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Shinyu Oh; Tae-Young Kim – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
This study explores how English education developed in North Korea by analyzing the characteristics of secondary English textbooks published in the pre- and post-Kim Jong Un eras. We performed comparative analyses of textbooks for six secondary schools--three each for the junior middle and senior middle schools--published before and after Kim Jong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Secondary Schools, Instructional Materials
Deringöl, Yasemin; Guseinova, Elvira – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2022
Textbooks are one of the learning mediums. The activities in mathematics textbooks and qualities of these activities are of paramount importance. Problem-posing is one of the activities in these textbooks. Many researchers emphasize that examination of textbooks is important in explaining student success. The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Elementary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Foreign Countries
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
Timothy S. Faith; Glenda Breaux – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2023
Open educational resources (OERs) are an alternative textbook to publisher materials used by colleges and universities. While OERs likely reduce the cost of college for students, research is mixed on the impact of these textbooks on student success in college. The present study utilizes preference score matching (PSM) methodology to compare OER…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Publishing Industry
Nam Nhat Lien; Nhi Hoa Mai; Nguyen Huynh Trang – TESL-EJ, 2024
In EFL countries where English is rarely practiced outside the classroom, textbooks have become the major input source for learners. Particularly in Vietnam, multiple textbook series are available simultaneously for the same grade. Thus, it is important to examine if their vocabulary is appropriate and of similar difficulty. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Independent Study, English (Second Language)
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)
Ihrig, Jane; Wolla, Scott – Journal of Economic Education, 2022
The topic of the Federal Reserve's (the Fed's) implementation of monetary policy has a significant presence in economics textbooks. Unfortunately, as the Fed purposefully shifted the way it implements monetary policy to an environment with ample reserves in the banking system, many textbooks have not kept up. The authors walk through the key…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Economics Education, Financial Policy, Textbooks
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
Li, Xiying; Tan, Zuyu; Shen, Jiliang; Hu, Weiping; Chen, Yinghe; Wang, Jingying – Research in Science Education, 2020
Based on the "analytical framework of nature of science" (NOS) in junior school science textbooks, a content analysis method was adopted to analyze the NOS in junior middle school physical textbooks (grade 8) of five editions authorized by the Ministry of Education of China, and the features of NOS were analyzed and compared. It was…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Grade 8, Textbooks, Scientific Principles
Arensmeier, Cecilia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: The aim of the article is to examine civic education in Sweden with regard to equality, by comparing curricula and textbooks for social studies in different tracks in upper-secondary school. Method: The study is based on qualitative text analysis, with quantitative features. The analysis maps themes covered, the extent and depth of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
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
Anjali Adukia; Emileigh Harrison – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Curricula impart knowledge, instill values, and shape collective memory. Despite growing public funding for religious schools through U.S. school choice programs, little is known about what they teach. We examine textbooks from public schools, religious private schools, and home schools, applying computational methods -- including the use of…
Descriptors: State Church Separation, Public Schools, Private Schools, Curriculum Evaluation
Chan, Hang – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2021
The current study considers the notion that English textbooks produced for different markets are likely to manifest different pedagogical emphases. The study begins the research context by contemplating possible similarities and differences between English textbooks produced in two neighbouring markets, Hong Kong (HK) and the People's Republic of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phrase Structure
Gallagher, Tiffany; Fazio, Xavier; Ciampa, Katia – Canadian Journal of Education, 2017
Science curriculum standards were mapped onto various texts (literacy readers, trade books, online articles). Statistical analyses highlighted the inconsistencies among readability formulae for Grades 2-6 levels of the standards. There was a lack of correlation among the readability measures, and also when comparing different text sources. Online…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Readability, Textbooks, Science Education
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