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Peer reviewedGuenther, John; Hansen, Patricia – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1977
The purposes of this study were to determine the social studies series adoption policies of midwestern school districts and to identify the most popular and successful series in use. Data were provided by elementary principals in 186 randomly selected school districts. Available from: Department of Social Science Education, University of Georgia,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Solliday, Michael A.; Seiferth, Berniece B. – 1983
The extent and nature of censorship in Illinois social studies classrooms is assessed. A questionnaire included in the state Council for the Social Studies newsletter asked social studies teachers at all levels to respond to a 12-item questionnaire covering censorship of texts, teaching methods, textbook selection processes, and origins of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textDavison, Donald G.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades one through six. The study, supported by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials made under the direction…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
O'Neill, James B. – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies in United States and world history textbooks that are used in grades 11 and 12. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education, University of Delaware, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Watson, George G., Jr.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades 7, 8, and 9. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education at the Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Weidenaar, Dennis J.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies in social studies textbooks that are used in grades 10, 11, and 12. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education, Purdue University, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
