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Walmsley, John B. – Elementary English, 1974
The national criteria found in many textbooks were shown to be ineffective in teaching subject and verb concepts. (JH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, English Education, Evaluation Methods, Grammar
Stevenson, James A. – 1988
The Fry Readability Formula was employed to determine the reading grade levels of the eight most popular college U.S. history survey textbooks and the ten most popular Western civilization textbooks. It was discovered that the Fry readability technique could not produce consistently close findings on any single college history textbook. Indeed,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Textbooks, Readability, Readability Formulas
MCCULLOUGH, CONSTANCE M. – 1965
A READING PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION IN INDIA TO (1) PRODUCE TEXTBOOKS AND WORKBOOKS, FIELD TEST THE BOOKS, AND TRAIN TEACHERS TO USE THEM, (2) PRODUCE TEACHERS MANUALS, (3) CONSTRUCT FIRST-GRADE TESTS, (4) CONSTRUCT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, AND (5) PRODUCE THESE BOOKS IN HINDI. THE ENSUING GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO WRITE AND…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Hindi, Reading Materials
PERRONE, VITO – 1965
A CONTENT ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF 153 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS DEALING WITH LATIN AMERICA. THE ANALYSES INCLUDED THE FORMULATION OF CATEGORIES FOR INTENSIVE STUDY AND TESTING. THE CATEGORIES WERE (1) GEOGRAPHY, (2) THE PEOPLE, (3) THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND THE REVOLUTIONS, (4) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, (5) UNITED STATES…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Social Studies
Ball, Edward H. – 1979
A study to check on the efficacy of the teaching methods used in "Language Basics Plus," a basal elementary language arts program published by Harper and Row, involved a pretest, treatment, and mastery test procedure used with more then 3,000 elementary students. Results of the prepublication learner verification study indicated that the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Download full textCard, B. Y.; And Others – 1971
The research objective was to examine the development and diffusion of a field of knowledge related to education as reflected in textbooks published in the United States, England and Canada. Using a scheme derived from invention-diffusion theory, over 150 textbooks in educational sociology (including sociology of education and social foundations…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Sociology, Fundamental Concepts, Social Influences
McCullough, Constance M. – 1965
A reading project was initiated by the National Institute of Education in India to (1) produce textbooks and workbooks, field test the books, and train teachers to use them, (2) produce teachers manuals, (3) construct first-grade tests, (4) construct achievement tests, and (5) produce these books in Hindi. The ensuing guide for those who write and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Hindi, Reading Materials
Worley, David W.; Worley, Debra A.; McMahan, David – 1999
A study examined eight best-selling hybrid texts for public speaking or speech communication courses, looking at how each text is organized, what the focus is, which topics are included, how many pages are dedicated to each topic, which pedagogical features are incorporated into each text, and what ancillaries are available with each text. The…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Research Needs
Sewall, Gilbert T. – 2000
The American Textbook Council identified the nation's leading social studies textbooks based on estimated volume of sales and on adoptions in California, Indiana, North Carolina, Florida, and New York. Three multi-volume elementary-level programs and about a dozen secondary-level history textbooks command the market. The history textbooks at the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction
Peer reviewedGrouws, Douglas A.; Robinson, Richard D. – School Science and Mathematics, 1973
Describes the "cloze" procedure for judging the readability of textbook prose and in particular how this procedure may be applied to written mathematical materials. (JP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education, Readability
Peer reviewedHall, Elaine J. – Teaching Sociology, 1988
Gender inclusiveness is studied by a content analysis of index citations on women and women's issues in 36 introductory sociology textbooks published between 1982 and 1988. Finding that the amount of information on women averages less than five percent of the total pages, Hall compares textbooks by their rankings on overall inclusiveness and…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Sociology
Peer reviewedFung, Chun-ip; Mok, Ida Ah-chee – Chinese University Education Journal, 1997
Analyzes three popular series of primary textbooks to provide a picture of how the current curriculum contributes to the roles of establishing proficiency in arithmetic and proceptual thinking as a foundation for learning algebra. Shows that textbooks emphasize procedural knowledge and neglect developing a conceptual understanding of mathematics.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedde Posada, Jose Maria – Science Education, 1999
Describes the results of an analysis of Spanish high school chemistry textbooks (n=58) published from 1974 to 1998 for their treatment of metallic bonding. Reports on what aspects of metallic bonding are usually taught, how it is taught, and the potential that textbooks have to create meaningful learning in students. Contains 104 references.…
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries
May, Wanda T. – 1993
This report presents a detailed analysis of "Discover Art," an elementary textbook series by Laura Chapman. The study was guided by a large set of framing questions requiring a detailed examination of the series' goals, rationale, and structure; content selection, organization, and emphasis; the coherence of content explication in the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Baumann, James F. – 1983
To determine the frequency of simple main ideas (explicit statements found in a single T-unit), delayed completion main ideas (explicit statements using no more than two T-units), and inferred main ideas in social studies textbooks, 100 passages from second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grade textbooks were analyzed. Results of the study revealed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension
