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ERIC Number: EJ247829
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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History Textbooks for Poor Readers--At What Cost?
Smith, Allen
Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, v33 n3 p107-15 Win 1980-81
Analyzes seven junior high school American history textbooks for slow readers. Results indicate weaknesses in historical explanations, causal-effect relationships, background, and synthesizing historical information, specifically when depicting the Civil War and the Great Depression. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: History Textbooks, Junior High Schools, Reading Difficulties, Secondary Education, Student Needs, Textbook Evaluation, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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