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Yilmaz, Ali – Online Submission, 2008
The main purpose of this study is to determine the level of use of primary sources in the 6th Grade Social Studies Course Books. The "document analysis" method from among the qualitative research methods was used in the study. The study was conducted on 4 books from among the Social Studies course books published by total of 6 Publishing…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Social Studies
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Roller, Cathy M. – Social Education, 1986
Ninth-grade social studies students were asked to paraphrase a text excerpt. Results showed that students encounter the most serious reading difficulties when texts fail to take into account students' lack of background information and thus seriously underwrite the ideas. What authors and editors should do to improve textbooks is discussed.
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education
Woodward, Arthur – 1986
The paper analyzes seven widely-used fifth grade social studies textbooks with the hypothesis that texts are unnecessarily loaded with poorly conceived instructional design features that often do not relate to content or skills and tend to minimize the primary function of the texts. Using present and future challenges facing the United States as a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Minimum Competencies, Social Studies
Association of American Publishers, New York, NY. – 1981
This interim report, intended to help textbook authors and publishers, describes the results of a project in which American schools critiqued Soviet textbooks and Soviet scholars critiqued American textbooks. Secondary level history and geography texts were the focus of the study. There are five chapters to the report: Background to the Study;…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
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Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G. – Educational Researcher, 1988
Focuses on the content and presentation of instructional sequences on the American Revolution in four commercial fifth-grade social studies textbook series. Discusses problems with content, learning objectives, background, and explanation. (FMW)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 5
American Textbook Council, New York, NY. – 1994
Based on expert review and research, this book provides an innovative standard and guide to social studies textbooks used in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms for content, style, and design. The standards provide a foundation for individuals to select satisfactory textbooks and to help educators and school boards in the adoption of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Textbooks, Social Studies, Textbook Bias
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Beck, Isabel L. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1991
Uses a cognitive processing perspective to revise fifth grade social studies texts, to describe those revisions, and to demonstrate their effects empirically. Finds that students reading the revised text recalled more material and answered more questions correctly than did those reading the original text. Concludes that a text-processing approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Baker, Simon – Journal of Geography, 1996
Examines the strengths and weaknesses of an 1828 geography textbook for children, specifically in relation to other textbooks. Jesse Olney's text deviated from the norm by introducing the students to activities focused on community and local geography. Ethnocentrism and racism occasionally marred the lavishly illustrated text. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Williams, Ray – 1982
A British publisher conducted a readability study of its English language content area texts being used in foreign countries to determine how the texts could be made more readable. A cloze procedure assessment of a secondary school Hong Kong social studies series indicated that the English texts were too difficult for 91% of the pupils tested.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language)
Cole, John Y., Ed.; Sticht, Thomas G., Ed. – 1981
Focusing on current knowledge of the textbook in American education and society, the 18 papers in this collection represent the views of educators, publishers, state and federal education officers, librarians, authors, and industry critics. Papers in the first section, "Textbooks and Literacy," deal with the role of the textbook in the curriculum;…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mraz, Mark – Social Studies Journal, 1997
Provides some background on Frank Abbott Magruder and compares the 1917 and 1993 editions of his landmark textbook, "American Government." Although the text has gone through 76 editions it remains true to Magruder's original intention to portray the fluid and dynamic nature of U.S. democracy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Authors, Citizenship Education, Civics, Content Analysis
Clark, Marilyn; And Others – 1980
A study explored the effectiveness of secondary school textbooks as tools for developing attitudes or skills that are essential for lifelong learning. During the study, a student textbook review questionnaire was administered to about 60 students from five high schools in the Portland, Oregon area. The students were asked to evaluate eight social…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biology, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills