Measuring Textbook Content Coverage: Efficient Content Analysis with Lesson Sampling

This study addresses measurement issues around a standards-based content analysis of mathematics textbooks’ coverage of standards for use in large-scale monitoring of standards implementation as proposed in a 2013 report by the National Research Council. An earlier study produced an exhaustive content analysis of textbooks using the 2012 Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. This yielded an accurate and reliable portrait of a textbook's coverage of standards. However, such an in-depth analysis is not feasible for large-scale standards-implementation monitoring in which a large number of textbooks may need to be analyzed. To provide such a portrait with sufficient accuracy while also substantially reducing the associated resources needed to produce such a portrait, a simulation study was conducted with the exhaustively coded database to compare different sampling schemes. Results indicated that sampling 1 day from each week and coding the corresponding lessons led to sufficiently accurate representations of the overall content of the textbook. The results provide empirical evidence for large-scale standards-based content analyses of mathematics textbooks for monitoring standards implementation which could be adapted for other subject areas.     

Textbook access and affordability through academic library services: A department develops strategies to meet the needs of students

In the spring of 2015, the University of Minnesota Libraries formed the Content Services department, which is comprised of Interlibrary Loan, Publishing Services, and the Copyright Permissions Service. These three service points, as well as additional Library units, work together with campus partners to save students money on their course materials through a variety of programs and pilot projects. By employing multiple avenues to help faculty and students put affordable content into their existing workflows for providing and accessing required readings, the University of Minnesota Libraries are ensuring that there are many options available that support coursework and ultimately student success.     

Accessibility,textbooks, and Access Services

Putting access in Access Services is the goal. The Course Reserves unit is the place. Textbooks are the focus. Electronic technologies are the future. Patron-centric services will be our standard. Access to textbooks by all patrons will be the achievement. Course Reserves located in Library West at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries has begun policies and procedures to enhance the patron experience based on specific needs using programs, technologies, and particular attention to customer service. This article explores providing services for accessible electronic textbooks to patrons who have specific needs such as blindness or low vision.     

物理化学教材处理探讨

《物理化学》教材中,存在明显的或需推导才能确定的印刷错误及处理正确但学生较难接受的相关知识等问题,针对这些题提出了相应的解决方案.     

小学学科课程与教学论教材的逻辑结构探讨

“教学法”是小学教育专业的核心课程,由于人们对该课程的功能与定位的理解不同,导致了教材编写的结构上存在质的差异。本文试图从“教学法”发展的历史轨迹中寻找它发展的逻辑,从课程整体结构角度探讨它的功能和定位,最后确定了教材编写的知识逻辑结构和师范生教学行为训练逻辑结构。     

高职英语教材主课文易读性对比研究

易读性是教材编写中阅读材料选择的重要标准之一,易读性公式虽有诸多缺陷,仍是目前最客观、最有效的易读性测量方式。为了检验目前高职英语教材的易读性现状,为高职英语教材的编写提供信息和为高职英语教材的使用者提供选择的标准,本文就文本总体统计特征和易读性指数两方面调查了三种有代表性的高职英语教材,发现所调查的高职英语教材在易读性的总体控制方面把握得不错,但在细节方面尚有诸多需要完善的地方,同时发现了几个问题急待进一步的研究。     

中国近代教会小学教育的若干问题探讨

教会小学教育是中国近代教会教育的有机组成部分,作为一种相对完整的办学类型与中国近代历史相伴随。教会小学在办学体制、课程、教材、教学方法及教师培训等方面形成了鲜明的特色,一方面带有殖民教育的宗教传播及西方文化价值观念的强行渗透,但同时也对中国传统小学教育向近代新式教育的转型、西方文化的传播以及有初步近代科学知识人才的培养产生了积极的作用。     

教材处理方法谈

教材处理要把握教材内容的重点、难点和弱点,明确教学中每一章、每一节、每一堂课的目的和要求;要权衡轻重得失,有取有舍,适当增删;要根据学生的年龄和知识水平,正确把握教学内容的深浅宽窄,在深与浅、宽和窄的矛盾中找到平衡点;教学顺序要考虑学生易学。     

关于高职院校教材建设的一点思考

针对目前高职教材在内容、结构和风格等方面存在的问题,提出应重视教材编制的前期工作,教材内容要符合高职教育人才培养的目标要求,形成有利于满足学生学习需要的立体化教材体系,大力开发精品课程教材。     

开放的“统编”课本——文革时期中小学暂用课本研究

文革初期应“复课闹革命”的要求,中小学课本的编写全面开放,各地自编暂用课本。但开放的课本背后却是“统编”的思维：突出毛泽东思想;着重培养学生读写算的能力和分析问题解决问题的能力;精简课程,删繁就简,学以致用,面向三大革命运动。