Considers problems in using prose models in remedial writing instruction. To demystify the writing process, suggests: "teacher as writer" approaches--teachers demonstrate the problems they encounter in writing; "peer-mediated instruction"--students write for and observe each other; and "writer as model" approaches--professionals show how they…

Introduces documentation and presentation guidelines of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) for authors of games, simulations, and other activities suitable for an organizer or facilitator to adopt or adapt for courses or workshops. (Author/LLS)

A variety of issues associated with resistance to or necessity for author-anonymous reviewing of scholarly work are examined: sex, age, and even name stereotyping; tradition; institutionalization of egalitarianism; promotion of newer scholars; and power politics. (MSE)

Discusses the right of authors to remuneration for library lending in terms of which authors, publications, libraries, and users are eligible. Problems with measurement and recording, sources of funds, and other practical and economic considerations are also examined. Eight references are listed. (CHC)

Describes the planning and preparation involved in an authors' week, where authors of children's books took part in school discussion groups. (MKM)

Most educational journal articles are by university/college professors, associate professors, and public school administrators, over half of whom hold positions in the Northeastern and North Central areas. Most literature is primarily related to curriculum and instruction, and indications are that the literature has considerable influence on…

An author of books for reluctant adolescent readers discusses his style of writing and explores some of the issues--personal, sociological, and political--raised by the aspirations of teachers for more and better reading. (HOD)

Shows how students improve their powers in writing nonfiction when they are asked to solve writing problems similar to those facing major novelists. Advocates teaching literature by teaching writing, and vice versa. (RL)

Examines John Stuart Mill's writings on women with respect to their reception in and their application to the American scene from 1850 to the 1870s. Concludes that the implications were accepted by a significant portion of American society in the 1970s, a full century after Mill's publication. Journal availability: see SO 507 179. (Author/DB)

Seven scholars respond individually to these questions: Do you read many contemporary novels? If you do, whose novels do you read and for what reasons? If you no longer read many contemporary novels, why have you ceased to do so and what kinds of reading have supplanted them? (Editor/SJL)

Charts Cyprian Ekwensi's development of the force of the city in three of the major novels. (Author/AM)

Describes two approaches to the study of the book "Black-Eyed Susans," which presents characters reflecting the qualities of complexity, diversity, and a depth, thus showing the unique and competent way in which black women writers have handled their major preoccupation--the black woman. (JM)

Presents two speeches from a library service preconference program. An author discusses her historical fiction for young adults and a Public Service Coordinator at Pekin (Illinois) Public Library focuses on interagency cooperation and her library's first intergenerational program. (AEF)

Long time favorites of authors and audiences of picture books, mice are also central figures in novels for intermediate grades. This article provides an annotated bibliography of books for grades 2-12 showing mice and humans working toward a common goal, mice and humans in conflict, mice as survivors, mice rescuers, and mice in allegory. (PEN)

Interviews three professionals, representing newsletter editors, journal editors, and authors on publishing. Highlights include why librarians should write for publication; ways to get started; approaches to identifying/determining topics; how originality and usefulness rank in importance; submission issues; the selection process; editorial…