IDENTIFIERS *National Conference on Studies in Reading

The problem of this conference panel was to identify, develop, and compare means by which children's motivation to learn basic xeading skills may be strengthened and maintained. In this panel report, four approaches to the problem are cffered in the following areas: sociocultural influences which help tc determine individual differences in the attitudes, motivations, and skills of young learners; differences in teacher-learner interactions and their implications; differences in instructional approaches and sequences of experiences; and the relationship between learning to read and learning other language communication skills. A list of references is included. (JH) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original