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Bing Wei; Zhangyu Zhan; Zhimeng Jiang; Linwei Yu – Research in Science Education, 2025
Intellectual demands of learning outcomes in the intended curriculum have always been a concern across the field of science education. In particular, the representation of those learning outcomes stipulated by the intended curriculum in science textbooks has become a big issue for both science curriculum studies and science teaching practice. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Nu Anh Vo; Trung Nguyen Tran – TESOL Journal, 2025
This study examines coursebooks used to teach English to undergraduate students majoring in English at a public university in Vietnam. The aim is to evaluate the extent to which the coursebooks prepare students for future use of English as an international language. This is in response to a call made by key scholars, including those in Vietnam,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Second Language Instruction
Tugrul Gökmen Sahin; Mehmet Coskun – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The texts in the textbooks are one of the basic materials in terms of conveying elements such as achievement, value, and competence in the curriculum. The fact that the texts are suitable for the level of the students helps the students understand and analyze the text better. In this study, it is aimed at determining the readability levels of the…
Descriptors: Readability, Turkish, Textbooks, Anxiety
Dali, Ning – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
The selection of an appropriate textbook has always been a great concern of teachers and students. Frameworks for the evaluation of textbook in previous researches are too complex to help a quick decision. This paper firstly gives an account of Chinese students' needs in learning EAP [English for academic purposes]. It then proposes a framework…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Selection, Textbook Preparation, English for Academic Purposes
Hoshangabadwala, Alefiyah – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2015
This research is an exploratory study that investigates students' perceptions pertinent to textbook layout and organization and their evaluation of the textbook ease of learning. The objective is to find out whether the layout dynamics of school textbooks make any difference in students' interest in studying or subject understanding. 73 students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Textbook Selection, Layout (Publications)
Reigeluth, Charles M.; Sari, Fulya – NSPI Journal, 1980
Briefly summarizes some recent advances in instructional science and indicates how this knowledge can be used to improve the instructional quality of textbooks and other instructional materials. Procedures for developing a textbook and for evaluating a textbook are provided. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Instructional Design, Learning Theories, Models

Graves, Michael F.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1991
Replicates an earlier study in which students read versions of passages rewritten by composition instructors, text linguists, or Time-Life writers. Finds that the composition instructor's revisions were the most effective. Points out methodological lessons learned. Comments on some conclusions on improving textbook design and the measures used in…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Watt, Michael G. – 2002
This paper summarizes the findings of a study examining the impact of standards-based and curriculum reforms on the role of curriculum materials in educational systems in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia. Concepts derived from a model of decision-oriented evaluation were applied to define a typology to classify…
Descriptors: Classification, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Lerner, Lawrence S.; Bennetta, William J. – Science Teacher, 1988
Defines scientific theory. States that life science textbooks often misrepresent theory in their presentations. Presents an analysis of "Prentice Hall Life Science," a textbook adopted by several states including California, and two other popular texts. Criticizes these texts for equating myths, beliefs, legends, and theories, and their…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Biological Sciences, Opinions, Science Education
Bahry, Stephen A, – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
For newly independent Central Asian republics a debate has arisen about how much of the aims, content and pedagogy of old Soviet-era curricula to retain, how much to revise or replace, and with what. There is a need to replace and revise textbooks, which are wearing out and outdated. Financial crisis has made the financial support of external…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Donors, Educational Change, Foreign Countries

Epstein, Terrie L. – Social Studies, 1994
Contends that differences in historical interpretations presented in textbooks have implications for citizenship education. Compares the treatment of the civil rights movement in two secondary level U.S. history textbooks. Concludes that selection committees should examine historical interpretation as well the amount of information about…
Descriptors: Black History, Citizenship Education, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
Clark, Marilyn; And Others – 1980
A study explored the effectiveness of secondary school textbooks as tools for developing attitudes or skills that are essential for lifelong learning. During the study, a student textbook review questionnaire was administered to about 60 students from five high schools in the Portland, Oregon area. The students were asked to evaluate eight social…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biology, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills