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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards, Glossary of Key Terms
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Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries
The Role of Curriculum Resources in Three Countries: The Impact of National Curriculum Reforms in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia.
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Watt, Michael G. – 2002
This paper summarizes the findings of a study examining the impact of standards-based and curriculum reforms on the role of curriculum materials in educational systems in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia. Concepts derived from a model of decision-oriented evaluation were applied to define a typology to classify…
Descriptors: Classification, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
The Pressure-Flow Hypothesis of Phloem Transport: Misconceptions in the A-Level Textbooks.
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Clifford, Paul – Journal of Biological Education, 2002
Reviews textbooks in use in the sixth-form classroom. Reports numerous examples of muddled facts, confusing explanations, and serious misconceptions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
School Books--Who Decides, and How?
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Marriott, R. J. – Reading, 1977
Compares the production and selection of textbooks in the United Kingdom and North America with respect to such areas as derivation of textbook ideas, evaluation of the ideas, production, distribution, how and by whom the books are bought, and limitations on certain textbook topics. (GT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education