Steps to Better Reading. Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1964, 197 pp.

One of the few really acceptable programmed books for developing
vocabulary and for strengthening weak areas in comprehension.
Students should be given experiences in programmed materials to
prepare themselves for self-study in the future.

Programmed Vocabulary. Appleton-Century Crofts, 1964, 214 pp.

This programmed text is devised to teach the twenty most important
prefixes and the fourteen most important roots. Helpful for supple-
mentary independent study.

Reading Skillbook I. American Book Co., 1962, 128 pp.

Covers the water front on terms of the various reading skills
treated. Interest level is good and the variety is great. An
excellent text to have handy to use with students needing specific
help in word attack, word meaning, and comprehension skills.

Standard Test Lessons in Reading, Book E. Bureau of Publications,
Teachers College, Columbia University Press, 1961, 78 pp.

This small but valuable book contains 78 high interest level lessons
for developing rate and comprehension skills. Each lesson is a test
and the student is able to spot weaknesses and he can then learn to
adjust his rate to meet the requirements of the material being read.

Test Lessons in Reading-Reasoning. Bureau of Publications, Teachers
College, Columbia University Press, 1964, 78 pp.

This text was devised to improve the critical reading and thinking
ability of adolescents and adults. The 78 self-contained lessons
teach ways of uncovering fallacies in reasoning and give practice in
detecting such fallacies.


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