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| Journal of Reading | 6 |
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| Meints, Donald W. | 1 |
| O'Donnell, Holly | 1 |
| Reynolds, Patricia R. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedJevitz, Lucille; Meints, Donald W. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Gives a list of guidelines for reading specialists to use in evaluating content area textbooks. (MKM)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Reading Consultants, Secondary Education, Textbook Evaluation
Peer reviewedClewell, Suzanne F; Cliffton, Anne M. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Presents guidelines for use in examining the comprehensibility of a textbook, questions to ask about the book, and suggestions for using the guide questions. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Readability
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1981
Presents a checklist developed by the International Reading Association's Committee for Basic Education and Reading, which is designed to help teachers select materials to meet the special needs and interests of adult basic education learners and to make objective judgments based on a clear evaluation process. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Content Analysis, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedReynolds, Patricia R. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Presents criteria to help teachers choose textbooks for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) composition students, based on how well each text teaches users to write argumentative essays (a form foreign to many ESL students). Evaluates 14 textbooks using these criteria. (SR)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Textbook Evaluation
Peer reviewedKrause, Kenneth G. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Provides a check list of evaluation criteria to supplement the SMOG readability formula in choosing new content area textbooks. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Check Lists, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Holly – Journal of Reading, 1981
Presents ERIC documents that examine what goes into the textbook selection process, the outside influences on book selection, and some criteria that are used in the selection of books. (MKM)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Public Opinion
