DOCUMENT PESUE ED 049 024 RE 003 569 AUTHOR Berridge, ayne E., Comp.; Siedow, nary D Comp. TITLE Guide to Materials for Reading Instructlin. 1971 Edition. INSTITUTION Indiana Univ., Bloomington. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading. PUB DATE May 71 NOTE 200p. EDRS PRICE EaS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Ault Students, Audiovisual Aids, College Students, Elementary Grades, Indexes (Locaters) ,Reading Interests, *Reading Level, *Reading Materials, *Reading Material Selection, Reading Readiness, *2eading Skills, *Resource Guides, Resource Materials, Secondary Grades, Textbooks ABSTRACT The Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction, 1971 Edition, updates earlier editions and includes approximately 2,300 entries of materials from 114 publishers. The guide is intended to keep educators informed about the constantly increasing supply of nri m,..arials available for the teaching of reading. Items appearing in the guide are described through a classification process; hcdever, no evaluative judgments are made. Entries are organized by publishers in alphabetical order. The classification system includes the following: (1) the tic) major categories of basal or nonbasal; (2) the type of item, e.g., reader, workbook, audio aid;(3) reading difficulty level; (4) interest level;(5) setting of stories;(6) general skills developed; and (7)type of cover and binding. Three spec'llized indexes which provide easy access to information by sorting it into 240 subcategories are inclued. The indexes are titled "Interest Level Subdivided by Grade Level," "Skill Subdivide;, by Grade Level," and "Skill Subdivided by Interest i.)vel." Finally, complete addresses for the contributing publishers are listed. (DB) Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction (N) 1971 Edition LU -A' ERIC/CLEAR-NC-IOUS= ON RETRIEVAL CF INFCRVATION AND EVALUATION ON RE .. a national c'aa,ng5cuse0 cg,rnze and d!scr-Hna..cs,an Ilcan tIf h. .n!nR,51.o.n. an 1n,p,'c r.a'.5. on read.r.; 10 ,,arc tn. and V-.2,.uLlic.A orprojcci cf rnal,rnal flea :.1ng A1,-,oc,a'ont andr.d,7:na Un,,,crsoy n.cc,i.,ct..,oc,n 1!-e '-,cn1Cr ci LISOE O O ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading GUIDE TO MATERIALS FOR READING INSTRUCTION 1971 Edition Compiled by Wayne E. Berridge Mary D. Siedcw OEPARTVIEKTOf REALM, EDUCATION ItrITILTe OFFICE OF EDUCATION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED DAMN «1 orwato 411111 PLItIONOR ORI*4 Tr.o 1,01r'N.IINO IT,NI wir 01'v14 Of 011 IMO DONOTNECESSARILYREPRESENTOFfiCAt OfflOf Of MR MUTTON 04 ,OUCY. May 1971 ERIC/Clearinghouse on Retrieval of Information and Evaluation on Reading is a national clearingtouse to organize and dissem- inate significant researc:1, informttion, andwaterisls on read- ing to teachers, administrators, resesrcherl, and she public. ERIC /CRIER is a joint project of the Internaticoal Reading Association andIndiana University in cooperation with the Educational Resources Information Center of USOE. This guide was prepared pursuant to a contract with the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Con- tractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouragedto express freely their judgmertin professional and technical natters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily repre;:ent official Office of Education position or policy. CONTENTS Information on the ERIC System iv Introduction Organization and Use of the Guide vii Use of the Indexes xi Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction 1 Indexes 163 Index I: Interest Level-Subdivided by Grade Level 165 Index II: Skill-Subdivided by Grade Level 171 Index III: Skill-Subdivided by Interest Level 179 Index IV: Contributing Publishers 183 INFORMATION ON THE ERIC SYSTEM ERIC ERIC is a decentralized, national information system which acquires, abstracts, indexes, stores, retrieves, analyzes, and disseminates signif- icant and timely educational information. ERIC's full name is the Educa- tional Resources Information Center, and it is funded through the Bureau of Research,USOE. ERIC was founded t.o reduce limitations in the identi- fication, transfer, and use of educationalinformation. In short, the major goal of ERIC is to enable school administrators, teachers, research- ers, information specialists,professional organizations, gradiate and undergraduate students, and the general public to keep up-to-date on re- search and research-related knowleagein education. ERIC accomplishes this through strengtheningexisting educational information services and providing additiGnal ones. ERIC/CRIER The ERIC Clearinghouse on Retrieval of Informtion and Evaluation on Reading (ERIC/CRIER) is one of the 20 clearinghouses in the ERIC system. ERIC/CRIER is located at Indiana University and is a joint project of the International Reading Association and the Uni.tersityincooperation with USOE. Each ofthe clearinghouses in the ERIC system operates within a specific area of educatior. defined in its "scope" note. ER1C/CR7ER's do- main of operation includes: ...research reports, materials and information related to a'l aspects of reading behavior with emphasis on the physiology, psychology, sociology, and teaching of reading. Included are reports on thedevelopment and evaluation of instructional ma- terials, curricula, tests and measurements, preparation of read- ing teachers and specialists, and methodology atail levels; the role of libraries and other agencies in fostering and guid- ing reading; and diagnostic and remedial services in school end clinic settings. iv J INTRODUCTION Description of the Guide The Guide to Materials for Readin1 Instruction is part of a planned series of Guides to Information Sources in Reading which are designed to acquaint people with the wealth of materials for teaching, testing, re- searching, and generally surveying the field of reading. The 1971 Guide updates in one volume the first edition of the Guide and Supplement I by entering new materials of contributing publishers, by adding the products of 15 new participating publishers, and by de- leting materials h0 longer published. Purpose of the Guide The wealth of materials available for the teaching of reading is constantly being enriched. Educators find it increasingly difficult to keep informed about materials and therefore frequently miss the oppor- tunity to consider new media and programs. The Guide is designed to serve as a vehicle which will meet this e,:pressed need. The user is provided with a comprehensive list of alternative ma- terials meet a given instructional need. The Guide is not designed to make the final decision in selecting materials but is rather to fa- cilitate the listing of alternative materials during the earl) stages of the raterials selection process. While users should not attempt to order items based solely on the information in the Guide, the size and scope of this volume facilitate an extensive search of what is available. Included to assist the user of the 1971 Guide are three computer-generated indexes that allow entry to the Guide along the dimensions of Interest-Grade Level, Skill-Grade Level, and Skill-Interest Level. The use of these specialized indexes is explained more fully in the section titled "Organization and Use of the Guide." Items appearing in the Guide have been described through a classi- fication process; however, no evaluative judgments have been made. This important step in the selection and adoption of materials is rightfully the province of the user. Only by studying local needs and conditions can appropriate judgments be made. It is important to note that wherever possible, the publisher's descriptive literature has been used in classifying items. For example, items classified as "Basal Ma- terials" may vary somewhat, depending on each publisher's definition of the tern basal. Sources of Information The Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction is based on firsc- hand study of materials which were supplied by 78 publishers. Publish- ers were contacted initially and asked to join the ERIC/CRIER Task Force on Instructional Materials. some publishers felt their materials did not fit the stated criteria; a few chose not to join the Task Force. The original Guide to Materials foi Reading Instruction and the Supplement have become partially outdated because of the enormous amount of materials continually being prepared for reading instruction. Pub- lishers were asked to continually supply ERIC/CRIER with samples of their latest products. Some publishers who did not participate in the development of the original Guide subsequently joined the Task Force and contributed materials to be classified. In the 1971 edition, 114 publishers participated. The Future of the Guide The number of materials listed and the rrimber of participating publishers haveshoum a steady growth since the first edition of the Guide was pub1Jshed. In the 1968 Guide, 78 companies were represented with approximately 1,480 entries. In the 1971 edition of the Guide, 114 companies account fer the approximately 2,300 entries (excluding entries for teachers' editions, manuals, etc.). This is an increase of approximately 35 percent over the entries in the 1968 Guide. Provided that funds permit such art undertaking, a regular updating of the Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction is planned. Eventu- ally the computer storage and retrieval of information on instructional materials for reading is planned. The computer-generated indexes in this edition are a step in that direction. Such a development would permir manipulation of the collection in a variety of ways. For exam- ple, a guide