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Hanasono, Lisa K. – Communication Teacher, 2018
Courses: This single-class teaching activity was designed for courses on critical communication pedagogy (CCP), gender and race, communication education, research methods, and visual communication. Objectives: By completing this activity, students should be able to (1) describe the principles of CCP, (2) examine critically how race and gender are…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Textbook Content, Preservice Teacher Education, College Students
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James, Mark A. – TESOL Journal, 2017
For teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) to be seen as having substantial impact, learning that occurs in the classroom must transfer to situations outside the classroom. Unfortunately, education research shows that transfer can be difficult to promote. Therefore, ESOL teachers may want to ensure that their classes are as…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Yildiz, Ali – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to discuss a wrong statement written about dimensional analysis in a physics text book prepared for the students who are studying in science, engineering and teaching undergraduate programs at universities and who have to take compulsory physics courses, to analyse the use of the text book including the wrong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks, Textbook Content
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Otten, Samuel; Gilbertson, Nicholas J.; Males, Lorraine M.; Clark, D. Lee – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
International calls have been made for reasoning-and-proving to permeate school mathematics. It is important that efforts to heed this call are grounded in an understanding of the opportunities to reason-and-prove that already exist, especially in secondary-level geometry where reasoning-and-proving opportunities are prevalent but not thoroughly…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Textbook Research, Textbook Evaluation, Geometry
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Paik, Seoung-Hey – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Many studies suggest that students have difficulties in learning acid-base concepts. This study presents some conflicts in the textbook descriptions of these concepts and proposes these to be the cause of the students' difficulties. This is especially true regarding the description of the relationship among the Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry, and Lewis…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Textbook Content
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Justman, Stewart – Academic Questions, 2010
In this article, the author examines Louise Rosenblatt's "Literature as Exploration," a popular textbook used since 1938 (in five successive editions) in high school English classrooms across America. He discusses how the one-time college roommate of Margaret Mead managed to transform teaching literature into a form of student therapy that…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Bibliotherapy, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2011
In the first year of a pilot program, 18 New York City schools are digging into new ways to accomplish two objectives emphasized in the common-core standards: (1) engage students in increasingly complex texts as they move through school; and (2) help them conquer literacy skills specific to disciplines such as history and science. Spearheaded by…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Standards, Reader Text Relationship
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Barton, Amanda; Sakwa, Lydia Namatende – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2012
The central role played by textbooks in children's education in developing countries has been highlighted previously in this journal. This paper reports on how an English-language textbook used commonly in Ugandan secondary schools reinforces gender stereotypes which are prevalent in society. The paper is based on a mixed-methods investigation of…
Descriptors: Role Models, Sex Stereotypes, Textbooks, Sex Role
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Matsuda, Aya; Matsuda, Paul Kei – Written Communication, 2011
In an increasingly globalized world, writing courses, situated as they are in local institutional and rhetorical contexts, need to prepare writers for global writing situations. Taking introductory technical communication in the United States as a case study, this article describes how and to what extent global perspectives are incorporated into…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Textbooks, Cultural Pluralism, Textbook Content
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Ediger, Marlow – College Student Journal, 2010
Basal textbooks are rather popular for social studies teachers to use in the classroom setting. There are selected reasons for this occurring. They do provide beginning and new teachers a framework for ongoing lessons and units of study. The accompanying Manual provides suggestions for learning activities for learners to pursue. Evaluation…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Textbook Evaluation
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McTigue, Erin M.; Slough, Scott W. – Reading Psychology, 2010
Within this article, we introduce our conception of text accessibility. First, we synthesize recent research on informational text quality and present key attributes proven to contribute to comprehension of science texts beyond the readability formula. These features include (a) the concreteness of text, (b) the voice of the author, (c) coherent…
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Science Instruction, Textbooks, Textbook Content
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Hodges, Thomas E.; Cady, JoAnn; Collins, Lee – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
Three widely used sixth-grade textbooks were studied to see how fraction concepts were represented. The textbooks selected were "Connected Mathematics," "Middle Grades MathThematics," and Glencoe's "Mathematics: Applications and Concepts Course 1." Three specific areas were examined: representation mode, model, and problem context. Results of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content
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Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Wu, Cheng-Chih – Computers and Education, 2007
Based on the findings from reviewing 32 textbooks in the past four years for Taiwan's Ministry of Education, we have identified common problems in the reviewed textbooks and analyzed their inadequacies. Typical problems include the Wintel bias, too much coverage of software application tools and too little of computer science concepts, too many…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Secondary Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks
Leak, Sarah E.; Phillips, Richard C. – American Education, 1983
Discusses a survey of history and economics textbooks and their treatment of the concept of free enterprise. The survey found that the textbooks were not adequate in the area of history, theory, foundation, and manner in which free enterprise is practiced. (JOW)
Descriptors: Economics, History Textbooks, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Cavanagh, Sean – Teacher Magazine, 2006
Neal Frey reads textbooks for a living, a job he finds singularly fulfilling. For more than two decades, he had labored on behalf of Educational Research Analysts, a conservative Christian textbook-reviewing organization in Longview, Texas, founded by the famously outspoken husband-and-wife team of Mel Gabler and Norma Gabler. Since the early…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Publishing Industry, Textbook Research
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