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Peer reviewedCowles, Hovey M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
This article presents a checksheet for systematically evaluating foreign language textual materials. (CLK)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Wood, Merle W. – Balance Sheet, 1977
Selection of instructional materials for business and distributive education programs is increasingly difficult because there are more materials, new courses, and programs, matching instruction to the student, and some teacher options. The writer presents steps for use by school personnel in evaluation and adoption of text materials. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Education, Distributive Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1980
This booklet shows teachers and administrators how their school districts can use the Reading Authority List of the Reading Information System I (I-RIS), an analytic process for making decisions about language arts curriculum materials. Following an outline of I-RIS, pages of the Reading Authority List are accompanied by guidelines for using the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textIllinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1974
Designed for both school and community personnel, this guide provides assistance in the evaluation and selection of ethnically valid instructional materials which reflect the role and contributions of the diverse racial and ethnic groups in American society. There is a list of 10 criteria for the selection of instructional materials and a…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias, Evaluation Criteria
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1987
This compilation of legal documents and guidelines is intended for use when designing new policies or revising existing policies for the evaluation and selection of print and nonprint instructional materials for elementary and secondary schools and their media centers. These materials focus on the following: (1) textbooks, materials of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Status
Kunder, Linda H. – 1976
Textbook and instructional materials selection procedures obtained from a survey of 414 selected school districts in 33 states and the District of Columbia are presented and analyzed in this report. Seventeen states were not included because the selection process in these states occurs at the state rather than at the local school system level.…
Descriptors: Committees, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Blackburn, Guy; And Others – 1983
A brief and flexible overview is presented of the steps that should be taken to revise social studies instruction. The booklet lists 10 steps in the revision process. Each step has a brief commentary followed by questions that a local curriculum planning group may want to consider. Some resources to help answer these questions are included. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
