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Donovan, Carol A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 2001
Describes the intermediate forms of children's informational and story composition across the elementary grades. Finds that even the youngest children differentiated between the genres with over half of all kindergartners and first graders producing texts classified at some level of organizational complexity above labels and statement, and by…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Childrens Writing, Elementary Education, Grammar

de Berg, Kevin C. – Science Education, 1989
Examines the possibility that part of the problem in the teaching of physical science may lie in teaching-learning materials. Selects 14 chemistry textbooks and 14 physics textbooks in Australia. Analyzes them based on learning theory and scientific literacy. (YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Curriculum

Jan Schellens, Peter; De Jong, Menno – Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1997
Describes a small-scale experiment in which five professional writers were asked to revise brochure fragments based on the feedback from readers. Discusses the type of feedback collected from readers and how the experiment focused on the revision phase following formative text evaluation. (SG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
Mikk, Jaan – 2002
This paper begins by providing an overview of three types of textbook research methods: asking teachers, parents, or students about the different aspects of textbook quality; textbook analysis, i.e. counting some characteristics of a textbook using strictly fixed rules; and the experimental evaluation of textbooks, usually carried out in schools.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools

Molto, Mavis; Svenonius, Elaine – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Study results indicate that it is feasible to develop automatic name recognition algorithms to distinguish character strings representing names from other character strings occurring in English language titles. This finding offers cautious promise for alleviating some of the labor intensive work of cataloging. (16 references) (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cataloging, Computer System Design, Expert Systems

Katayama, Andrew D.; Crooks, Steven M. – Learning Assistance Review, 2001
Describes two experiments conducted to investigate the effects of notetaking format on achievement. Students constructed and studied different types of notes: partial (framework and partial notes), skeletal (framework with no notes), and control (no framework and no notes). Found that, based on an application test, students who completed and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Text

Smith, Cynthia R. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2001
Describes a young child, age two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half, as he interacts with three types of storybook media (CD-ROM, Language Experience Approach, and traditional) at home with his mother. Reveals seven distinct episodes of interaction, which were compared across storybook media experiences. Finds that the proportion of engagement in…
Descriptors: Electronic Text, Language Experience Approach, Literacy, Optical Data Disks