Writing is a highly complex ability developed over years of practice, across a wide range of tasks and contexts, and with copious, meaningful feedback. As the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) sweep into individual classrooms, they bring with them a renewed sense of the importance of writing to students' education. Research on the assessment of…

Book Review Committee members for the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), in collaboration with the Children's Book Council, have reviewed current copyrighted trade books with social studies themes since 1972. As a result, an annual bibliography of K-12 trade books is published each May in the "Notable Social Studies Trade Books for…

This list of 60 microcomputer magazines encountered at newsstands during September 1984 is broken down by specific computer or software coverage. Reviews for 22 magazines note number of pages, advertisements, reviews, and articles, reviewer's opinions, and recommended use. Eight magazines are recommended for most libraries. (EJS)

Surveys currently available paperback editions in three classes of dictionaries: collegiate, abridged, and pocket. A general discussion distinguishes among the classes and offers seven consumer tips, followed by an annotated listing of dictionaries now available. (SW)

Explores preconditions for developing a theory of visual argument, emphasizing frequent lucidity of visual meaning, importance and varieties of visual context, argumentative complexities raised by notions of representation and resemblance, and questions visual persuasion pose for the standard distinction between argument and persuasion. Contains…

Introduces a new column on personal computing and discusses changing uses for personal computers. Recent developments in computing periodicals--including the introduction of "PC/Computing," a major new magazine--are considered. An annotated bibliography lists 35 articles from the 1988 literature. (MES)

Offers comments from collectors and dealers on the wonders and all-around fun of collecting books. Presents a short annotated list of books about book collecting and notes one book that will make readers want to collect books. Lists a baker's dozen of other sources on book collecting and presents three quotations to end the matter. (SR)

This bibliography lists 27 microcomputer dictionaries published from 1977 to present. Arranged alphabetically by title, each citation includes the publisher, publication date, number of pages, International Standard Book Number, price information, and an evaluative annotation. A set of seven dictionaries, each focusing on a different software…

Reviews seven adult books of interest to high school readers. (AEA)

An interview with children's literature author Theodore Taylor and an annotated bibliography of his children's books. (DD)

Provides background on the graphic novel, a self-contained story that uses a combination of text and art to articulate the plot. Issues for librarians--acquisition of graphic novels, starting a collection, and audience--are addressed. An annotated listing of 30 suggested titles is included. (MES)

Examines the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and its implications for educational technology. Highlights include deconstruction and poststructuralism; the authority of text; spoken language and representation of thought; and an annotated bibliography that includes 41 sources of information. (LRW)

This survey lists and comments upon recent classificatory writings which focus on various facets of the Christian tradition and identifies 179 articles and schemes devoted to theological classification: generalia, specific classifications (Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress, Roman Catholic, Union Theological Seminary, special schemes and…

Asserts that literature can empower teenage readers. Annotates 12 books which will help young people to be empowered through literature. Offers strategies for empowering the readers. (PRA)

Updates a 1985 article on computers in science fiction. An annotated bibliography lists 77 in-print and out-of-print titles. The introduction discusses defining the computer for fictional purposes and various recurring themes. Two nonfiction books on the current state of social adaptation to computers are also included. (EAM)