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READING IMPROVEMENT VOLUME 37 SPRING 2000 Number 1 Broadening Concepts Through Vocabulary Development ...... Ann Porter Gifford An Examination of the Functional Relationship Between Brain and Language . Jeffrey S. McQuillen and William F. Strong The School Principal as Leader in Reading Instruction ... Dr. Marlow Ediger A Traveler's Journal icra cats re Dr. Christy L. Foley Using Performance Assessment and Portfolio Assessment Together in the Elementary ClaSSTOOM..............ccessececesececeeseeecceeeeeceeeeeeeee VIR-Fen Chen and Michael A. Martin Computer Literacy for Workforce Development stig paccteegetuanec ceed ensnaenlainakadaianounceenasiee Dr. Hassan Ndahi and Dr. Abha Gupta Teaching Second Language Learners in the Regular Classroom ...... Samuel A. Perez READING IMPROVEMENT VOLUME 37 SUMMER 2000 Number 2 \ Meaning-Based ESL Reading Program weve. Arnold Kruger Phonics and Poetry in the Curriculum ..... secesseesssecsecccsenceses MMGNIOW EGIGEF How Parental Involvement Makes a Difference in Reading Achievement .... Sherlie A. Anderson rhe Influence of Bilingualism on English Reading Scores Frank Lucido and William Ross McEachern Elements of an Effective Reading Program ..... L[homas Diamantes and Susan R. Collins READING IMPROVEMENT VOLUME 37 FALL 2000 Number 3 Integrating Reading and Computers: An Approach to Improve ESL Students Reading Skills Henry S. Williams Sociocultural Theory, Semiotics, and Technology: Implications for the Nature of Literacy Elizabeth Baker Investigating the Status and Perceived Importance of Explicit Phonic Instruction in Elementary Classrooms Gary. L. Shaffer, Patricia Campbell and Sondra Rakes Coaching for a Reading Test: Yes, it is Possible and Necessary weseeeeee Adrienne Perry Mix and Match: The Effects of Cross-Age Tutoring on Literacy SRE SAM CAE eR ee Oe Sa Sidney E. Marious, Jr. Circa 2000: Curriculum Intervention for Reading Comprehension and Achievement weseeeeeee JOSEPH M. Stevenson SCARING PUCHIV ERIS BN TROON a isicscscisssccccessssassavesscnssncocsonensce Marlow Ediger READING IMPROVEMENT VOLUME 37 WINTER 2000 Number 4 Reading Aloud to Children: The Past, the Present, and the Future .... Guofang Wan Public Library Use, School Performance, and the Parental X-Factor: A Bio- Documentary Approach to Children’s Snapshots veceeeeeee 8M Pack eaching of Reading Book Club Marlow Ediger ntent Area Reading Course via the Internet: Confessions ophyte H. Jon Jones ising Literacy Through Storytelling Dianne Swenson Koehnecke king Standards and Technology With Students Who Experience Reading Difficulties Rhonda Taylor Richards