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 article provided a general framework for reviewing mathematics textbooks, including a set of quality considerations organized around three key dimensions--Mathematics Content Emphasis, Instructional Focus, and Teacher Support. The quality considerations are intended to stimulate discussion of issues surrounding textbook selection. (Contains 4…

The items listed and annotated in this bibliography on intellectual freedom are limited to materials published between 1966 and 1971 in both books and periodicals. As used in this bibliography, intellectual freedom refers to the free access to and acquisition of all materials in whatever subject area and form, and the distribution of those…

Reviews undergraduate public finance textbooks for content, difficulty, and ideology. Includes tables summarizing the percentage space devoted to specific topics in 13 popular textbooks. Offers suggestions for supplementary materials. (Author/DH)

In 1986, the California State Board of Education rejected all 14 kindergarten-eighth grade mathematics textbook series submitted for adoption. Implications of this action are discussed. (CB)

A publisher lists guidelines on how to evaluate a textbook for a lab-oriented course. (HD)

A survey of trainers of school psychologists was conducted to determine which texts in each of 16 areas of psychology they felt to be most relevant to the training of school psychologists. A 69-item bibliography of ranked choices in each area was presented. Possible trends were discussed. (Author)

As an introduction to subsequent articles about psychology textbooks, som publishing and textbook adoption problems are mentioned. (ND)

The DeFrancis Chinese texts and texts from the People's Republic of China are compared, regarding instructional value, character use and cost. (CHK)

Some points to consider in selecting textbooks for students at different ability levels and for different types of British secondary schools are briefly discussed. (DT)

Describes the author's success in using a soft sell" approach to stimulate reluctant high school students' interest in reading. (JB)

Closet drama illustrating how the desire for mass commercial acceptability may cause a stimulating and informative textbook to end up in an editor's wastebasket. (DE)

Discusses the development of an instrument to be used by elementary teachers in the evaluation of social studies textbooks. The instrument itself is included in the article. (RM)

To aid secondary school and college level economics teachers as they select textbooks for introductory economics courses, this article recounts how teachers can use the Flesch Reading Ease Test to measure readability. Data are presented on application of the Flesch Reading Ease Test to 15 introductory economics textbooks. (Author/DB)