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Hong, Dae S.; Choi, Kyong Mi; Runnalls, Cristina; Hwang, Jihyun – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2018
This study compared area lessons from Korean textbooks and US standard-based textbooks to understand differences and similarities among these textbooks, as well as how these textbooks address known learning challenges in area measurement. Several well-known challenges have been identified in previous studies, such as covering, array structure, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, Cross Cultural Studies, Textbook Content
Whitehead, George I., III; Smith, Stephanie H.; Losonczy-Marshall, Marta – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to identify the core references in introductory textbooks in two sub-disciplines of psychology: social psychology and developmental psychology. One research question was the extent to which the common references in these textbooks present the trends in contemporary research in each sub-discipline. An analysis…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Citations (References)
Stamelos, Georgios; Karachontziti, Elena; Paivandi, Saeed – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
The Greek school textbook is at the core of this article and is treated as a matter of policy. In 2003, the Greek Government decided to include the publishing of school textbooks in the current Community support framework and as a result school textbook publishing goes beyond Greek priorities and gains European interest, which means that the whole…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Educational Policy, Content Analysis
Sangam, Deepika; Jesiek, Brent K. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Many university-level electrical engineering courses continue to use textbooks as curriculum scaffolds, prescribed texts, and/or reference volumes. Textbook reliance is even more pronounced in courses that teach foundational principles of the discipline, such as introductory circuit theory. This paper reports on the conceptual coverage of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Electronic Equipment
Zervas, Theodore G. – American Educational History Journal, 2016
This paper analyzes several elementary and middle school textbooks, educational decrees, and other primary sources to help shed light on how schooling, and more generally education, during what would be known as the "Reign of the Colonels" or "Military 'Junta'" attempted to reshape a Greek national identity. This paper seeks to…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Griggs, Richard A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
To determine how topical coverage in introductory textbooks may have changed from the 1980s to the present, the author examined topic coverage in full-length and brief introductory textbooks from this time period. Because 98% of the teachers use textbooks for the introductory course and the majority do not assign reading beyond the textbook, the…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Textbook Content, Course Descriptions, Course Content
Prochner, Larry; Woitte, Sherry – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
This article compares history chapters in recent introductory early childhood education textbooks with those from an earlier study, reviewing history chapters on four dimensions: the rationale for the study of history, the dominant story of the history, the facts of the history, and the image of the history. Ten textbooks are reviewed, including…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis, Educational History
Srbinovski, Mile – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe and discuss an analysis of the extent to which environmental issues are addressed in the textbooks in the schools of the Republic of Macedonia. Research has analyzed a range of textbooks (279) published in the past 15 years. Our fundamental conclusion is that the inclusion of environmental issues in the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Comparative Analysis, Textbook Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Ferguson, Dianne L.; Ferguson, Philip M.; Kim, Joanne; Li, Corrine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
This paper analyses the descriptions of families of children with disabilities as contained in introductory special education texts over the last 50 years. These text books are typically used in pre-service teacher education courses as surveys of the education of "exceptional children". The textbooks reflect the mainstream professional…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Zinser, Brian; Brunswick, Gary – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
The rate of textbook revision cycles is examined in light of the recent trend towards more rapid revisions (and adoptions of textbooks). The authors conduct background research to better understand the context for textbook revision cycles and the environmental forces that have been influencing what appears to be more rapid textbook revisions. A…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Textbooks, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Content
Carvalho, Graça S.; Clèment, Pierre – Science Education International, 2007
In this study, 63 Portuguese primary schoolbooks (1920-2005) were analyzed. The analysis focused on text information (reference to blood absorption and association of the digestive system to other human systems) and on information from images (presence or absence of image "confusion" (when the sequence of the digestive tract is not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Biological Sciences, Scientific Concepts

Turk, Judy VanSlyke; Snedeker, Debra L. – Public Relations Review, 1986
Engages in a side-by-side comparison of the bestsellers among introductory public relations texts. Considers content, organizational method, use of supplementary materials, and authors' philosophy of public relations. Notes that the expanding choice of readings in the field mirrors the increasing interest in the study of public relations. (JD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Public Relations
Rosner, Mary – Technical Writing Teacher, 1983
Compares what 17 early technical writing textbooks have to say about style and audience with three modern texts. Concludes that the field of technical writing has not progressed very far in these two areas and calls for an increased emphasis on rhetorical invention, audience analysis, and style selection. (FL)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Literary Styles
Hines, Barbara; Nunamaker, Anne – 1985
To determine how high school journalism textbooks published from 1980 to 1985 deal with mass media and to what extent they deal with journalistic skills versus historical and theoretical content, a content analysis was made of nine comprehensive textbooks published during that period. Specific content areas that were analyzed in the historical and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Journalism Education, Mass Media

Dixon, David N.; Vrochopoulos, Sam; Burton, Jennifer – Counseling Psychologist, 1997
Examines the adequacy of descriptions of counseling psychology and its professionals in introductory psychology textbooks compared to the descriptions of other applied areas of psychology. Results indicate that counseling psychology is less represented than industrial or organizational and clinical psychology and more represented than school…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Counseling Psychology, Introductory Courses
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