Provides information on how staff members at the Study Skills Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso selected the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (KLSI) and administered it to students in the lab; how students react to the KLSI; and how results are interpreted. (DMM)

Components of a checklist for evaluating books for gifted children include critical and developmental skills (vocabulary, critical reading skills, story content); creativity (opportunity for imagination, potential for creative follow-up); comprehension; and application (role models, interest, and relevance). (CL)

Special education students (11-14 years old) with poor reading skills make significant gains in handwriting, language, and reading when nontraditional materials, such as the newspaper and the daily lunch menu, were used. (CL)

This district created a team of four administrators to replace the district superintendent while a search was conducted for a successor. (IRT)

A publisher lists guidelines on how to evaluate a textbook for a lab-oriented course. (HD)

A survey of trainers of school psychologists was conducted to determine which texts in each of 16 areas of psychology they felt to be most relevant to the training of school psychologists. A 69-item bibliography of ranked choices in each area was presented. Possible trends were discussed. (Author)

Describes the method used by Bates College Library to evaluate periodicals. (PF)

This article provides instructional developers with a model for understanding instructional media. (RC)

The Petersen-Novick paper dealing with culture fair selection (TM 502 259) is the basis for this article. The author proposes a perspective in which ideas can be lined up for comparison and suggests solutions to the problems of selection in employment. (DEP)

An annotated list of 45 books for children and young adults.

A discussion of the need for children's books to be produced, and used by librarians to stimulate children's interest in art. Includes examples of children's art books. (KP)

Guidelines are presented for library collection development activities which include: budgeting and allocation, the formulation of collection development policies, the development of review programs to assist in the solution of space problems, and the description and evaluation of library collections. (Author/AP)

As an introduction to subsequent articles about psychology textbooks, som publishing and textbook adoption problems are mentioned. (ND)

Selecting the architect is one of the keys to a successful school building project. Some general standards for evaluating architects can be applied in most situations. (Author/MLF)