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Cheek, Earl H., Jr.; Cheek, Martha C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
An evaluation of the content of three basal reading series show that they are changing with the times. Current readers are less likely than older readers to show sex and racial stereotyping and no longer show life as always happy. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMeisel, Stephen; Glass, Gerald G. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Classification, Correlation
Vaughn, Millie Ann – 1976
Teacher editions of four basal reading series used in the first, fourth, and sixth grades were analyzed to determine the extent of inclusion and explanation of the levels of questioning. Questions from the first two, middle two, and last two stories in each of the teacher editions were analyzed. All teacher editions examined recognized the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedKyle, Diane W. – Elementary School Journal, 1978
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Educational Change, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSmith, Patricia K. – Reading Horizons, 1977
Reports the results of a study to determine whether males and females in basal reading textbooks have the same treatment concerning personality traits and representation. (JM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Characterization, Content Analysis
Schnell, Thomas R.; Sweeney, Judith – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Cultural Images, Elementary Education
Habecker, James Edward – 1976
A scheme based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives was developed for classifying questions asked in basal reading manuals. A total of 6,988 questions from 144 lesson plans selected from basal readers from four major publishers were analyzed; 2,754 questions were from the 1950-1959 time period, and 4,234 were from the 1966-1975 time…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
