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ERIC Number: EJ348037
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Do Our Mathematics Textbooks Reflect What We Preach?
McGinty, Robert L.; And Others
School Science and Mathematics, v86 n7 p591-96 Nov 1986
Textbook analyses for 1924, 1944, and 1984, suggest that the mathematics program regressed in expectations for students. The number of word problems in fifth-grade books has decreased and the amount of drill problems increased. (MNS)
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Education Research