Getting the Main Idea Is Still the Main Idea.

Abstract

Jerome Axelrod, a reading specialist at Longfellow School, teaches remedial reading in the Philadelphia School District. ■ The main idea is still the hub in the wheel of reading comprehension. This article will present, hopefully, some new views on the improvement of teaching this most important comprehension skill by offering multiple-choice main idea reading exercises. For example, the pupil reads a passage and is then asked to select from a choice of statements the main