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They Still Use Textbooks--Don't They? Selection and Criteria for Evaluation.

Orlich, Donald C., Ed. – 1978

This report of a curriculum seminar at Washington State University is focused on the use of textbooks in both schools and libraries. Incorporated within Chapter 1 are topics concerning the textbook industry and how it works, a short discussion of the publishing structure, and information about the developmental costs of both curriculum and…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Criteria, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education

Using Mathematical Criteria for Selecting Social Studies Textbooks

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Brodbelt, Samuel – Clearing House, 1972

Author suggests criteria that can be weighted mathematically for computing comparable strengths and weaknesses in textbooks. (MB)

Descriptors: Course Objectives, Criteria, Curriculum Development, Mathematical Applications