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ERIC Number: EJ311604
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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How to Evaluate a Basal Textbook: The Skills Trace.
Muther, Connie
Educational Leadership, v42 n4 p79-80 Dec-Jan 1984-85
The "skills trace" is a textbook evaluation process by which an evaluator isolates one skill and reads every reference listed in the index of the teacher's manual. The evaluator then observes how that skill is introduced, taught, practiced, and tested throughout the grades. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Skill Development, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: For a related article, see EA 518 296.