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Direct linkReys, Barbara J.; Reys, Robert E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
Mathematics textbooks are critical tools for student learning in American classrooms. Teachers use them daily to plan and deliver lessons, and students use them in class to explore and learn mathematics. Given textbooks' potential to support student learning, it is important to understand how they are developed. While pressure is growing on…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection
Download full textBray, Judith L.; Armstrong, Jane – 1986
In the fall of 1984, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Secretary of Education's Discretionary Fund to identify alternative state roles for improving instructional materials in mathematics. To help state leaders define an appropriate and effective role in upgrading these materials, ECS proposed first to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Surveys, Teaching Methods
Deegan, Patrick; Zimmermann, Rudiger – Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, English (Second Language), FLES, Intermediate Grades
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
Davison, 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
