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J. Parthasarathy – Cogent Education, 2023
In the present study, text presentation in biology textbooks was analyzed with respect to misconception and elements of conceptual change towards the learning of "Cell Structure". Content analysis of the lesson "Cell Structure" in five biology textbooks of Grades 11 and 12 across selected educational boards in Asia like the…
Descriptors: Biology, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Cytology
Shinyu Oh; Tae-Young Kim – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
This study explores how English education developed in North Korea by analyzing the characteristics of secondary English textbooks published in the pre- and post-Kim Jong Un eras. We performed comparative analyses of textbooks for six secondary schools--three each for the junior middle and senior middle schools--published before and after Kim Jong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Secondary Schools, Instructional Materials
Mersin, Nazan; Karabörk, Mehmet Akif – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
This study seeks to offer a comparative analysis of the History of Mathematics (HoM) elements identified in the secondary school mathematics textbooks of different countries. Drawing on document analysis method, this study analyzes the secondary school mathematics textbooks of Turkey, Singapore, Ireland and Canada. The HoM elements in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematics, History, Secondary School Mathematics
Deringöl, Yasemin; Guseinova, Elvira – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2022
Textbooks are one of the learning mediums. The activities in mathematics textbooks and qualities of these activities are of paramount importance. Problem-posing is one of the activities in these textbooks. Many researchers emphasize that examination of textbooks is important in explaining student success. The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Elementary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Foreign Countries
Parsons, Kimberly Kaye – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2021
This scholarship of teaching and learning study compares the use of a traditional textbook and an e-textbook in post-secondary developmental reading courses. Students' achievement was compared in sections of the same course using different textbook formats. Student perceptions of their own motivation to read assigned texts were evaluated in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Petersson, Jöran; Sayers, Judy; Rosenqvist, Eva; Andrews, Paul – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
In this paper we present analyses of three textbooks currently used in the teaching of mathematics to year-one children in England. One is an established English-authored textbook, while the others are Singaporean-authored imports promoted by government as solutions to perceptions of systemic failure. Every task in each textbook was coded against…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Mathematics Education, Textbook Evaluation
A Comparison of Generative AI Solutions and Textbook Solutions in an Introductory Programming Course
Ernst Bekkering; Patrick Harrington – Information Systems Education Journal, 2025
Generative AI has recently gained the ability to generate computer code. This development is bound to affect how computer programming is taught in higher education. We used past programming assignments and solutions for textbook exercises in our introductory programming class to analyze how accurately one of the leading models, ChatGPT, generates…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Textbook Evaluation
Mutlubas, Sena Yildiz; Sahin, Abdurrahman – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
A textbook is of a proper medium for conveying curricular values to students. The aim of this study is to examine how math textbooks reflect the core values stated in the curriculum. Selected by homogeneous sampling technique, the data sources of this qualitative study consisted of two (one official and one private) fifth-grade math textbooks. All…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Moral Values, Grade 5, Mathematics Education
Iscan, Adem; Baskin, Sami – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
Foreign language teaching is not only the teaching of the grammar and vocabulary and the acquisition of basic language skills of the target language, but it is also the teaching of the culture of the target language. Because foreign language always brings it with a foreign culture. It is extremely important that individuals learn the cultural…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
Conejo Muñoz, Jessica Fernanda; Veloza-Franco, Daniel; de Icaza Lizaola, Julieta – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2023
In this article, we analyze and compare photographic images from some of the most widely circulated Japanese and American high school history textbooks regarding their treatment of the Pacific War. We focus on the visual component of war technology, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the visibility or invisibility of women,…
Descriptors: War, World History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Bouhlal, Fatma; Horst, Marlise; Martini, Juliane – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2018
This study investigates modality in textbooks designed for learners of English by exploring the frequency and distribution of modal verbs in two corpora--one of authentic native-speaker language and a pedagogical one used by francophone learners of English in Quebec--with a view to identifying areas where added support for learning may be…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, English Language Learners, Verbs
Poroçani, Natasha; Deda, Albana – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In this paper, we have reviewed and analyzed literature textbooks at the pre-university level, respectively in the high school. In this research, we have examined the way these texts are analyzed (the pedagogical apparatus as it is otherwise called). Such work is done considering the requirements of the latter to fulfill certain competencies…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Publishing Industry
Davis, Teresa L.; Fromuth, Mary Ellen – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2019
This paper describes a model for the articulation and assessment of goals in the development and use of a general psychology custom textbook. A description of custom textbooks is presented, and the specific textbook that our Psychology Department has developed is discussed. Two studies present data on student and faculty perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Psychology, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Khaddoor, Rouba; Al-Amoush, Siham; Eilks, Ingo – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
This study investigates the nature of intended secondary chemistry curricula, as they are represented by chemistry textbooks, from seven Arabic countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Syria. The curricula are evaluated through analysis of the officially approved 10th grade chemistry textbooks used nationwide in all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Science Curriculum, Chemistry
Kar, Tugrul; Güler, Gürsel; Sen, Ceylan; Özdemir, Ercan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018
This study analyzed the methods used to teach the multiplication of fractions in Turkish and American textbooks. Two Turkish textbooks and two American textbooks, "Everyday Mathematics" (EM) and "Connected Mathematics 3" (CM), were analyzed. The analyses focused on the content and the nature of the mathematical problems…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Fractions, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content