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Peer reviewedJevitz, Lucille; Meints, Donald W. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Gives a list of guidelines for reading specialists to use in evaluating content area textbooks. (MKM)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Reading Consultants, Secondary Education, Textbook Evaluation
Peer reviewedClewell, Suzanne F; Cliffton, Anne M. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Presents guidelines for use in examining the comprehensibility of a textbook, questions to ask about the book, and suggestions for using the guide questions. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Readability
Peer reviewedTaylor, Mary-Agnes – Journal of Reading, 1985
Examines obvious and covert efforts of censorship on young adult novels and the publishers' reluctance to provide more realism. Concludes by urging teachers to counteract those forces through diligent consumer education. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Fiction, Guidelines
