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"My Family Makes This!": Including Cookbooks in the Classroom Library
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Walker, Sharryn Larsen; Walker, Natalie M. – Reading Teacher, 2018
Finding culturally relevant informational books for a classroom library can be difficult. However, expanding the definition of informational text to include procedural forms, specifically cookbooks, can enhance the cultural relevance, range, and number of books available for students to read. Reasons for placing cookbooks in the classroom library…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Textbooks, Culturally Relevant Education, Nonfiction
ERIC/RCS: The Quality of Textbooks.
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Holbrook, Hilary Taylor – Reading Teacher, 1985
Examines the quality of basal readers and textbooks, discusses some of the forces affecting textbook quality and selection, and offers suggestions for coping with less-than-adequate reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Reading Instruction
The Eyes of Textbooks Are upon You (Research to Practice).
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Jongsma, 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
Evaluation and Selection of Basal Reading Programs.
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Miller, 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