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Talmage, Harriet – Curriculum Review, 1981
This article is designed to help textbook selection committees and personnel make better choices of instructional materials. It outlines the types of information selectors will need about their own districts' curriculum and characteristics and presents a chart for design analysis of this data which can be used in textbook evaluation. (SJL)
Descriptors: Charts, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Talmage, Harriet – Curriculum Review, 1981
Presents a three-phase process for selecting instructional materials: (1) screening materials; (2) matching screened materials to identified district characteristics and needs; and (3) decision-making. Part I of this three-part article appeared in "Curriculum Review," January 1981, pp9-14. (SJL)
Descriptors: Charts, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Osborn, Jean – Curriculum Review, 1987
Describes "A Guide to Selecting Basal Reading Programs," which was developed to help textbook adoption committees select basal reading texts in elementary schools. Topics discussed include development of booklets that describe various aspects of reading instruction and the role of the guidelines in improving the quality of basal reading…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Check Lists, Elementary Education, Guidelines
