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This study investigates modality in textbooks designed for learners of English by exploring the frequency and distribution of modal verbs in two corpora--one of authentic native-speaker language and a pedagogical one used by francophone learners of English in Quebec--with a view to identifying areas where added support for learning may be…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, English Language Learners, Verbs
Obilade, Titilola T.; Burton, John K. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
This textual content analysis set out to determine the extent to which the theories, principles, and guidelines in 4 standard books of instructional design and technology were also addressed in 4 popular books on web design. The standard books on instructional design and the popular books on web design were chosen by experts in the fields. The…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Instructional Design, Electronic Publishing, Textbook Content
Atta, Mohammed Mahmoud; Abd El Wahab, Shaimaa Mahmoud – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This research aims at analysing technical specifications in a sample of Egyptian and French electronic storybooks (e-storybooks), to identify similarities and differences in technical specifications of children's e-storybooks and create a verified analysis list to be used for evaluation of e-storybooks. For this purpose, 32 e-storybooks in CD…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Childrens Literature, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Download full textKo, Charles – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
In the present research, it will be shown how grammar activities in textbooks still retain the structural method of teaching grammar. The results found by previous scholars' research will be covered, and illustrated by excerpts of textbooks, including comparison of Hong Kong and Malaysian textbooks. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), Textbook Content, Teaching Methods
Yang, Daihu – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
As a result of China's geography education reform, the Geography Standards for Senior Secondary Schools was released in 2003. Being the first kind over the past seven decades, the Standards put forward some changes for senior geography education. For the textbooks' crucial role in Chinese educational system, the changes in geographical education…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Textbooks, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Yuasa, Katsura – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2010
English education in Japan and Korea are similar in some respects. Although both countries are not completely but mostly monolingual societies, where citizens do not need English in their daily life, they have begun to realize the importance of English as a tool for international communication, and as a result their English education is becoming…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Communication (Thought Transfer), Textbooks, Foreign Culture
Schmidt, William H.; And Others – 1983
To explore the issue of educational content in basal readers, a study analyzed 34 basal reading textbooks, representing eight of the most commonly used series in American elementary education. Educational content was defined and categorized along three dimensions: subject matter, function, and ethos. The subject matter component covered theories,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMarriott, R. J. – Reading, 1977
Compares the production and selection of textbooks in the United Kingdom and North America with respect to such areas as derivation of textbook ideas, evaluation of the ideas, production, distribution, how and by whom the books are bought, and limitations on certain textbook topics. (GT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Chambliss, Marilyn; Richardson, Wendy; Torney-Purta, Judith; Wilkenfeld, Britt – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2007
Efforts to improve civic education face a conundrum. On the one hand, students report that they are more likely to learn about democracy and citizenship through reading textbooks than through any other activity and according to the National Education Association, reading is the gateway to learning in all content areas. However, reviews of textbook…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 10, Textbooks, Student Motivation
