The research objective was to examine the development and diffusion of a field of knowledge related to education as reflected in textbooks published in the United States, England and Canada. Using a scheme derived from invention-diffusion theory, over 150 textbooks in educational sociology (including sociology of education and social foundations…

A reading project was initiated by the National Institute of Education in India to (1) produce textbooks and workbooks, field test the books, and train teachers to use them, (2) produce teachers manuals, (3) construct first-grade tests, (4) construct achievement tests, and (5) produce these books in Hindi. The ensuing guide for those who write and…

Comparison of two eleventh-grade mathematics programs was made by evaluations of student and teacher attitudes and of student achievement on specific content as well as performance on the ETS Algebra II exam. An experimental program based on Zalman Usiskin's textbook, "Intermediate Algebra," was matched with programs based on traditional texts.…

This article reports on a computer analysis of 3,281 exercises in the eleven textbooks required forhistory instruction in grades 4-10 of Soviet general-education schools circa 1970. (Author)

A study of eight language arts textbooks to determine how well they reflect recent findings regarding the writing process. (DD)

Offers the author's own experiences with the textbook publishing process to point out that authors and publishers produce textbooks which sell, that textbooks which sell continue in print and inspire imitators, and that teachers' power in the process stems from their choices about which textbooks they will use. (JAD)

Determined whether males, females, minorities, and nonminorities are quantitatively and qualitatively represented in the illustrations of seven contemporary elementary science textbooks (grades 1-6) in a manner that is reflective of society as it was, is, and should be. Results (based on examination of over 5,900 illustrations) are reported and…

A study examined eight best-selling hybrid texts for public speaking or speech communication courses, looking at how each text is organized, what the focus is, which topics are included, how many pages are dedicated to each topic, which pedagogical features are incorporated into each text, and what ancillaries are available with each text. The…

In this study, we examined the introduction of ratio and proportion concepts in six textbook series from four different regions, China, Japan, Taiwan and U.S. When analyzing the definition of ratio and equal ration as well as the types of ratio and proportion application problems included in each textbook series, we found similarities and…

The American Textbook Council identified the nation's leading social studies textbooks based on estimated volume of sales and on adoptions in California, Indiana, North Carolina, Florida, and New York. Three multi-volume elementary-level programs and about a dozen secondary-level history textbooks command the market. The history textbooks at the…

Presents the survey results of K-6 science textbooks with teacher's guides which can serve as a reference for teachers in selection of animals for use in science education. Suggests teacher educators take responsibilities of developing teacher animal-use skills for lack of such information in most teacher's guides. (CC)

Describes the "cloze" procedure for judging the readability of textbook prose and in particular how this procedure may be applied to written mathematical materials. (JP)

Publishers respond to the prompting of a task force of the Central New Jersey National Organization for Women and come to recognize sex stereotyping in their publications causing them to re-edit and revise books for students and adults. (RK)

A number of history textbooks that are widely used in secondary schools in the United States show bias in their treatment of the Negro fight for human and civil rights. Evidence of Negro courage is ignored, and many facts concerning the Civil War are blurred. (CK)