Reports the results of a study designed to determine whether eight widely used elementary basal social studies textbook series contained more "back-to-basics" content in 1979-82 than they did 10 years prior during the rise of the "new social studies." The data showed a marked influence of back-to-basics in all of these series.…

Summarizes the significant changes in textbooks and in teacher training that have taken place in the Mexican primary schools in the past six years. (EL)

Synthesizes literature in current learning concepts, audiovisual research, and speech textbooks to provide theoretical guidelines for the design and use of audiovisual materials.''

This study examined the utility of intact and embedded headings as processing aids with nonnarrative text. College students provided with text containing intact and embedded headings outperformed students whose text did not contain these processing aids, especially at delayed testing. Implications of these results and future research issues are…

Presents results of Flesch readibility scores for introductory astronomy textbooks and noncalculus physics textbooks. Two tables list Flesch score, mean error, and grade level for 10 texts in astronomy and eight in physics. (CS)

Compares nine beginning textbooks for use in teaching English as a foreign language on the basis of their treatment of negation in English. (DD)

Concludes that individual professional textbooks on secondary reading do not necessarily reflect the extant information base or state-of-the-art in secondary reading. (GT)

A review of recent ERIC materials concerned with textbooks, prose learning, and learning strategies, to determine factors that contribute to learning from textbooks. (DD)

In response to Robin Kinross' review of "Designing Instructional Text," support is given for the use of new ways of presenting instructional text in a cost-effective manner. (RAO)

This study finds that the overall readability level of elementary social studies texts, as well as the range of levels within texts, is decreasing. (HOD)

Comparison of a contemporary public finance textbook with one written in the 1940s indicates the following major changes in the field: microeconomic theory is now the framework for analyzing positive and normative issues; research is dominated by econometrics; and topical coverage has changed along with changes in public policy. (JOW)

Identifies the 6 major elements of entrepreneurship, and examines the treatment of each element by 15 major introductory economics textbooks. Results indicate that entrepreneurship is not adequately covered, causing students to miss important understandings about the workings of the market economy. Recommends that teachers provide supplementary…

Examines nine business communication textbooks and finds that, although there is agreement among the textbook authors on many issues regarding resume content and format, there is also disagreement in several areas. Suggests that resumes be complete, clear, and error-free. (SR)

Investigates the impact of Comenius' textbook "Orbis Sensualium Pictus" on eighteenth-century German textbooks. Examines his textbook theory and the structure and function of the book. Reports influence on the illustration of textbooks, function and structure of an introductory book, the correlation of verbal and real elements, and…