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Haghi, Eshrat Bazarmaj – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
The importance of the course books in language teaching leads the way to the evaluation of them. Evaluating the teaching materials specially course books can help teachers to understand more about language learning. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate English Results course books which are widely used at Iranian institutes. The focus…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English (Second Language), College Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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Slisko, Josip; Hadzibegovic, Zalkida – European Journal of Physics Education, 2011
Since long time ago, many authors advocated for more presence of physics history in physics teaching and learning in order to give students a better vision of the "nature of science", in other words, to let them learn not only established physics knowledge but also the ways of how physicists managed to get that knowledge. Generally,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Physics, Science Instruction, Science History
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Pappa, Eleni T.; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
One way of checking to what extent instructional textbooks achieve their aim is to evaluate the questions they contain. In this work, we analyze the questions that are included in the chapters on chemical bonding of ten general chemistry textbooks. We study separately the questions on intra- and on intermolecular bonding, with the former…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Molecular Structure
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Gurung, Regan A. R.; Martin, Ryan C. – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
The authors constructed the Textbook Assessment and Usage Scale (TAUS) to measure students' textbook evaluations. They tested the scale in 6 introductory and 3 upper level classes. In Studies 1 and 2, the authors developed the TAUS, tested its psychometric properties, and determined which factors predicted how much students read the book and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
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Lindquist, David H. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2012
Despite its importance as the event establishing that the 20th century would be known as "the age of genocide," the destruction of the Armenians that occurred between the mid-1890s and 1923 is given marginal coverage in contemporary U. S. high school history textbooks. This article critiques that coverage and identifies the overall flow…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Homicide, Death
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Maranto, Robert – Journal of School Choice, 2012
This article presents the author's critique on Robert Weissberg's book titled "Bad Students, Not Bad Schools". The author argues that Weissberg's readable, controversial "Bad Students, Not Bad Schools" (2010) is funny, acerbic, bold, and slaughters more than a few sacred cows of what Weissberg calls the "failed educational industrial complex." As…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Criticism
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Mesa, Vilma; Suh, Heejoo; Blake, Tyler; Whittemore, Timothy – PRIMUS, 2012
We present an analysis of several characteristics of examples in 10 college algebra textbooks used in community colleges or 4-year institutions. We analyzed the examples along four dimensions: cognitive demand, the responses expected, the use of representations, and the strategies available for verifying the correctness of the solutions. We found…
Descriptors: Algebra, Textbooks, Problem Solving, Graphing Calculators
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Guiyu, Dai; Yang, Liu – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This paper first reviews the developmental history and status quo of Business English Program in China. Then based on the theory of needs analysis, it researches on 226 questionnaires from Business English Program students from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies to investigate the problems encountered and current situation of Business English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business English, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Wen-Cheng, Wang; Chien-Hung, Lin; Chung-Chieh, Lee – English Language Teaching, 2011
Textbooks provide novice teachers with guidance in course and activity design; it assures a measure of structure, consistency, and logical progression in a class; It meets a learner's needs or expectations of having something concrete to work from and take home for further study; It may provide multiple resources: tapes, CDs, videos, self-study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Role
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Ghiso, Maria Paula; Campano, Gerald; Hall, Ted – Journal of Children's Literature, 2012
Children's literature remains a primary vehicle for intellectual and imaginative maturation, and it is thus important to ask whether younger students have the opportunity to transact with books that represent and raise questions about shared experiences and cooperation across social, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. The authors examine three…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Literature Appreciation, Literary Criticism
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Igbaria, Abdul Kareem – International Education Studies, 2013
This study dealt with analysis of the study units in the textbook "Horizons" for 9th-grade students studying English in mixed ability classes. The study sought to examine the variety in the cognitive level represented by the WH-questions in the textbook according to Bloom's taxonomy. The study also attempted to examine the extent in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, English Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Vafeas, Mario – Journal of Marketing Education, 2013
While textbooks remain a key part of the teaching and learning process, evidence suggests that student completion of reading assignments is lower than teacher expectations. Although there is a small body of literature examining textbook use, studies relating specifically to marketing textbooks are sparse. This article seeks to explore how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Marketing, Textbook Evaluation, Use Studies
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Gkitzia, Vasiliki; Salta, Katerina; Tzougraki, Chryssa – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
The study of Chemistry deals essentially with three types of chemical representations: macro, submicro, and symbolic. Research has consistently shown that students experience difficulties in understanding and interpreting the representations, in making translations between different types of representations, and in constructing them. In this…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Criteria, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Sagafi-nejad, Tagi; Limaye, Aditya – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2014
As a field of study, international business (IB) has evolved with accelerated tempo in the last four decades. The subject has brought with it an increasing plethora of textbooks. We analyze the contents of major textbooks, both classic and new, to find the extent to which these textbooks cover the various components of the common body of knowledge…
Descriptors: International Trade, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Business Administration Education
Guadagni, Donald – Online Submission, 2015
This instructional paper examines the lack of L2 English skills demonstrated by Chinese post-secondary education students and the results of empiric testing to determine what key language functions were missing from a student's tool box when exiting their primary education phase.The identification of these skills and ability gaps allowed for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Total Quality Management, English (Second Language)
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