ERIC Number: EJ371830
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Publication Date: 1987
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The Substantive Value of Main Idea Statements in Sociology Textbooks.
O'Hear, Michael F.; Ashton, Patrick J.
Forum for Reading, v18 n2 p46-51 Spr-Sum 1987
Finds that only 70% of sociology textbook paragraphs contain material important for understanding major textbook concepts, that substantive material is not evenly distributed among chapters in the same book, and suggests students be made aware of this as a reinforcement for the importance of selective reading. (MS)
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