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Peer reviewedLaPota, Margherite – English Education, 1976
Describes a grand jury investigation into a school's purchase of allegedly objectionable and obscene materials and the inservice course on "Writing Rationales for Teaching Potentially Controversial Literature" resulting from the investigation. (DD)
Descriptors: Censorship, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedCowles, Hovey M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
This article presents a checksheet for systematically evaluating foreign language textual materials. (CLK)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Download full textHoffman, James V.; Sailors, Misty; Patterson, Elizabeth U. – 2002
Educators and politicians in Texas have played significant roles in pushing early reading instruction from one extreme position to another through shifts in textbook adoption requirements. These policy actions are shaping a national curriculum for reading. The current study looks at changes in texts for beginning reading instruction that resulted…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Practices
Peer reviewedDoran, Rodney L.; Sheard, Doris M. – School Science and Mathematics, 1974
Discusses categories for science textbook analysis under the headings of: Readability, Content, Presentation of Material, Mathematical Demands, Appearance, Quality of Illustrations, and Teacher Aids. An analysis form is appended as a guide for science teachers and administrators in their evaluation and selection of appropriate science textbooks.…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Readability, Reading Materials
Van Olphen, Herman H. – Asian Studies Professional Review, 1973
Presented at a panel discussion on the teaching of modern South Asian languages in North America at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedPsencik, Leroy F. – History Teacher, 1973
A selective number of general, bibliographic, curriculur, professional and textbook references are introduced as a guide for the history teacher in choosing with discrimination from the wealth of available materials for study of Afro-American history. (SM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, History Instruction
Peer reviewedBockman, John F., Ed.; Gougher, Ronald L., Ed. – Foreign Language Annals, 1971
Sections include A Guide to In-Service Training of Teachers for Individualized Instruction in Foreign Languages," Preplanning-An Essential Ingredient for Successful Individualized FL Programs," and Text Adoption Policies Inhibit Individualization." (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs, Inservice Education
Peer reviewedBrodbelt, Samuel – Clearing House, 1972
Author suggests criteria that can be weighted mathematically for computing comparable strengths and weaknesses in textbooks. (MB)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Criteria, Curriculum Development, Mathematical Applications
Hays, Stephanie; Kerby, Nancy – Bus Educ Forum, 1970
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education Facilities, Educational Innovation, Guidelines
Myers, Miles – Changing Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Political Influences, Public Schools, State Boards of Education
Peer reviewedKoepke, Wulf – Unterrichtspraxis, 1971
Descriptors: Anthologies, Course Content, Culture, German
Lord Evans of Hungershall – Modern Languages, 1971
Presidential paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Joint Conference of Language Associations of Great Britain, December 1970, at the University of Kent. (DS)
Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Beattie, Nicholas – Mod Lang, 1970
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Schools, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedNielsen, Larry A.; Schroeder, Marie – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
Analyzed man-environment textbooks to characterize the "typical" book and determine which criteria need to be assessed most carefully by instructors. The study's purpose was not to decide which book was best, but to evaluate which features of books vary most. Provides four questions as tools for the initial textbook screening process.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Environmental Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedBorthwick, Jill – English in Australia, 1982
Outlines selection principles that should govern the selection of textbooks for the English classroom. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
