History and government textbooks provide basic sources of information about the United Nations' (UN's) role in international relations, its programs and activities throughout the world, what it stands for, and what it does. The UN embodies a vision of international cooperation that transcends domestic politics and acts as a worldwide foundation of…

Current history textbooks include Christianity when discussing U.S. history. A study systematically examined the content of 10 secondary U.S. history textbooks to evaluate how Christianity is portrayed. Selection of the textbooks was based upon information supplied by the Texas Education Agency and the American Textbook Council and represented the…

A study designed to test the teachability of new textbook material used small group discussions and daily quizzes as procedures in classroom organization; results showed that students gained significantly in mathematical knowledge. (DT)

Study was concerned with whether there is a practical difference between the reading ability of the eight, ninth, and tenth grade students and the readibility levels of their assigned textbooks in English, science and social studies. Findings show that most of the textbooks assigned were too difficult for effective instructional usage. (RB)

Experimental data analyzed by univariate analysis was re-analyzed with multivariate analysis. This reversed the original findings and indicated that a map with a text is not superior to the text alone. (NH)

Contrary to David Olson's claim that authority is conveyed by textbook language, it is mainly the school context of textbooks that establishes their authority--and that of teachers--in students' minds. The curriculum is not in the text but in the social rules reflected by school organization and teachers' authority. (JW)

Although Luke, de Castell, and Luke rightly notice the role of social structure in the authority of the textbook, the pattern of social authority outside the school is primarily reflected in the text itself. The task for writers, then, is to clarify the grounds for their authoritative claims. (JM)

Social studies textbooks of the 1930's frequently accepted the changing times and the new world leadership without criticism. Textbooks downplayed the Depression, took an uncritical approach towards Roosevelt, and showed relative neutrality toward European totalitarianism. Political, social, and cultural reasons for these attitudes are explained.…

The possibility of changing the prosaic style of college level science textbooks to increase readability was investigated. Conclusions suggest that the readability of college textbook prose is not significantly affected by the stylistic factors employed in most readability formulas. (CJ)

Analyzes a sample of recommended children's novels about the Revolutionary War and discusses changes in novel content and structure in relation to the socioeconomic and historical milieu of the society in which they were produced. (HOD)

A logically and empirically valid structure of knowledge for differential calculus was made by textbook analysis and by collecting data from a first semester college calculus course. (MP)

Argues that there is a sequence of decision making from curriculum goals to text function to text form, but that only enlightened educators follow it. Proposes additional research into the nature of the reader-text interaction. (MKM)

Describes historical reasons for changes in ESL (English as a Second Language) reading instruction and reports the results of an analysis of teacher training textbooks in the field. (DD)

The question of the proper nature and role of science textbooks is considered in relation to Kuhn's account of science textbooks in terms of the goals of science education. Schwab's prescriptions for science education are also considered and related to Kuhn's account. The notion of critical thought is presented as being crucial to an acceptable…