The problem with textbooks reflects the deeper uncertainties in our culture. As a society, we have lost sight of what it is we want our children to learn. (Author/GC)

Reviews recent science publications in the categories of earth, electronics, and physics for use both by teachers and parents and for independent reading by children. (CRH)

Provides 45 guidelines useful in selecting college-level textbooks. The guidelines are presented under five major categories: (1) course strategy and tactics; (2) point of view; (3) accuracy of content; (4) currency of content; and (5) packaging information. (JN)

Passages from a standard American history textbook were revised by three pairs of writers: text linguists, college composition instructors, and former Time-Life editors. Students who read the magazine writers' rewrite were able to recall about 40 percent more of what they read than students who read only the original. (KH)

Elementary social studies textbooks in the United States are better today than they have ever been before. Changes in the educational climate, the textbook evaluation process, and the marketplace have led to vast improvements in published materials. (RM)

An evaluation of introductory college level psychology textbooks showed that Alfred Adler's psychology is either neglected or seriously distorted by most texts. (RM)

Examined biology textbooks to determine their cancer education content. Because the analysis of six commonly utilized textbooks showed that none addressed all categories related to scientific, clinical, and psycho-social aspects of cancer, it is recommended that textbooks be supplemented with other sources providing information on cancer. (JN)

Twenty-four survey textbooks in special education, published between 1974 and 1982, were analyzed with formulae of R. Flesch to determine readability levels and human interest. Among results are that the texts are dull and difficult but usually complete in coverage, although some handicaps (e.g., severe/profound) receive scant coverage. (Authors)

Informational texts are useful for teaching fundamental linguistic structures, because their stylistic variables can be ignored, and because they provide information about aspects of the world which the student will encounter in literary texts. Literary texts speak directly to the reader, and have high motivational value. (IFS/WGA)

The terms "causal-comparative" and "correlational" are dated and misleading and suggest a false dichotomy in research. Textbook authors should stop misleading educational research students and researchers in training with the notion that causal-comparative research provides better evidence for causality than correlational research. They should…

Discusses the inter-relationships between some important temperature scales such as the Celsius scale, the Kelvin Thermodynamic scale, and the International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS). Included is a description of the 1968 IPTS with emphasis on innovations introduced in the range below 273.15 k. (CC)

Author discusses the merits and drawbacks of the mimetic principle in the teaching of composition. (SP)

Authors of torts casebooks explain their approach to objective law presentation. (PG)

The way feminists see it, our textbooks share part of the blame for snuffing out many a girl's ambitions and maybe even her self-esteem. (Author)