Provides results of a survey of how 90 elementary and secondary teachers used their content area and English textbooks. Reports that both elementary and secondary teachers use textbooks primarily to supplement instruction, but that secondary content area teachers could benefit from inservice education to assist in flexible use of textbooks. (SKC)

Finds that experienced high school teachers become freer in the ways they use their content area textbooks, and that they are more likely to teach students how to use the text. Shows that in schools where teachers choose the textbooks, teachers make the most use of the textbook for assigned reading. (SR)

Describes the following steps in an approach to writing research reports in which students work in teams, with systematic guided practice: (1) topic selection, (2) planning, (3) researching the topic, (4) organizing, and (5) writing. Includes pointers for implementation. (JD)