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ERIC Number: EJ423563
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
If Children Chose Textbooks.
Sosniak, Lauren A.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v5 n1 p47-59 Fall-Win 1990
Fourth and sixth graders were engaged in the process of textbook selection in an effort to increase the understanding of student experiences with materials that have a substantial influence on curriculum and instruction. Results indicate that children do not, as a group, share a comprehensive point of view about basal readers. (SH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Illustrations, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Materials, Student Attitudes, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Basal Readers