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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
Arensmeier, Cecilia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: The aim of the article is to examine civic education in Sweden with regard to equality, by comparing curricula and textbooks for social studies in different tracks in upper-secondary school. Method: The study is based on qualitative text analysis, with quantitative features. The analysis maps themes covered, the extent and depth of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
Brown, Ralph Adams; Brown, Marian – Soc Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Social Studies, Teacher Role, Textbook Evaluation
Herlihy, John G., Ed. – 1989
Textbooks have traditionally been the focus of classroom instruction, however, the role of textbooks has been increasingly challenged by various groups. They have raised questions about the quality and content of textbooks in U.S. classrooms. This document provides a program of a 1989 conference that addressed issues related to the role and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History, Political Issues, Social Studies
Johnson, Roger E. – 1970
Major investigations have shown that children care little for social studies as a school subject. Therefore, a closer look was taken at social studies textbooks in order to ascertain if the reading difficulty of the texts was an important cause behind the children's dislike. This study evaluated the reading levels of 41 social studies texts…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interests, Readability, Reading Level
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
Hepburn, Mary A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
A right-wing group has succeeded in banning Edwin Fenton's social studies inquiry series after stormy debates between State textbook selection people and professional educators. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Science Curriculum, Social Studies
Mangan, Roger, Comp. – 1974
This annotated bibliography provides elementary and junior high teachers with a list of up-to-date social studies textbook materials. The texts are arranged topically according to 95 social studies categories and include works published from 1962 through 1974. Each annotation includes the text title, source of publication, subject matter…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools
Cartwright, William H. – 1966
Effective procedures and techniques for using a textbook along with a philosophy of textbook use in k-12 schools are given in this second issue. The social studies textbook is described as a tool to be used in conjunction with other supplementary instructional materials, such as audio-visual materials, reference books, periodicals, and lectures.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Education, Raleigh. – 1990
An annotated bibliography and advisory list of instructional media for the social studies has been designed to identify competency goals for a new competency-based curriculum. The grade range is noted at the end of each entry and indicates the general interest grade level and the specific grades and competency goals to which the materials relate…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMcGough, Kris – Social Education, 1977
Discusses the influence of textbooks on student attitudes and the right of parents to participate in textbook selection. Controversy over parental participation in one school system is described. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes
Gaines, W. G.; Hawkins, M. L. – Culture and Education, 1972
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Reading Ability, Social Studies
Danzer, Gerald A. – 1997
The teaching of history is part of the continuous process of redefining American civilization that lies at the center of what it means to be an American. A major challenge facing teachers of U.S. history is how to strike an appropriate balance between the forces of continuity and change. Much of the concern over history standards and the choice of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, High Schools, History Instruction
Old Wine in New Bottles: An Analysis of Changes in Social Studies Textbooks from Old to New Edition.
Woodward, Arthur; Nagel, Kathleen Carter – 1987
Faced with a market that puts a premium on newness, artwork, and copyright date, the textbook industry seems to have been forced into a hectic textbook revision cycle in which improvement in instructional quality takes a poor second place to more superficial changes. While educators think they are getting newer, different, and, therefore better…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Publishing Industry
Suh, Bernadyn K. – 1970
A model of social studies textbook analysis and evaluation is developed in this paper and is applied to the analysis and evaluation of the content on Hawaii in selected elementary school social studies textbooks. Innovative methods of content analysis and evaluation of textbook presentations were developed and applied to the subject of Hawaii to…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
