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Aydin, Abdullah; Aytekin, Cahit – International Education Studies, 2018
It has been determined that the drawings, photographs and pictures related to the subject of the continuity of the tangent function on page 68 of the Ministry of National Education's twelfth-grade mathematics textbook contradict principles 1, 7 and 10 of Yanpar's (2007) teaching material development principles. According to these principles,…
Descriptors: Material Development, Instructional Materials, Educational Principles, Design Requirements
Schultz, Leah – Information Systems Education Journal, 2017
This paper examines the issues useful for faculty members that are considering electronically self-publishing their course textbook. A brief history of the use of electronic textbooks is presented as well as the advantages and disadvantages associated with self-publishing and electronic textbooks. A brief overview is provided on the process of…
Descriptors: Textbook Publication, Faculty Publishing, Writing for Publication, Electronic Publishing
Bouhlal, Fatma; Horst, Marlise; Martini, Juliane – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2018
This study investigates modality in textbooks designed for learners of English by exploring the frequency and distribution of modal verbs in two corpora--one of authentic native-speaker language and a pedagogical one used by francophone learners of English in Quebec--with a view to identifying areas where added support for learning may be…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, English Language Learners, Verbs
Deckman, Sherry L.; Fulmer, Ellie Fitts; Kirby, Keely; Hoover, Katharine; Mackall, Abena Subira – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2018
Textbooks are a multimillion dollar publishing business in the United States. Even as 21st-century classrooms become more multimodal, digital and hardcopy textbooks remain a key feature of American education. Consequently, classroom textbooks have been shown to control knowledge dissemination across the content areas. In particular, health texts…
Descriptors: Race, Gender Differences, Sexuality, Elementary Education
Brass, Amber – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
Textbooks are a ubiquitous part of classrooms in all levels of education. Whilst textbooks used in tertiary content subjects have been examined in several studies, research focused on textbooks used in mathematics pedagogy subjects is scarce. Using a discourse analytic framework, this paper presents data about the implicit and explicit messages…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Textbook Content
Griggs, Richard A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
Asch's classic social pressure experiments are discussed in almost all introductory and social psychology textbooks. However, the results of these experiments have been shown to be misrepresented in textbooks. An analysis of textbooks from 1953 to 1984 revealed that although most of the responses on critical trials were independent correct ones,…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Bias, Textbook Standards, Social Psychology
Khodadady, Ebrahim; Shayesteh, Shaghayegh – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The perspective of English as an International Language (EIL) has been proposed mainly to alleviate the tenets of language and cultural imperialism and, of course, to facilitate communication through different varieties of English. Hence, English language classrooms are the preliminary venue for the inception of such a rudimentary movement.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Textbook Evaluation, Semantics, Syntax
Magdas, Ioana; Drîngu, Maria-Carmen – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2016
Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports of Romania through order no. 3654/29.03.2012 approved the Framework Plan for Primary Education, Preparatory Grade, First and Second Grades. New subjects and syllabuses were introduced. In 2014-2015 school year appeared new school textbooks for first and second grade. Unlike the previous textbooks…
Descriptors: Opinions, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, Elementary School Teachers
Hilton, John, III – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Textbooks are a vital component in many higher education contexts. Increasing textbook prices, coupled with general rising costs of higher education have led some instructors to experiment with substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercial textbooks as their primary class curriculum. This article synthesizes the results of 16…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Textbook Evaluation, Reading Material Selection, Educational Resources
Maden, Sedat – Online Submission, 2017
There is a very close association between language and culture. Thus, cultural values should be prioritized in language training and cultural knowledge should be concurrently instructed. Turkish culture should also be introduced to learners of Turkish as a foreign language. Therefore, it is important to determine the attitudes of learners of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Turkish, Foreign Students, Student Surveys
Badua, Frank; Sharifi, Mohsen; Mendez Mediavilla, Francis – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
The factors involved in the selection of accounting textbooks are under-investigated, and most of the research is survey-based, largely ignoring the information that could be analyzed by direct inspection of textbook content and its impact on textbook selection. In this study the authors fill this lacuna by deploying content analysis of the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Textbook Selection, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content
The Acquaintance Level of Turkish Prospective Teachers with Qualified Works of Children's Literature
Çer, Erkan; Sahin, Ertugrul – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The aim of this cross-sectional study is investigate to what extent acquainted prospective Turkish teachers are with qualified works of children's literature. A convenience sample of 146 university students studying at the Turkish teaching department at a university in the Central Black Sea Region completed a questionnaire to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Childrens Literature
Ikahihifo, Tarah K.; Spring, Kristian J.; Rosecrans, Jane; Watson, Josh – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Our study found that most students considered OER to be as good or better in terms of quality and engagement as traditional texts, while also allowing them to put saved funds toward their educational pursuits. As rising costs in higher education affect current and potential students, faculty and students are looking for ways to cut costs where…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Educational Objectives, Open Source Technology, Cost Effectiveness
Raible, John; deNoyelles, Aimee – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2015
Adopting digital materials such as eTextbooks and e-coursepacks is a potential strategy to address textbook affordability in the United States. However, university business relationships with bookstore vendors implicitly structure which instructional resources are available and in what manner. In this study, a document analysis was conducted on…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Textbooks, Contracts, Online Vendors
Obilade, Titilola T.; Burton, John K. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
This textual content analysis set out to determine the extent to which the theories, principles, and guidelines in 4 standard books of instructional design and technology were also addressed in 4 popular books on web design. The standard books on instructional design and the popular books on web design were chosen by experts in the fields. The…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Instructional Design, Electronic Publishing, Textbook Content