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| Reading Teacher | 4 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
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| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests sources which can guide schools in evaluating textbooks. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Peer reviewedJongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1992
Focuses on books, booklets, and position papers that would be useful reading for educators involved in making decisions about selecting materials for schools. Discusses guidelines for judging and selecting textbooks and studies and readings on textbooks. (PRA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Elementary Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research
Peer reviewedCotton, Eileen G.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1988
Notes that primary and intermediate grade teachers rely heavily on basal readers for instruction and offers the advantages of and guidelines for using a skill trace approach to tracking selected skills across the program, as an evaluation strategy.NH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedMiller, John W. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Shows that a wide variety of textbook characteristics play a role in influencing teachers' selection process, and that some of these interact with teacher characteristics. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Reading Instruction
