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Silver, Lawrence S.; Stevens, Robert E.; Clow, Kenneth E. – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
Textbooks are an integral component of the higher education process. However, a great deal of concern about the high costs of college textbooks has been expressed by those inside and outside of higher education. The authors focus on the results of a pilot study of a survey of marketing professors' criteria and use of textbooks and their reactions…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Marketing, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Experience
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Abdelmalak, Mariam; Trespalacios, Jesús – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The article explores the structure of a graduate educational technology course that used a learner-centered approach to prepare students to be independent responsible learners. Key features of this approach were the balance of power between the instructor and students, involving students in decision-making about their learning, sharing the…
Descriptors: Learner Controlled Instruction, Technology Education, Graduate Students, Teacher Student Relationship
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Guilloteaux, Marie J. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
This paper outlines a procedure for language textbook analysis from the perspective of second language acquisition (SLA) principles as a preliminary procedure to evaluation for selection. The aim is to provide a tool that allows comparison of the potential of textbooks for supporting students' language learning. To this end, ten general principles…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Gallingane, Caitlin; Han, Heejeong Sophia – Childhood Education, 2015
One of the key objectives of childhood education is to build empathy and understanding in students. Young children with the ability to comprehend and regulate their own emotions--and empathize with the emotions and experiences of others--go on to achieve greater learning outcomes and more positive relationships than children who do not develop…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Evidence, Educational Strategies
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Chao, Tzu-Chia – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2016
In the context of globalisation, intercultural teaching has been suggested as an objective in English as lingua franca (ELF) education, which has challenged English teachers in acquiring the intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in English language teaching (ELT). However, empirical research exploring the intercultural capabilities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Foreign Workers, Teacher Attitudes
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Makgato, Moses; Ramaligela, Sylvia Manto – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
Learning support materials, including commercially prepared textbooks, play a central role in the implementation of a new curriculum. In South Africa, classroom resource materials such as textbooks are reported to have had a considerable influence on Teachers' pedagogical practices. The aim of the article is to explore the criteria that Grade 9…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Selection, Foreign Countries, Textbook Content
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Gurung, Regan; Landrum, R. Eric – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Faculty perceptions of textbook quality, anecdotal posts to listservs, and published ratings frequently determine textbook choice. Although faculty members intend to have students use the textbooks, few published empirical studies assess student opinions. In two studies, students rated widely adopted introductory psychology textbooks on eight…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Mail, Visual Aids, Psychology
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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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Li, Juan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Needs Analysis is a valuable and irreplaceable tool in the curriculum design of Business English courses. It ensures a focused and efficient curriculum design responsive to the learners' needs. This paper analyses the needs of Business English undergraduates and the information obtained may offer some helpful suggestions to the setting of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Needs Assessment, Business English, English (Second Language)
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2012
New laws in California have set the state on a course for some potentially significant changes to the curriculum, including a measure that revisits the matter of teaching Algebra 1 in 8th grade and another that revamps the state's textbook-adoption process and hands districts greater leeway in choosing instructional materials. The algebra-related…
Descriptors: State Standards, Algebra, State Programs, Grade 8
Monaghan, Susan R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to extend the research on textbook effectiveness to a situated investigation of a single large urban school district in which middle schools were given a choice in selecting from three textbooks for mathematics instruction: a reform textbook, a commercially produced textbook developed in response to mathematics…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
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Williamson, Stan; Stevens, Robert E.; Silver, Lawrence S.; Clow, Kenneth E. – Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 2011
This study uses Internet survey methodology to target management instructors' views on the cost of textbooks and the strategies that might be exercised by universities, publishers, and legislatures to control cost increases. From a random sample of 2,893 management professors selected, using university websites, from universities throughout the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Costs, Business Administration Education, Teacher Attitudes
Nelson, Loui Lord; Arthur, Elizabeth J.; Jensen, William R.; Van Horn, George – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
In 2008, the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation began the social studies textbook adoption process. Concurrently, the Indiana State Board of Education wrote a memo encouraging schools to look at digital resources; BCSC did not hesitate. This article describes why BCSC chose to move to a digital format at the secondary level, the process…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Textbooks, Electronic Libraries, Layout (Publications)
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LaBelle, Jeffrey T. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Many middle school teachers lack adequate criteria to critically select materials that represent a variety of L2 teaching models. This study analyzes the illustrated and written content of 33 ELL textbooks to determine the range of L2 teaching models represented. The researchers asked to what extent do middle school ELL texts depict frequency and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Teaching Models, Content Analysis, Middle School Teachers
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Wood, David F.; Kohun, Frederick G.; Laverty, Joseph Packy – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
This paper reports on a study of systems analysis textbooks in terms of topics covered and academic background of the authors. It addresses the consistency within IS curricula with respect to the content of a systems analysis and design course using the object-oriented approach. The research questions addressed were 1: Is there a consistency among…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Textbooks, Computer Science Education, Curriculum
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