Quick Check of Children's Learning Styles by Lauren Carlile BradwayReview by: Roberta LongThe Reading Teacher, Vol. 42, No. 1, Children's Choices Favorite Books for 1988 (Oct., 1988), p.88Published by: Wiley on behalf of the International Reading AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20200015 .

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whose learning strengths may have

been neglected. Chapters focus on cul tivation of use of the body, the imagina tion, feelings, social support, and the senses in learning. Armstrong also deals with the power of teacher and par ent expectations, nutrition, and envi ronmental factors to help or hinder

learning. His resource lists are a feast for exploring varied approaches to

teaching. In Their Own Way encourages read

ers to recognize and respect the com

plexity of learning and to honor

diversity and self definition. It offers an essential counter to the conformist

agenda of current reform efforts.

book describes the three learning styles and tells how to use and interpret the results of the Quick Check Pad. In cluded is a sample of using learning styles for writing an Individual Educa tional Plan (IEP). There is a sample letter to parents describing their child's

learning style. Four pages are devoted to age level activities in the intellec

tual, motor, and social/emotional areas to use with children with a particular learning style. Most of the activities and games, however, are a common

part of any preschool and 1st grade program.

The author suggests that a child has one or two of the learning styles de scribed and rarely all three. No matter

what the "preferred style" is, children should all be encouraged to expand their interests and activities utilizing all three styles.

The Quick Check is suggested for use in day care centers, preschool pro grams, kindergarten and 1st grade, special education programs, Head Start Programs, and reading programs.

New Directions in Reading Instruc tion. 1988. International Reading As

sociation (800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, Newark DE 19714-8139,

USA). Softcover. 30 pp. No. 796.

Members US$2.95; others US$3.95.

Handy flip chart provides a quick summary of recent research ideas re

lating to comprehension instruction,

cooperative learning, textbooks, ques

tioning, and more than 20 other topics of current concern to teachers.

Presents summarized information on

content area reading/learning strate

gies.

Changing School Reading Programs:

Principles and Case Studies. S. Jay Samuels and P. David Pearson, edi tors. 1988. International Reading As sociation (800 Barksdale Road, PO

Box 8139, Newark DE 19714-8139,

USA). Softcover. 228 pp. No. 790.

Members US$9.00; others US$13.50.

This book is addressed to adminis trators who are responsible for devel

oping and changing reading programs used in schools. The first section dis cusses theories of change and looks at how exemplary reading programs work. In the second section, authors

describe 6 effective reading programs, explaining changes that were neces

sary to establish them and make them

work.

Quick Check of Children's Learning Styles. Lauren Carlile Bradway. 1987.

Beeby-Champ Publishing (PO Box

1714, Stillwater, OK 74076, USA). Quick Check Pad and Handbook Set

(13 pp. booklet, 50 forms, and com

plete instructions) US$19.95. Quick Check Pad only (50 forms) US$15.95.

Reviewed by Roberta Long, Univer

sity of Alabama at Birmingham, Bir

mingham, Alabama.

If one believes that learning styles make a difference in instructional

plans for young children, this instru ment is a fast, easy tool for determin

ing whether youngsters learn best by seeing (lookers), by listening and

speaking (listeners), or by touching and moving (movers).

According to the author, the objec tive of the Quick Check inventory is to

identify the child's major learning styles and then to work to expand the child's options in learning styles to

provide a more balanced approach to

learning.

Quick Check is a one sheet checklist of behaviors divided into age groups from infancy to age 8. For each age group, there is a list of behaviors asso

ciated with the child as a looker, lis

tener, and mover. The behaviors are checked and the checks totalled to de termine the child's learning style or

styles. The checklist takes about 5 minutes to complete.

The 13 page accompanying hand

New from IRA A Cluster Approach to Elementary Vo

cabulary Instruction. Robert J. Mar zano and Jana S. Marzano. 1988.

International Reading Association

(800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139,

Newark, Delaware 19714-8139,

USA). Softcover. 269 pp. No. 232.

Members US$10.00; others

US$15.00.

Learning new vocabulary is a vital

task for students at all levels. The au

thors of this addition to IRA's popular

Reading Aids Series first discuss the

research on vocabulary instruction and

then present a new instructional

method based on organizing words

into semantically related clusters. The

heart of the book is a list of 7,230 words drawn from basal readers and

content books used at the elementary level. The book includes numerous in

structional ideas.

Reexamining Reading Diagnosis: New Trends and Procedures. Susan Mandel

Glazer, Lyndon W. Searfoss, Lance M. Gentile, editors. 1988. Interna

tional Reading Association (800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, New

ark, Delaware 19714-8139, USA). Softcover. 186 pp. No. 532. Members

US$7.00; others US$10.50.

Offers alternative and additional

procedures for assessing reading-re lated skills. Describes techniques for

assessing comprehension of text and the coding system through procedures such as retelling, ethnographic record

ing, and think-aloud protocols.

88 The Reading Teacher October 1988

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