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Kennedy, Keith – Physics Teacher, 1979
Discusses reading levels of books in the sciences, and explains the use of the Readability Graph. Also reported are reading levels of selected high school physics texts. (GA)
Descriptors: Books, Educational Media, Physics, Readability
Tyson-Bernstein, Harriet – 1988
Many feel that textbooks dominate what students learn. They set the curriculum and often the facts learned in most subjects. For many students, textbooks are their first and sometimes only early exposure to books and to reading. The public regards textbooks as authoritative, accurate and necessary and many teachers rely on them to organize lessons…
Descriptors: Books, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education