroom Practice. Chapman, L.J. (1983) Reading Development and Cohesion. Engelkamp, J. and Zimmer, H.D. (1983) Dynamic Aspects of Language Processing.     

The treasury grants, 1833–1839

Theory of Education by Margaret Sutherland. 182 pp. Longman (London and New York), £6.75, 1988.

Review of Child Psychology and Childhood Education. By Lawrence Kohlberg. Longman, New York. 1987. 440 pages, index.

Literacy, Schooling and Revolution by Colin Lankshear with Moira Lawler. 1987. London: The Falmer Press, pp. xiv + 260.

Making the Future: Politics and Educational Reform in the United States, England, the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba. Edited by Edgar B. Gumbert, 139 pp. Atlanta, Georgia: Centre for Cross‐cultural Education, College of Education, Georgia State University, 1988. US‐Dollar 11.95.

University Adult Education in Crisis. By John McIlroy and Bruce Spencer. Pp xi, 206. Leeds: Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education, University of Leeds Department of Adult and Continuing Education, 1988. £5.50. ISBN 0.907644.05.7.

A Common Policy for Education. By Mary Warnock. Pp 185. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. £12.95.

Effective Teaching in Higher Education. By George Brown and Madeleine Atkins. Pp vii, 245. London: Methuen. 1988, Price £9.95, ISBN 0–416–09082–6.

Curriculum y Educación. Edited by J. Sarramona. Pp 176. Barcelona: Ediciones CEAC, 1987. No price.

Power to the Parents: reversing educational decline. By Antony Flew. Pp. xii, 171. London: Sherwood Press, 1987. £6.95.

Speaking Mathematically: Communication in Mathematics Classrooms. David Pimm. Pp. 217. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1987. ISBN 0–7102–1133–3. £17.95.

Computing and Change on Campus. S. Kiesler and L. Sproull, Cambridge University Press, 1988, £15.00, pp 254, Cambridge.     

How to Realize Basic Educational Objectives

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An Overlooked but Valuable Approach: Talking Into Writing: Exercises for Basic Writers Donald L. Rubin and William M. Dodd Urbana, Illinois: National Council for Teachers of English and ERIC/RCS, 1987, vii + 63 pages. Reviewed by Manuel Hidalgo     

Reviews

The Grammar Schools of Medieval England: A. F. Leach in Historical Perspective. By John N. Miner. Pp. xx, 355. Montreal, McGill ‐ Queen's University Press, 1990. £40, cloth. ISBN 0–7735–0634–9.

Pupil Welfare and Counselling. By David Galloway. Pp.v, 128. London: Longman, 1990. £5.95 flexicover. ISBN 0–582–00330X. The Effective Teacher Series.

Foundations of Distance Education. By Desmond Keegan. Pp. x 214. London: Routledge 1990. £10.95. ISBN 0–415–03162–1, 0–415–01052–7.

The Voice of Liberal Learning. Edited by Timothy Fuller. Pp. 166. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1989. Price £20 (cloth) and £6.95 (paper). ISBN 0–300–04344–9 and 0–300–04753–3.

Teachers’ Case Studies in Educational Management. Edited by Margaret Preedy. Pp. 303, index. London: Paul Chapman Press, 1989. Flexicover £8.95. ISBN 1–85396–069–1. Management in Education Services.

Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality and Political Control. Edited by James J. Shields, Jr. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989. Pp. 294 $24.95 ISBN 0–271–00658–7

British Universities and Teacher Education: A Century of Change. Edited by John B. Thomas. Pp. VIII, 214. Indexes. London: Falmer Press, 1990. £21.00 hardcover; £9.95 flexicover, ISBN 1–85000–706–3hc; ‐707–1fc.

Assessing Radical Education. By Nigel Wright. Pp. xii, 244. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. £29.50 hardback; £9.99 paperback ISBN 0–335–09228–4 (hardback) ISBN 0–335–09227–6 (paperback) Innovations in Education series.

GCSE in Practice ‐ Managing Assessment Innovation. By Mary Grant. Pp. × 180. Index. Windsor: NFER ‐ NELSON 1989. £9.95. ISBN 07005 1240.3 (paperback) NFER Research Library.

Quality in Teaching: Arguments for a Reflective Profession. Edited by Wilfred Carr. Pp. x, 232. Index. Lewes, Falmer Press 1989. £10.95 paperback, £25 cloth, ISBN 1–85000–546‐X cloth, ISBN 1–85000–547–8, paperback.

Managing Schools. By John Sayer. Pp. 134. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. £6.50 pbk, ISBN 0–340–41670‐X.

The Examiner. James Booth and the origins of common examinations. By Frank Foden. Pp. 221. Leeds. 1989. £8.50. ISBN 0–907644–06–6. Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education by the School of Continuing Education.     

Knowledge of words, knowledge about words: Dimensions of vocabulary in first and second language learners in sixth grade

Despite acknowledging the complex nature of vocabulary knowledge, researchers have rarely investigated the dimensionality of this construct empirically. This study was designed to test a multi-dimensional model of English vocabulary knowledge for sixth-grade students from linguistically diverse backgrounds (n = 584). Participants included language minority students learning English as a second language (L2) and students who learned English as a first language (L1). Students were assessed on 13 reading-based measures tapping various aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Using multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis, we found that vocabulary was comprised of three highly related, but distinct dimensions—breadth, contextual sensitivity, and morphological awareness. This three-dimensional model was found to hold for L2 learners as well as L1 speakers. Although the L2 learners were statistically significantly lower than the L1 students on all three dimensions, the magnitude of the difference for morphological awareness (d = .37) was somewhat smaller than that for vocabulary breadth (d = .52) and contextual sensitivity (d = .49). Results were similar for a subsample of Spanish-speaking L2 learners and for the full sample of L2 learners from various home language groups. Findings support a distinction between word-specific and word-general knowledge in understanding individual and group differences in vocabulary.     

The Problem of the Inarticulate

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A Few Good Apples An Apple for My Teacher: Twelve Authors Tell About Teachers Who Made the Difference Edited by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987, xiv + 186 pages, $10.95 Reviewed by Roy Starling

Abrasive but Hopeful: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students By Allan Bloom New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987, 392 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth     

Comparative education and education sciences: Variations on an old theme

where he teaches comparative education. Until 1988, President of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE). Member of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and Vice-President of the Spanish Comparative Education Society. Publications include: Fundamentos de Educación Comparada (1982, 1986), Problemas mundiales de la educación (1982, 1986), Sistemas educativos de hoy (1984, 1987), Primary Education on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century(published in Spanish and French; 1986 and 1987) and Pedagogía prospectiva (1989). He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals of various countries.     

Book reviews

Post‐Secondary Distance Education in Canada: Policies, Practices, and Priorities. Edited by Robert Sweet. (Edmonton, Alberta: Athabasca University and the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, 1989, 272 pp., $15.95 Canadian.)

The Computer Revolution in Education: New Technologies for Distance Teaching. Edited by Ann Jones, Eileen Scanlon and Tim O'Shea. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 282 pp. $37.50)     

Teaching Teachers

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Women Against the Odds The Campus Troublemakers: Academic Women In Protest By Athena Theodore Houston: Cap and Gown Press, 1986 xxiv + 293 pages, $23.95 hardbound, $15.95 softbound. Reviewed by Claire Hirshfield

“Artistry of Discussion Leadership” and Other Skills Teaching and the Case Method By C. Roland Christensen, with Abby J. Hansen Boston: Harvard Business School, 1987, 290 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by Richard Leahy

Valuable Background Reading College: The Undergraduate Experience in America By Ernest L. Boyer, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching New York: Harper &; Row, 1987, 328 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by Frederick S. Weaver