Experiments are reported in which the effect of providing cueing systems on the amount learned by readers was investigated. (Author)

Reports on an assessment of 13 business data processing textbooks for their readability as indicated by the Flesch Reading Ease Score. (IRT)

In reaction to the present uproar over textbook usage and content this research investigates what a textbook is, what it should and should not do, where it came from and why, and finally what its future will be. (Author/RK)

Compares John Tuft's music education textbook with two of Thomas Walter's music education textbooks to determine who was the first music education textbook author. Concludes that Walter was Tufts' primary musical source and that he can be credited with writing the first U.S. music textbook. (GEA)

Assessed titles of 225 editions of marriage and family textbooks from 1887-1980 in order to identify thematic trends during the history of textbook production in the field. Several different types of books emerged from a correlation analysis of semantic structure. Implications of the findings for educators are discussed. (Author)

While there has been some genuine improvement in the textbook presentations of Jews, Nazi persecutions, black Americans, and Americans of Indian, Oriental, and Spanish-speaking heritage, it has been uneven at the best. A significant number of texts continue to present a principally white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant view of America. (DM)

A study was conducted to analyze how accurately and adequately United States children's books and school texts teach about Central America. Findings indicate that the majority of materials perpetrate ignorance and distortion about Central America. Book titles included in the study are listed. (AM)

Discusses the contested role of images in electronic editions, and summarizes the arguments for their inclusion. Argues that, to determine the importance of images to the function of electronic editions, an understanding of the contribution that the image makes to the form of textual knowledge embodied in the edition is necessary. (DSK)

Reports on work on texts in teaching German to foreigners, suggesting that the recognition of semantic equivalences in different portions of a text, not necessarily synonymic, may be useful in teaching foreigners to read more effectively. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Content and performance-mode codes were used in a page-by-page examination of seven commonly used spelling series in a study of the content of elementary spelling instruction and the kinds of spelling practice provided by current spelling texts. The codes were processed by computer to permit analysis of what is taught. Results showed that most…

HYPOTHESES RELATED TO PROCEDURES PERMITTING STUDENTS TO BRANCH AT THEIR OWN OPTION WERE TESTED. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT A FIXED-SEQUENCE PROGRAM WOULD BE LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THE SAME ITEMS CAST AS STATEMENTS IN TEXTBOOK FORMAT THROUGH WHICH THE STUDENT COULD SKIP AT HIS OWN OPTION. THE SECOND HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT PERFORMANCE ON A PROGRAM…

TO BE REALISTIC, THE ENTIRE RANGE OF AMERICAN LIFE IN URBAN AS WELL AS RURAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE PORTRAYED IN TEXTBOOKS. THERE IS MUCH CONCERN WITH THE ROLE PUBLISHERS PLAY IN DETERMINING TEXTBOOKS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN URBAN SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THERE IS A PARTICULAR NEED TO DESCRIBE THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MINORITY PEOPLES LIVE IN URBAN…

The aims of the social studies curriculums include growth of the pupil in social competence and awareness. In order to permit the teacher knowledge as to what social studies materials best contribute to the development of those aims, this study evaluated the readability level of three second grade social studies textbooks. (1) "We Have…

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe major trends in American rhetoric during the nineteenth century. Elements of traditional rhetoric--invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery--were examined. Subobjectives involved (1) a verification of the extensive use of certain textbooks, (2) an identification of the addition or…

Examines the efficacy of main idea clues in four English composition texts, logging main idea statements, tallying main idea clues, and comparing results with those of a similar study of sociology texts. Concludes that main idea statements exist and are pointed to by clues as frequently in English composition texts as in sociology textbooks. (JG)