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Peer reviewedWolinski, John T.; Bozman, Maurice W. – Social Studies, 1983
The Raygor Readability Estimate, described in this article, is much like the widely used Fry Readability Graph, except that it determines vocabulary difficulty by counting words of six or more letters, rather than by counting syllables. An evaluation found that Raygor was faster and easier to use and more objective than the Fry method. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas
Truett, Carol – Educational Technology, 1984
Describes a study conducted to determine prevalence of educational software field testing by producers, number of teachers and students participating, evaluation criteria used, whether documentation includes field test results, field test value, and other evaluation methods utilized during product development. Textbook versus software evaluation,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Courseware, Documentation, Field Tests
Peer reviewedBell, Samuel R. – Social Education, 1983
Roosevelt is usually described as a liberal, but a number of recent books see him as essentially conservative. Suggests how these books can be used to study the New Deal era and the concepts of liberal and conservative. Comparative analysis could structure the teaching unit. (CS)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Comparative Analysis, Economics, Historiography
Download full textKetcham, Allen F.; Rossman, Joseph E., Jr. – 1988
The 66th and 67th Texas legislatures mandated that an economics course with an emphasis on the free enterprise system and its benefits be a required course for all students graduating from Texas high schools. This paper presents an analysis of the 1982-1988 textbooks adopted for that course. The key concepts evaluated were: definition of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System
Reittinger, Donna Lis; Crowley-Long, Kathleen – 1992
A study was conducted at the College of Saint Rose, in Albany, New York, to evaluate the effectiveness of a student workbook that accompanies the 5th edition of the textbook "Introduction to Psychology: Exploration and Application," by Dennis Coon. The study examined the academic performance and attitudes of 106 undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Layton, Donald H. – 1987
This paper is based on an analysis of 83 syllabuses and/or catalog descriptions of courses on the politics of education, educational policymaking, and policy analysis received from members of the Politics of Education Association in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This material provided information on what topics were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Peer reviewedBennett, Paul W. – History Teacher, 1990
The senior author of a textbook presenting U.S. and Canadian history in a comparative framework criticizes U.S. history textbooks for their interpretations of Native Americans and for their mystifying tendencies. Explains how "Canada: A North American Nation" presents a more detached perspective and offers a second opinion on some of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), History Instruction
