In "Textbook Publishers and Academics" and "Some Observations on Sociology", Sheryl Fullerton and Franklin C. Graham discuss the history of sociology textbooks; the viewpoints of professors and publishers; and the goals of textbook publication. States that with changes in the sociology curriculum, textbook change will follow. (GEA)

Describes what publishers can do to improve textbooks and teaching, and what teachers can do with inadequate textbooks to repair the "faulty" state of language education. Lists nine "knowns" about language education and explains how textbooks can exploit that knowledge within existing constraints. (RS)

Discusses the challenges of teaching English at two-year colleges, devising new methods of teaching composition and literature to reluctant writers and readers. Suggests that much of the important intellectual work from two-year colleges has been produced in the form of textbooks, and is also shown in curriculum development, interdisciplinary…

Investigated the nature and representation of vocabulary instruction in the teachers' edition of social studies textbooks for grades four through eight. Found that although publishers realized the importance of vocabulary, they continued to include vocabulary activities that represent traditional rather than higher order ideas about how to support…

Mathematics textbook publishers often include recommended tradebooks to be used in mathematics instruction. Teachers, however, remain unaware of the criteria used by the publishers when making their recommendations. Using Schiro's (1997) standards for assessing mathematics in children's literature, this inquiry assessed the quality of 127…

The aim of this article is to map out the priority directions and shape the program for the development of the textbook. The tasks of adjusting the aims of education, renovating the priority directions in the selection of the content of areas of education and school subjects, and improving the tools and means, methods, and organizational forms of…

The role of textbook publishing in educational reform is examined in this paper. The study evaluated a 4-year project in which three schools in the Netherlands implemented an open learning program (OLP) and created their own publishing company. Following the introduction, the second part provides a description of the OLP. The third part explains…

Publishers of high school composition textbooks gather information about the "book market" through outside statistical analyses or case studies and through their own interviews and polls. Recently, such studies and interviews have revealed significant differences in classroom practices. Consequently, publishers are faced with such…

Changes the state of California wishes incorporated in the materials used by the children of the State become incorporated in the publishers' national editions to ensure their availability whether the textbooks are supplied by the California state printers or the publishers. (RC)

Concentration on the role of educators in curriculum development has ignored the power of the producer/publishers. Canada's elhi (elementary/high school) publishing is dominated by very large multinational publishers. Learning materials in language arts, social studies, and science reflect the business interests of the multinational publishers in…

This report describes a project which analyzed science and social studies textbooks to determine how well they accommodate the learning needs of mainstreamed hard-to-teach students. A textbook analysis tool was developed, and eight teacher-reviewers examined the instructional design of teachers' and students' editions of 12 leading elementary and…

VOCABULARY LEVEL, INTEREST LEVEL, AUTHOR, TITLE, AND PUBLISHER ARE LISTED FOR 2,129 BOOKS. BOOKS ARE LISTED BY VOCABULARY LEVEL WHICH RANGES FROM PRIMER TO GRADE 7. INTEREST LEVEL RANGE IS FROM PRIMER TO GRADE 12. CONTRIBUTING PUBLISHERS AND THEIR ADDRESSES ARE PROVIDED. (MY)

UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF R. STEWART JONES, ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF DIVISION 15 OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, A COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO STUDY THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. THE COMMITTEE SAW A USEFUL PURPOSE IN A HANDBOOK THAT WOULD SUMMARIZE RESOURCE MATERIALS AND THE CREATIVE METHODS AND…

For instructional films to be effective teaching device, testing based on their subject material must be devised and used. Serial Multiple Discrimination Teaching Examinations (Teaching Tests or TT's) have been so used in an introductory psychology course attended by 5,000 students in the last five years. Since these tests have a low chance factor…

This article looks at why educational publishers produce materials for children with a limited regard for children's interests. (CD)