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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
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
