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ERIC Number: EJ541929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
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Considering Textbook Limitations & Strategies for Compensation.
Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v9 n2 p4-7 Nov-Dec 1996
Maintains that all too often learning activities in K-3 social studies textbooks exhibit a tendency towards "busywork" and lack any real educational objective. Lists several of these activities and includes corrective measures that render them more productive. Includes a table of guidelines for teachers using social studies textbooks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Material Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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