Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Turner, Martin, Psychological Assessment of Dyslexia. Jones, R., Emerging Patterns of Literacy: A multidisciplinary perspective. Moustafa, M., Beyond Traditional Phonics Reading Discoveries and Reading Instruction Dombey, Henrietta and Moustafa, Margaret (eds), W(hole) to part phonics: How children learn to read and spell.     

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Smith , P. (1977). Developing Handwriting. Mc Kenzie , Moira and Warlow , Aidan (editors) (1977). Reading Matters, Selecting and Using Books in the Classroom. Otto , W., Peters , C. W. and Peters , N. (1977). Reading Problems: A Multidisciplinary Perspective.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Southgate, Vera, Arnold, Helen and Johnson, Sandra. Extending Beginning Reading. Heeks, Peggy. Choosing and Using Books in the First School Heather, Pauline Young People's Reading: A Study of the Leisure Reading of 13-15 Year Olds Pavlidis, G. Th. and Miles, T.R. Dyslexia Research and Its Application to Education Ingham, Jennie. Books and Reading Development — The Bradford Book Flood Experiment     

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Carver , Clifford , and Stowasser , C. H. (1963-6). The Oxford Colour Reading Books. Obrist , Cecilia , and Pickard , P. M. (1967). Time for Reading Ablewhite , R. C. (1967). The Slow Reader Tansley , A. E. (1967). Reading and Remedial Reading Sceats , John (1967). i.t.a. and the Teaching of Literacy     

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Books reviewed in this article: Tarnopol, L. and Tarnopol, M. (Ed.) (1981) Comparative Reading and Learning Difficulties. Benton, A.L. and Pearl, D. (Ed.) (1978) Dyslexia: An Appraisal o f Current Knowledge. Doehring, D.G., Trites, R.L., Patel, P.G. and Fiedorowicz, C.A.M. (1981) Reading Disabilities: The Interaction of Reading, Language, and Neuropsychological Deficits. Neville, M.H. and Pugh, A.K. (1982) Towards Independent Reading. Rye, J. (1982) Cloze Procedure and the Teaching of Reading.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Pressley, M., Reading instruction that works: The case for balanced teaching Vincent, D., The rise of mass literacy: reading and writing in Modern Europe Bishop, D.V.M. and Leonard, L.B., Speech and language impairments in children Funnell, Elaine (Ed.), Case studies in the neuropsychology of reading     

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.     

Shorter notices

Thomas, Mike and Thomas, Sally (1981) On Our Own TWO Feet, Books 6 to 8 (Settling In, Safe and Secure, Around and About). Horton, M. (1980) The Second Reading and Writing Book. A Handbook for Teachers and Parents to Use with Children. Edwards Reading Test (1980) Heinemann Educational Books.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Gillham, Bruce (Ed.) Reading Through the Curriculum Betty, Charles Discovering Together (Series). Titles: Christmas Chapman, L. John. Reading Development and Cohesion. Gregson, D. and Thcwlis, S. Comprehension and Research Skills: an index of classroom resources. Miles, T. R. Dyslexia, The Pattern of Difficulties. Miles, T. R. & Miles, E. Helpfor Dyslexic Children. Moore, Leonard. My Favourite Nature Encyclopedia. Haas, W. (Ed.) Standard Languages, Spoken and Written. Moyle, Donald and Sykes, Eileen. Games for Language and Reading Development.     

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.     

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Books reviewed in this article: MALATESHA, R.N. and HARTLAGE, L.C. (eds) (1982) Neuropsychology and Cognition (2 volumes). GOLDBERG, H.K., SHIFFMAN, G.B. and BENDER, M. (1983) Dyslexia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reading Disabilities. YOUNG, P. and TYRE, C. (1983) Dyslexia or Illiteracy? Realising the Right to Read JORM, A.F. (1983) The Psychology of Reading and Spelling Disabilities. ELLIS, A.W. (1984) Reading, Writing and Dyslexia: A Cognitive Analysis. CULLER, JONATHAN (1983) On Deconstruction: theory and criticism after structuralism. DREYFUS, H.L. and RABINOW, P. (1982) Michel Foucault: beyond structuralism and hermeneutics. EAGLETON, T. (1983) Literary Theory: an introduction. JEFFERSON, A. and ROBEY, D. (eds) (1982) Modern Literary Theory: a comparative introduction. KERMODE, F. (1983) Essays on Fiction 1971-82. LEITCH, V.B. (1983) Deconstructive Criticism: an advanced introduction. MCHOUL, A.W. (1982) Telling How Texts Talk: essays in reading and ethnomethodology. SHOLES, R. (1982) Semiotics and Interpretation. TODOROV, T. (ed.) (1982) French Literary Theory Today; a reader. TODOROV, T. (1983) Symbolism and Interpretation. TODOROV, T. (1982) Theories of the Symbol. SOLTOW, L. and STEVENS, E. (eds) (1981) The Rise of Literacy and the Common School in the United States: a socioeconomic analysis to 1870. DOWNING, J., AYERS, D. and SCHAEFER, B. (1983) Linguistic Awareness in Reading Readiness (LARR) Test. BRADLEY, LYNEITE (1980) Assessing Reading Difficulties. VINCENT, D., GREEN, L., FRANCIS, JEAN and POWNEY, JANET (1983) A Review of Reading Tests. PUGH, A.K. and ULIJN, J.M. (eds) (1984) Reading for Professional Purposes: studies and practices in native and foreign languages. HUDELSON, s. (ed.) (1981) Learning to Read in Different Languages. JUNG, U.O.H. (ed.) (1982) Reading: a symposium. GEOFFRION, L.D. and GEOFFRION, O.P. (1983) Computers and Reading Instruction. SHUARD, H. and ROTHERY, A. (eds) (1984) Children Reading Mathematics. BOUMA, H. and BOUWHUIS, D.G. (eds) (1984) Attention and Performance Vol. X: Control of Language Processes. MANDL, H., STEIN, N.L. and TRABASSO, T. (1984) Learning and Comprehension of Text.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: AINCOW, M. and TWEDDLE, D. (1984) Early Learning Skills Analysis. ANDERSON, R.C., OSBORN, J. and TIERNEY, R.J. (eds)(1984) Learning to Read in American Schools: Basal Readers and Content Texts. TUNMER, W.E., PRAIT, c. and HERRIMAN, M.L. (eds) (1984) Metalinguisfic Awareness in Children. Theory, Research, and Implications. DOWNING, J. and VALTIN, R. (eds) (1984) Language Awareness and Learning to Read. COCHRAN-SMITH, M. (1984) The Making of a Reader. GOELMAN, H., OBERG, A. and SMITH, F. (1984) Awakening to Literacy. KENNEDY, A. (1984) The Psychology of Reading. VAN DIJK, T.A. and KINTSCH, W. (1983) Strategies of Discourse Comprehension. EGOFF, SHEILA A. (1981) Thursday's Child. FLOOD, J. (1984) Understanding Reading Comprehension: Cognition, Language, and the Structure of Prose. Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association. ISBN 0-87207-7365. PETERS, M. (1984) Spelling: Caught or Taught? A New Look. GRONER, R., MENZ, c., FISHER, D.F. and MONTY, R.A. (eds) (1983) Eye Movements and Psychological Processes: international views. RAYNER, K. (ed.) (1983) Eye Movements in Reading: perceptual and language processes. HENDERSON, L. (1984) Orthographies and Reading. WALLER, T. GARY and MACKINNON, G.E. (eds) (1979) Reading Research Advances in Theory and Practice, Volume 1. MACMNNON, G.E. and WALLER, T. GARY. (eds) (1981) Reading Research Advances in Theory and Practice, Volume 2. MACMNNON, G.E. and WALLER, T. GARY (eds) (1981) Reading Research Advances in Theory and Practice, Volume 3 MACKINNON, G.E. and WALLER, T. GARY (eds) (1985) Reading Research Advances in Theory and Practice, Volume 4.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Goodwyn, Andrew (ed) Literary and Media Texts in Secondary English Styles, M. From the Garden to the Street Campbell, Robin Literacy from home to school: Reading with Alice Hall, Christine and Coles, Martin Children’s Reading Choices     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Benton, Studies in the Spectator Role: literature, painting and pedagogy R. M. Klein and P. A. McMullen, (eds) Converging Methods for Understanding Reading and Dyslexia J. Riley and D. Reedy, Developing Writing for Different Purposes: Teaching about Genre in the Early Years Penni Cotton, Picture Books Sans Frontiers     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Cashdan , A. (1979, ed.) Language, Reading and Learning. Mason , G.E. and Blanchard , J.S. (1979) Computer Applications in Reading. Levin , Harry (with Ann Buckler Addis) (1979) The Eye-Voice Span NFER (1979) Register of Educationa1 Research in the United Kingdom (Volume 3: 1977–78). COUNCIL OF EUROPE (1979) EudisedR @ D Bulletin (no. 7).     

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Book reviewed in this article
Child Language Disorders D.M. Aram, J.E. Nation C.V. Mosby.
Language Disorders in Children E. Carrow-Woolfolk, J.I. Lynch Academic Press.
The Bangor Dyslexia Test T.R. Miles LDA.
Profound Mental Handicap David Norris Costello Educational.
Teaching Slow Learners in Mixed Ability Classes Peter Bell, Trevor Kerry Macmillan Educational.
The Slee 13+ Reading Test Frank Slee LDA/Living and Learning.
Microcomputers and Special Educational Needs Bob Hogg NCSE.
Quality of Life Michael S. Lambert Victoria School.     

Reviews

Book review in this Article: Allington, R. and Krull, K. (1981) Beginning to Learn Alpha Books. Phases 7, 8, 9. Easy Readers series. John Murray The Laura Brewster Books. John Murray Kelley, Leo P. Galaxy 5 series. John Murray The Reporters series. Harrap Books. Melling, Frank E. Project Motor cross Collins English Library (1980) Collins The reading level of this series of 16 readers is assessed at Stage H, according to W. Body Jones, lewis (1979) Graded English puzzles. Collins Westrope, Anne (1981) Phonic Workshop. Henderson, E. E. Spell Well Work Books 3 and 4 Clemens, Gwen (1981) Shapes and Words. Brennan, Wilfred, Jackson, Jean and Reeve, Juliet (1981) Look Marrow, Keith (1980) Skills for Reading. Moon, Cliff and Raban, Bridie (1981) A Question of Reading Clay, Marie M. (1979). The Early Detection of Reading Difficulties: A Diagnostic Survey with Recovery Procedures (second edition).     

The dimensions of reading attitude for inner-city Detroit fifth graders

A principle-factor analysis of the 88 items comprising the Survey of Reading Attitudes investigated the construct validity of the eight dimensions of reading attitude. The sample consisted of 344 inner-city Detroit fifth graders. The factor structure showed support for the Expressed Reading as Difficulty, Reading as Enjoyment, Silent vs. Oral Reading, and Alternative Learning Modes dimensions. However, the Reading Anxiety dimension tended to merge with the Expressed Reading Difficulty dimension, and the Reading as Direct Reinforcement and Reading Group dimensions merged into a single dimension. This finding suggests these dimensions may be correlated, and an oblique rotation may be more appropriate. The Comics dimension split into two dimensions: Comic Books and Newspaper Comics. Thus, these findings generally cross-validate the dimensions of reading attitude found in earlier studies of the Survey of Reading Attitudes.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Riddick, Barbara Living with dyslexia. The social and emotional consequences of specific learning difficulties Millar, Susanna Reading by Touch Chambliss, Marilyn J. and Calfee, Robert C. Textbooks for Learning: Nurturing Children’s Minds     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Gerald Coles Misreading Reading: The Bad Science that Hurts Children Janet Evans (Ed.) The Writing Classroom Aspects of Writing and the Primary Child 3–11 Roy Corden Literacy and Learning through Talk : Strategies for the Primary Classroom