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Edwin J. Gentry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between culturally relevant Black American-sounding names and potential racial microaggressions within problem-solving scenarios in mathematics. Often, marginalized groups are unfairly characterized in society, leading to biased perceptions. Initially, I hypothesized that there would be no…
Descriptors: Naming, Individual Characteristics, Blacks, African American Culture
Gustlin, Deborah Zoe – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The number of women enrolled in college increasingly outpaces the number of men. In prominent art history textbooks, however, identified men artists far outnumber women. Feminist-inspired inquiry has highlighted this imbalance and historical content analysis of art history textbooks has shown small increases in inclusion of women artists over the…
Descriptors: Females, Artists, Art History, Textbooks
Pombo, Jose M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation chronicled a multifaceted study utilizing the Historical, Philosophical, Societal and a Takeaway (HPST) Framework, an organizational tool used for document analysis. Utilizing a case study format, this research unpacked how a charter school teacher used HPST within her own ninth grade Advanced Placement World History class. As a…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Charter Schools
Stockdale, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In light of the recently published Common Core State Standards Initiative, public school curriculum has once again come under scrutiny. While curriculum debates have taken place since the very beginnings of public schooling in the United States, too few have taken more than a passing notice of the textbooks that, in many cases, comprise the…
Descriptors: Social Values, Textbooks, Public Schools, Reading Instruction
Lathan, Jamie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
While the distortions and omissions in traditional U. S. history textbook accounts of slavery have been well documented (Alexander, 2002; Brown & Brown, 2010; Banks, 1969; Council on Interracial Books for Children, 1977; Elson, 1964; Gordy & Pritchard, 1995; Kane, 1970; Kochlin, 1998; Washburn, 1997), no study has analyzed digital U. S.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, United States History, Slavery, Textbook Content
Lake-Corral, Lorien T. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation reports the results of a content analysis of Introductory Sociology textbooks in order to assess their coverage of, and approach to, the teaching of "culture" in the hopes of ultimately creating a unified approach for the introduction of students to the sociology of culture. Looking at introductory sociology textbooks,…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Introductory Courses, Sociology
Lillejord, Jebadiah Serril – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent contemporary high school world history textbooks portray Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, and Francisco Pizarro within the context of being "sacred," "profane," or someplace in between. To evaluate for existence of content bias this study employed qualitative…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Textbooks, Qualitative Research
Mann, David A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Drawing on the principles of critical multicultural teacher education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and bilingual education, this study examined how pre-service teachers were prepared to educate Emerging Bilinguals (EBs) in ESOL-infused teacher education programs in Florida universities. The textual analysis of a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Bilingual Students, Second Language Instruction
Pickle, Maria Consuelo Capiral – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study analyzed the treatment and scope of statistical concepts in four, widely-used, contemporary, middle grades mathematics textbook series: "Glencoe Math Connects," "Prentice Hall Mathematics," "Connected Mathematics Project," and "University of Chicago School Mathematics Project." There were three…
Descriptors: Statistics, Middle Schools, Textbooks, Content Analysis
Jiang, Feng – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was conducted to examine the inclusion of nature of science (NOS) in popular science writing to determine whether it could serve supplementary resource for teaching NOS. Four groups of documents published from 2001 to 2010 were included in the analysis: "Scientific American," "Discover" magazine, winners of the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Literature Reviews, Content Analysis, Periodicals
Walters, Barbara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA) will have a significant impact on what teachers teach and what primary students are supposed to be able to do (Bomer & Maloch, 2011). By the end of fourth grade, reading instruction should be evenly balanced between literary text and informational text (NGA Center and CCSSO,…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, State Standards, Content Analysis, Language Arts
Goodwin, Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Math education is as important today as it was 100 years ago when the early 20th century was transforming from the old world into an era of factories, airplanes, atomic energy, and medical breakthroughs. Educational leaders of the era were wrestling with how long children should stay in school, meeting the diverse needs of an influx of immigrants,…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Mathematics Education, Historiography, Educational History
Culig, Edna Aurora C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this quanto-historical study, the author conducted a content analysis of Asian-Pacific (AP) folk songs in 18 American elementary music textbooks published from 1967 to 2008. The researcher addressed the questions: (1) To what degree are AP folk songs included in the printed and recorded repertoire of elementary music textbook series published…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Folk Culture, Singing, Music
Kim, Younghan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Today, globalization has increased cross-border migration in many countries. The public school classroom in the United States has been getting more diverse, linguistically, culturally, racially, and ethnically. Classrooms in South Korea are also becoming linguistically, culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse because of the fast growth of…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Studies, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis
Padgett, Gary – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the portrayal of American Indians in U.S. textbooks selected for review in Hillsborough County, Florida's 2012 textbook adoption. The study identified which of the textbooks under consideration contained the greatest amount of information dedicated to American Indians. The study then analyzed…
Descriptors: United States History, American Indians, American Indian History, Textbooks
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