This article describes ten of what the author considers to be the most important references in the field of literacy education based on their influence on teaching practices and educational theory.

This study performs an exploration of the relationship between introductory IS textbooks and the body of knowledge represented by the set of "super classic" IS publications. Textbooks play a critical role of introducing the IS field to IS majors, describing what constitutes mainstream IS knowledge and communicating to other disciplines and their…

Writers carefully include critical information in the opening lines of their chapters, but students often gloss over these beginning sentences, missing information that could help them better comprehend the text. To address this concern, the authors created a strategy that prompts students to examine the opening lines of chapters, helping readers…

The author examines the contributions of twelve texts in abnormal psychology. Prominent themes within the sample were children's disorders and functional psychoses. (Author/DE)

Later editions of Volumes 3 to 6 of "English for You" are presented. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A computerized word count is presented of 11 elementary Modern Literary Arabic textbooks used in the United States. The word count was started in 1967 to provide a practical vocabulary base for a fully-programmed self-instructional course on the phonology and script of Modern Literary Arabic. The first part of the count is a cumulative list…

The author's stated purpose is to promote greater efforts to prevent the use of so much erroneous material in the schools under the name of science and physics. Two texts are chosen as examples, "Modern Physics" 5th Edition by (Dull) Williams, Metcalfe, Trinklein, and Lefler, and the "Pathways in Science" series by Oxenhorn. Specific errors are…

In reaction to the present uproar over textbook usage and content this research investigates what a textbook is, what it should and should not do, where it came from and why, and finally what its future will be. (Author/RK)

Recommends for dialog in textbooks a "didactic" rather than a purely natural character, avoiding obtrusive characteristics of any particular speech level. However, for exercises in auditory understanding, familiar colloquial style should be emphasized. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Elucidates general principles that need to undergird economics textbooks. States that they should at least provide a combination of data and theory, where the theory explains the data which, in turn, illustrates the theory. Concludes that texts should transmit real knowledge of complex systems and economies so that future disastrous mistakes might…

Focusing on areas of contention, the author responds to "Principles of Economics Textbooks: Innovation and Product Differentiation" by Stiglitz. Contends that Stiglitz's description of principles textbooks is insufficient, states that the textbook market is more oligopolistic than monopolistic, and cautions writers against deleting parts…

Reports on a survey of twenty-one 1987 introductory psychology textbooks which revealed an unusually high error rate for homunculus illustrations, those drawings in which body parts are depicted in proportion to brain areas that control them. Traces the source of these errors to homunculus drawings made by Mrs. H. P. Cantlie in the Penfield and…

Reviews PSYCHOLOGY, an introductory textbook by Wade and Tavris (1987). Concludes that the text is well-balanced and engaging, with a good mixture of classic studies, current research, and applications. Includes a statement by the authors concerning their goals in writing this book. (GEA)

Surveys nine undergraduate microeconomic theory textbooks comprising a representing sample those available. Criteria used were quantity and quality of examples, mathematical rigor, and level of abstraction. (JDH)