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Patterson, George T. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
Social work educators require textbooks and other teaching materials that can be used in research courses to enhance student learning. Likewise, social work practitioners require resource books that can be used to enhance practice. This article provides an essay review of four recently published books representing diverse viewpoints on social work…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Ethics, Educational Policy, Social Work
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Lehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests sources which can guide schools in evaluating textbooks. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Schmidt, Monica – 1981
This handbook has been developed to assist school districts in the adoption of textbooks. The criteria for establishing a textbook selection process are included, as well as selection criteria for specific subject areas. Procedural steps are initially outlined for preliminary activities, book examination procedure, and implementation, and then a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, State Standards
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Percy, William A.; Suarez, Pedro J. – History Teacher, 1984
Intended to help college level history teachers choose the texts most appropriate to their teaching methods and student bodies, this article critiques Western and world civilization textbooks. (RM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Fiske, Edward B. – Principal, 1984
Textbook publishers are under attack for producing books that are superficial in content and oversimplified or confusing in language. They respond that their products are the inevitable result of applying the many textbook selection formulas to book production. Efforts by educators to improve textbooks are currently being organized. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Publication
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Culyer, A. J. – Economics, 1985
Many things are wrong with college level economics textbooks. For example, they are too ahistorical, too particularist, or unsystematically eclectic. The requirements of a good college economics textbook are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Textbook Bias
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Peacock, Dennis E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A preliminary set of principles of judging the pedagogical utility of proposed grammar rules is offered. The goal is the inclusion in teaching materials of only those rules which are linguistically accurate, pedagogically sound, and relevant to specified instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Material Development
Bray, Judith L.; Armstrong, Jane – 1986
In the fall of 1984, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Secretary of Education's Discretionary Fund to identify alternative state roles for improving instructional materials in mathematics. To help state leaders define an appropriate and effective role in upgrading these materials, ECS proposed first to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Surveys, Teaching Methods
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Garcia, Jesus – Illinois School Research and Development, 1980
The author reviews some research on the ethnic content of United States history textbooks; examines published guidelines and checklists on ethnic balance in instructional materials; and considers the role of the curriculum director in local textbook review. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity
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Akiwowo, Akinsola A. – International Social Science Journal, 1979
In writing textbooks on Africa for university and postgraduate students and educational materials for elementary and secondary school students, authors should consider factors such as language, objectives, financing, publication control, and the relationship of the teacher to the textbook. (DB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wood, Terry L.; Wood, William L. – Science Education, 1988
Examines the reading level and potential comprehension level of 10 fourth-grade science textbooks. Reports that there is a great deal of variability between and within the science texts. (YP)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 4
Meacham, E. D. – 1982
Three main factors in textbook selection for distance education--readability, appropriateness, and availability--are examined in detail, and suggestions for adapting standardized texts to the needs of individual groups are provided. Twelve specific criteria are listed for determining the appropriateness of a text and textual factors influencing…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Distance Education, Evaluation Criteria, Individualized Instruction
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Zepezauer, Frank – English Journal, 1983
Presents a set of "neutral" language guidelines as a way of pointing out the problems of using language guidelines in the first place. (JL)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Language Attitudes, Language Standardization, Secondary Education
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Shackelford, Jean – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Reviews 21 one-semester economics textbooks using Kenneth E. Boulding's ideas for introductory textbooks. Lists 240 concepts and topic areas in macroeconomics, microeconomics, public policy, and international economics that may be covered in a textbook. (NL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Economics, Economics Education, Higher Education
National Council for Geographic Education. – 1986
This textbook evaluation instrument is provided to assess (1) content properties; (2) instructional properties; (3) physical properties; (4) readability; and (5) other properties such as cultural mix, organization of text, and suitability for various grade levels in secondary level world geography and global studies textbooks. For the first three…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Readability
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