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Download full textSavage, Corey; Hübner, Nicolas; Biewen, Martin; Nagengast, Benjamin; Polikoff, Morgan S. – AERA Open, 2021
Well-informed decisions on curricular materials can be an efficient way to boost student achievement. Prior studies have employed experimental and quasi-experimental designs to investigate the effects of textbooks on mathematics achievement. This is the first study to consider textbook effects in social studies education. Within the context of a…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Textbooks, Textbook Selection, State Standards
Peer reviewedSturm, Rebecca; Weiss, Edwin T., Jr. – Social Education, 1988
Reviews data collected in a 1982 national survey of state social studies coordinators which shows the patterns of textbook adoptions in the area of high school geography for the 20 states that use statewide adoption. Concludes that throughout the 1970s and early 1980s Texas's impact on other states' geography selections was almost nonexistent.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Geography, Political Influences, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSchomburg, Carl E. – Social Education, 1986
The powerful influence the state of Texas exerts in textbook adoptions throughout the country is analyzed. In revising a text or writing a new book, it is easier for publishers to omit issues that may be controversial than lose out on an adoption and big money. (RM)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Publishing Industry, Social Studies
Peer reviewedTani, Masaru; And Others – Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study trip by 13 U.S. social studies educators and publishers to Japan. Compares development, marketing, and selection of textbooks in the United States and Japan. Concludes that both nations should improve textbooks and textbook selection processes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
