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Peer reviewedFreeman, Donald J.; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1983
Examines critically the claim that in elementary school mathematics there is a national curriculum defined by textbooks and tests. Reports results of the content analysis of (1) student exercise portions of each lesson of a mathematics textbook series widely used in grades four through six and (2) commonly administered standardized tests of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Kuhs, Therese M.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1979
The research reported in this paper identifies the "core curriculum" and "optional curriculum" suggested by widely used textbooks of elementary school mathematics and describes the influence of each on teacher autonomy in selecting the content of instruction. Preliminary analyses suggest that the "core curriculum" is generally consistent with…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Decision Making
Peer reviewedFreeman, Donald J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
This investigation attempts to determine if the congruity in textbook-test content varies as a function of different styles of textbook use. Across all standardized tests, instructional validity of the five styles of textbook use was far lower for the management-by-objectives model than for any other styles. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFreeman, Donald J.; Porter, Andrew C. – American Educational Research Journal, 1989
Teachers' styles of textbook use were identified, and the overlap between content taught and textbook content in elementary school mathematics was studied for four teachers in four Michigan fourth grades. In each classroom there were important differences between text content and teacher's topic selection, content emphasis, and sequence of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textFreeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1983
Earlier content analyses showed that the match between content covered by textbooks and tests varied as a function of the particular textbook and test a teacher was asked to use. This study tried to determine if the congruity in textbook-test content varied as a function of different styles of textbook use. Using year-long case studies of seven…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1980
The results of one of the earliest studies in a series of investigations on teachers' selection of content for mathematics instruction suggested that teachers are responsive to content messages that are communicated through textbooks and standardizes tests. The content analyses that are summarized in this report were therefore undertaken in an…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Educational Research, Elementary Education
