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Woodward, Arthur – 1986
The paper analyzes seven widely-used fifth grade social studies textbooks with the hypothesis that texts are unnecessarily loaded with poorly conceived instructional design features that often do not relate to content or skills and tend to minimize the primary function of the texts. Using present and future challenges facing the United States as a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Minimum Competencies, Social Studies
