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Comments Development and Handicap, by Vicky Lewis (Basil Blackwell, 432 Park Ave. South, Suite 1503, New York, N.Y. 10016; 222 pp., $34.95 cloth, $15.95 paper). Traces the effects on children's development of blindness, deafness, motor handicaps, Down's syndrome, and autism.
In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal
Learning Style, by Thomas Armstrong (Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc., 9110
Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069; 211 pp., $16.95 cloth).
Drawing on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the
author suggests that many children who, in the view of traditional
educators, suffer from learning problems can acquire knowledge by means
of their particular aptitudes.
The War Play Dilemma: Balancing Needs and Values in the Early Childhood
Classroom, by Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Diane E. Levin (Teachers College
Press, 1234 Amsterdam Ave., New York, N.Y. 10027; 108 pp., $9.95
paper). Studying the role of war play in early childhood from both
developmental and sociopolitical perspectives, the authors suggest
approaches for guiding children as war-related toys and images of
violence on television proliferate.
Computers and Education
Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 1: Learning Environments and Tutoring Systems, edited by Robert W. Lawler and Masoud Yazdani (Ablex Publishing, 355 Chestnut St., Norwood, N.J. 07648; 439 pp., $49.50 cloth, $19.95 paper). A collection of essays outlining recent developments in two primary approaches to the use of computers in education: intelligent tutoring systems and computer-based learning environments.
Extending the Human Mind: Computers in Education, Proceedings of the
Sixth Conference (Center for Advanced Technology in Education, College
of Education, University of Oregon, 1787 Agate, Eugene, Ore. 97403; 254
pp., $15.00 paper). Twenty-nine papers survey a variety of topics
pertaining to the use of computers in education.
Mirrors of Minds: Patterns of Experience in Educational Computing,
edited by Roy D. Pea and Karen Sheingold (Ablex Publishing, 355
Chestnut St., Norwood, N.J. 07648; 329 pp., $42.50 cloth, $19.95
paper). A series of essays built on the premise that study of the uses
of technology in education should focus on "the processes of education"
and "the learner" rather than the computer.
History of Education
"Let Them All Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981, by Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. (University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, Tex. 78713; 256 pp., $25.00 cloth). Traces the development of the Mexican- American community as an active participant and the importance of Mexican-American civil- rights organizations in the movement for reform of the Texas public-school system.
Six School Complex: A Successful Innovation in Washington, D.C.'s
Public Schools, by Judith Denton Jones (Six School Council, Fillmore
Arts Center, 35th and S Sts., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007; 231 pp.
$10.00 paper). A study of a cooperative arrangement designed to address
problems arising from changing demographic patterns and budget cuts in
an urban school system.
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