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Fiske, Edward B. – Principal, 1984
Textbook publishers are under attack for producing books that are superficial in content and oversimplified or confusing in language. They respond that their products are the inevitable result of applying the many textbook selection formulas to book production. Efforts by educators to improve textbooks are currently being organized. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Publication
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1982
A checklist of criteria for evaluating textbooks in occupational education is presented, providing a rapid and effective way for instructors to assess occupational textbooks. The checklist encourages occupational education instructors and administrators to look at the qualities of textbooks that go beyond the subject content and readability levels…
Descriptors: Career Education, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Job Training
Peer reviewedMaxwell, John – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
This article introduces and discusses some aspects of the complex problem of textbook reform, and suggests what the future holds for textbooks. (DCS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
