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Barnett, Stanley A.; And Others – 1967
A two week survey was conducted to: (1) investigate the state of developmental book activity in Laos, (2) determine the priority of Laos's book needs, (3) develop program recommendations to meet the needs and (4) formulate regional recommendations. Recommendations on materials and methods needed are: (1) continuation of textbook distribution on a…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Books, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Komoski, P. Kenneth – 1974
A major legacy of the "go-go years", the late 50's and 60's when federal and foundation funding of education increased so much, was a huge increase in the number of instructional materials (both print and non-print) available to the schools. The efforts of the non-commercial curriculum development teams have been swamped by this increase and their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Cheshier, Stephen R. – 1974
The overall goal of the study was to determine if a new text in electronic communications should be written, and if so, the nature of its content, depth, and format. A review of current related studies and study objectives are presented. A questionnaire was mailed to 50 post secondary technical schools, with 40 responding. Seven major objectives…
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Assessment, Electromechanical Technology, Higher Education
Scardina, Florence – 1972
Thirty-six textbooks used by the Pittsburgh public schools at grade levels K-5 were reviewed to see how they treat girls vs. boys and men vs. women. Language, reading, science, social studies, and mathematics texts were evaluated. Blatant sexism is found in all areas. Different ideas of behavior and mores are propagated for boys than for girls;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Females, Feminism
Wilson, James W., Ed.; Begle, Edward G., Ed. – 1972
This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Further, it is of the subseries that reports the data analyses for the possible correlates of mathematics achievement; this particular report contains the data on correlates classified as teacher background and opinion variables for grades 4…
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation
Wilson, James W., Ed.; Begle, Edward G., Ed. – 1972
This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Further, it is of the subseries that reports the data analyses for the possible correlates of mathematics achievement; this particular report contains the data on correlates classified as school-community and demographic variables for students…
Descriptors: Achievement, Community Characteristics, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics
Davison, Donald G.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades one through six. The study, supported by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials made under the direction…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Mount Diablo Unified School District, Concord, CA. – 1973
The handbook contains teacher evaluations of secondary social studies materials used in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD), Orinda, California. The Materials Testing Program of MDUSD is an effort to involve secondary teachers in the process of evaluating social studies materials in certain concept areas: conflict, social change, man's…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Conflict, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1969
This four-part guide outlines suggestions for the integration of minority studies into the curriculum of Kansas schools. Part 1, a discussion of how materials by and about minorities failed to be included in past curriculums, is presented with a plea for their inclusion in the future. Guidelines for incorporating minority studies into existing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Black Literature, Curriculum Enrichment
Wiley, Karen B.; Superka, Douglas P. – 1976
Evaluation studies for 68 sets of social studies curriculum project materials developed in the sixties and seventies are identified. The reports include data from actual use of K-12 materials in teacher training and classroom situations. Three major data bases were searched in the spring of 1976 to identify existing evaluation studies: the ERIC…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Funke, Peter – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1978
Discusses usefulness of various texts, offering a "functional catalog" listing texts in various groups, one showing relative difficulty, others being contrast pairs, as: generalized/specialized, intensive/extensive, historical/present. Criteria for choosing texts for teaching qualities are given. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: American Culture, Area Studies, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Tabbert, Reinbert – Englisch, 1977
Advocates the use of sociological topics, such as North American Indians, in teaching English in Grades 5-10. Criticizes five texts currently used in various types of German schools for their stereotyped approach, and suggests certain supplementary texts as antidotes. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Area Studies, Cultural Education

DeGroff, Linda-Jo Caple; Leu, Donald J., Jr. – Written Communication, 1987
Examines three recent elementary school level language arts textbook programs to determine the frequency of writing activities, the nature of writing tasks, and the frequency of process-approach activities such as selecting topics, prewriting, sharing, revising, and publishing. Finds that process activities were seldom recommended. (SKC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Evaluation, Prewriting, Program Content

Finneman, Michael D. – Modern Language Journal, 1987
While foreign language textbooks have improved in recent years, the standard grammatical base remains unchanged. Instead of the usual morphologically-based syllabus, a semantico-grammatical one is suggested in which the categories, relating meaning and form, make it possible to teach language structure in a coherent and communicatively relevant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Proficiency, Morphology (Languages), Notional Functional Syllabi

Reyhner, John – Journal of American Indian Education, 1986
A study of eight basal reading series was conducted to determine how Native American characters are portrayed in basal readers and how much realism is in recently published stories. Native Americans were not presented in first grade stories. Fifth grade stories were realistic and well written. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Basal Reading, Cultural Context