Reviews and critiques two current books on the function and role of teachers as researchers: Marilyn Cochran-Smith's and Susan L. Lytle's "Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge" and Ruth Shagoury Hubbard's and Brenda Miller Power's "The Art of Classroom Inquiry: A Handbook for Teacher-Researchers. (HB)

Reviews two books: "The English Classroom in the Computer Age" (offering practical plans for integrating computers into writing courses), and "Evolving Perspectives on Computers and Composition Studies (which is more theoretical). Discusses technological literacy, political issues of access to technology, teacher training, and teaching practices.…

Suggests that peer group instruction is one of the most significant benefits to have emerged from the process approach to writing instruction. Presents a teacher's classroom research on the peer group response method. (ARH)