After a thorough review of the relevant literature in terms of textbook analysis and mathematics teachers' use of textbooks in school contexts, this paper reports on selected and early findings from a study of mathematics textbooks and their use in English, French, and German mathematics classrooms at the lower secondary level. The research…

Examines mathematics textbooks and their use in lower secondary classrooms in England, France, and Germany. Suggests (after data analysis) that learners in the different countries are offered different mathematics and given different opportunities to learn that mathematics, both of which are influenced by textbook and teacher. (BT)