Questionnaire survey of teacher opinion shows disparity between teacher's ideal priority of objectives (scientific methodology ranked high) and the teachers perception of the objectives of the O-Level General Certificate of Education. (AL)

A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using an anthology as a text in a literature course. (RD)

Report by the Department of Education, University of Alaska, on March 14, 1969; made part of the record of hearings of the Subcommittee on Indian Education of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, held February-April, 1969. (RJ)

Reports results of a questionnaire given to students taking the College Board Achievement Test in Biology to determine which topics they remembered studying in their first-year biology courses. Concludes that remembered topics were highly correlated with textbook emphasis. (EB)

Evaluates 24 introductory college textbooks in human and regional geography in light of their presentation of traditional approaches and contemporary research themes and assesses their reading level. Findings show that many approaches to introducing knowledge are used, information presented lags behind current research, and reading levels are…

In two experiments, instruction in a hierarchical summarization study strategy focusing on the organization of ideas in a text was compared with the procedure of answering questions after reading. Fifth-grade student comprehension and memory were enhanced but were found to be affected by mastery of the strategy. (Author/CM)

To show that in their elementary school years, American students read many pages of inconsiderate text, a segment from a sixth grade social studies textbook is analyzed. Criteria used to determine considerateness are structure, coherence, unity, and audience appropriateness. (RM)

Provides an evaluation of regional texts on Latin America by means of analyzing opinions of 45 Latin Americanist geographers. Findings are presented in three categories--highly rated texts, intermediately rated texts, and others. (DB)

Discusses a study in which 50 introductory college-level sociology textbooks were examined to determine how the concept of power was treated. Findings indicated that power is generally presented as a macro-level phenomenon, with emphasis on institutionalized and legitimated forms of power. (Author/DB)

The choice of a secondary reading program implies a goal or goals, and such goals are themselves derived from educational ideologies. The author identifies five ideologies and outlines their respective views on the purpose of reading, the definition of literacy, and the techniques and materials appropriate to a secondary reading program.…

Discusses the "static, insular" view of composition that is found in many composition textbooks. Notes how students might misconstrue arbitrary prescriptions in writing textbooks as rigid rules. Laments that textbook structures deemphasize the composing process. (RL)

Reports a review of 13 genetics textbooks published from 1975 to 1979. Six tables present summaries of the significant data about the books, specific topics covered in the texts, and the number of pages devoted to each of 15 general topics in each textbook evaluated. (CS)

Finds three faults, from the teacher's viewpoint, in the phonetic transcription in English textbooks used in German People's Universities: many unfamiliar symbols, many irrelevant distinctions, and failure to mention important variations. Suggests improvements in vowel treatment based on Hornby, "Oxford Progressive English" (London,…

Suggests sources which can guide schools in evaluating textbooks. (MKM)