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Can You Teach in a Normal Way? Examining Chinese and US Curricula's Approach to Teaching Fraction Divisions
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Feil, YingYing Crystal – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation presents two studies designed to examine the topic of fraction division in selected Chinese and US curricula. By comparing the structure and content of the Chinese and "Everyday Mathematics" textbooks and teacher's guides, Study 1 revealed many different features presented in the selected curricula. Major differences…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Prior Learning, Word Problems (Mathematics), Teaching Methods
An Analysis of Textbooks in Relation to Declining SAT Scores.
Chall, Jeanne S. – 1977
Reading selections from six Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) administered from 1947 to 1975 were analyzed to determine whether a decrease in the difficulty level of elementary and secondary textbooks, workbooks, and teachers' guides corresponded with the SAT score decline. Various indices of reading difficulty and challenge were used. Readability…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
Teaching about Conflict: Northern Ireland. Cultural Studies Series, Volume 5.
Johnson, Jacquelyn S. – 1978
This teaching guide contains 20 activities for students in grades 6-9 on the topic of conflict in Northern Ireland. These materials can be adapted to lower and higher grade levels. Objectives are to examine the conflict in Northern Ireland, to discern ways a conflict escalates and can be peacefully solved, and to compare the perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education
Learning Packages in International Relations. Learning Package Four: Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis Materials.
McGowan, Patrick J.; O'Leary, Michael K. – 1971
The materials in this learning package are designed for upper division college students or beginning graduate students introducing them to the comparative study of foreign policy. Emphasis is upon analysis of internal and external "causes" of the foreign policy behavior of contemporary states. Using the data provided, students should be…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries
Selecting and Equipping a Home Workshop. Capsules 1-5. Teacher's Guide [and] Student Material.
Sack, Richard – 1980
This unit of study provides teaching guidelines and student material intended for use in high school advanced industrial arts programs. The objective is to help students plan and purchase equipment for a home workshop. A necessary prerequisite is a knowledge of the operations and uses of the equipment involved. The material is divided into five…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Hand Tools
Comparative World Issues for Grades 1-12. Comparative Studies Series.
Lamy, Steven L.; And Others – 1981
This teaching guide on global issues contains 20 activities for students in grades K-12. The global activities focus on the themes of inequality, development and technology, human rights, and basic human needs. For example, an activity called "Human Rights" shows students the distribution of land in South Africa as compared to the number of black…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Civil Liberties, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations