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Kozmane-Fejes, Zsuzsanna – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to determine how secondary mathematics education changes in Hungary between 1867 and 1956 were reflected in journal articles of that time. In an attempt to accomplish this purpose, the researcher sought to identify which major political and socioeconomic factors affected the role and content of periodicals, how the…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Christina Ruggeri – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics emphasize the importance of developing students' conceptual understanding, mathematical reasoning, and problem solving skills. This is a shift from the traditional approach to teaching mathematics and many teachers rely on curriculum resources to help them meet these new standards and expectations.…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Middle School Students
Thamer Kalfut – ProQuest LLC, 2020
A number of studies have evaluated high school English textbooks in recent years. However, three gaps have not been addressed. The first gap is research has evaluated English textbooks by implementing a Likert-scale checklist approach (Aljouei & Alsuhaibani, 2018). Researchers successfully inform educators about weaknesses and strengths of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Kenavey, Lori Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Basals have played an important role in classroom instruction for almost 200 years. Historically, basal programs have been influenced by both important research and policy reports. This study analyzed one publishing company's basal program across seven editions in order to trace the interaction of research, policy, and publication. Teacher's…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Longitudinal Studies, Publishing Industry, Textbook Publication
Fitzgerald, Jason C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
For over a century, history teachers throughout the United States have selected textbooks as the primary instructional material for their classrooms, while textbook authors and publishers have continuously produced a unified nation-state narrative that presents United States history as a series of objective historical facts for student…
Descriptors: United States History, Textbooks, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Mukhongo, Anna Nabuyaya – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the principal citizenship issues identified by scholars as significant with regard to the African experience were addressed in state-endorsed Kenyan social studies instructional materials. This study also determined whether or not the treatment of the principal citizenship issues was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Social Studies, Educational Policy