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Peer reviewedGuenther, John; Hansen, Patricia – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1977
The purposes of this study were to determine the social studies series adoption policies of midwestern school districts and to identify the most popular and successful series in use. Data were provided by elementary principals in 186 randomly selected school districts. Available from: Department of Social Science Education, University of Georgia,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Teacher, 1972
Study reveals the stress teachers place upon instructional materials and their use in teaching a variety of subjects. (RK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Peer reviewedMarsh, Colin J. – Social Studies, 1983
A survey of social studies professors in Australian colleges and universities showed that curriculum materials analysis is not a major emphasis in elementary methods courses. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textDavison, Donald G.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades one through six. The study, supported by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials made under the direction…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Eash, Maurice J.; Rasher, Sue Pinzur – 1978
This case study recounts the attempts of two school districts to improve decision making on the adoption of a new elementary social studies curriculum by using formal evaluation methodology. The study's main objective was to develop a series of criterion referenced (mastery level) tests from a list of social studies objectives to determine whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Course Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
