Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) seeks mutually comprehensible social interaction in spoken discourse. To serve this purpose, coursebooks undoubtedly play a key role as to how speaking practice takes place. In Turkey, local coursebooks are prescribed by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE); however, many practitioners seem to opt for the…

In Finland, Young people's sexuality education has not been examined from a multicultural perspective, with the exception of a few policy-oriented papers. This paper examines how cultural diversity is addressed in chapters on sexuality and sexuality education in Finnish health education textbooks. The analysis is based on material contained in…

This study assessed ways by which science textbooks can be designed and developed to increase scientific literacy in secondary school students. Here in the research and development method was used. The draft of the new science textbooks was incorporated into school instruction using a non-equivalent control group design with pretest and posttest…

This paper problematizes the interplay between curriculum textbooks and national identity constructions. Drawing on data from Bangladesh's school-textbooks, and students' and teachers' perspectives, the study identifies factors shaping Bangladesh's national identity in the textbook discourses and discusses students' experiences of these in an…

The purpose of this text is to teach learning and understanding of mathematics at the ninth grade level through the use of science experiments. This text contains significant amounts of material normally found in a beginning algebra class. The material should be found useful for classes in general mathematics as a preparation for enrollment in…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG algebra text for ninth-grade students. The text was written for those students whose mathematical talent is underdeveloped. Chapter topics include the real numbers, addition of real numbers, multiplication of real numbers, properties of order, and subtraction and division for real numbers. (MP)

This is part one of a two-part SMSG text in algebra for students whose mathematical talents are underdeveloped. Additional drill materials are included in this text and terminology is kept to a minimum. Chapter topics include: (1) sets and the number lines; (2) numerals, sentences, and variables; (3) open sentences and truth sets; (4) properties…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG text in algebra for students whose mathematical talents are underdeveloped. Additional drill materials are included in this text and terminology is kept to a minimum. Chapter topics include: (1) factors and exponents; (2) radicals; (3) polynomials; (4) rational expressions; (5) truth sets of open sentences; (6)…

A brief description of the English-language proficiency level expected of ninth-grade Israeli students introduces a tabular guide to various English readers, along with their basic vocabulary ranges. (LB)

This report presents findings from a study of the cognitive processes and learning difficulties of ninth-grade students in Algebra I. A clinical interview approach was used with 14 students. A group of six Hispanic students and a group of five Anglo students were enrolled in the same algebra class; three Hispanic students were enrolled in an…

This document reports in detail an investigation of the cognitive processes and learning difficulties of ninth-grade students in Algebra I. A clinical interview approach was used with 14 students. A group of six Hispanic students and a group of five Anglo students were enrolled in the same algebra class; a group of three Hispanic students who had…