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Myers, John P. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2023
To prepare their students to navigate online information about current issues, teachers must be able to critically read a range of diverse and complex data visualizations. This study presents findings from task-based interviews with 25 social studies teachers on their instructional beliefs about the use of diverse data visualization types. In the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Data Use
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Goodarzi, Ahmad; Weisi, Hiwa; Yousofi, Nouroddin – Cogent Education, 2020
With the advent of numerous newly-published English course books, textbook evaluation has turned into a very critical area in English Language Teaching (ELT). This paper aims to evaluate the English textbooks being taught in Iranian Junior high school ("Prospect" series). In so doing, an evaluation questionnaire was distributed among 27…
Descriptors: Textbook Publication, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation
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Hanifa, Rizaldy – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The use of EFL published materials like textbooks are becoming more widespread as they can bring easiness in the classroom by providing teachers with guidelines comprised of syllabus, methodologies, as well as materials for teaching and learning. However, choosing a suitable textbook for their teaching situation is deemed to be one of the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Junior High Schools
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Batdi, Veli; Elaldi, Senel – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of the present study is to analyze German teacher trainers' views on high school German textbooks through the Rasch measurement model. A survey research design was employed and study group consisted of a total of 21 teacher trainers, three from each region and selected randomly from provinces which are located in seven regions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, High Schools, Teacher Attitudes
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Freedman, Eric B. – Cognition and Instruction, 2015
Scholars often define historical reasoning as constructing defensible interpretations of past events. Drawing on critical theory, this article suggests that it also entails consciously framing one's topic of inquiry. The article examines an instructional unit that aimed to foster this expanded view of historiography. Forty students, ages 14-15,…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, War
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Igbaria, Abdul Kareem – International Education Studies, 2013
This study dealt with analysis of the study units in the textbook "Horizons" for 9th-grade students studying English in mixed ability classes. The study sought to examine the variety in the cognitive level represented by the WH-questions in the textbook according to Bloom's taxonomy. The study also attempted to examine the extent in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, English Instruction, Teaching Methods