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Peer reviewedMiller, Dean F.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1974
Descriptors: Books, Health Materials, Junior High Schools, Readability
Whipple, Gerrtude – Music Educ J, 1969
Condensed from "The Reading Teacher, Volume 22 (December 1968), 211-15.
Descriptors: Books, Federal Aid, Reading Materials, Textbook Content
Peer reviewedKennedy, 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
Direct linkStieve, Thomas; Schoen, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
Little research has focused on what factors undergraduate students consider when selecting books at academic libraries. In order to better understand student book choices at Niagara University Library, we chose 11 sets of two books with the same LC subject headings but with other differences and asked students to select one book over another.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Libraries, Reading Material Selection, Books
Peer reviewedKaufman, Paul J. – Appalachian Journal, 1975
The 1974 textbook dispute led by Alice Moore, member of the Kanawha County (West Virginia) Board of Education, is discussed. (NQ)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Books, Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textInterracial Books for Children Bulletin, 1976
Various articles include the following concerns: a year-long study shows that 66 books about Asian Americans are elitist, racist, and sexist; practical guidelines for selection of nonracist, nonsexist books are provided; a noted playwright looks at the image of Asian Americans in children's books and finds it racist science fiction; the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian History, Bibliographies, Books
