• membership
  • my account
  • help

    We are here to help!

    1703 North Beauregard St.
    Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
    Tel: 1-800-933-ASCD (2723)
    Fax: 703-575-5400

    8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday

    Local to the D.C. area: 1-703-578-9600

    Toll-free from U.S. and Canada: 1-800-933-ASCD (2723)

    All other countries: (International Access Code) + 1-703-578-9600

     
  • Log In
  • Forgot Password?
Click to Search
Buy this issue

April 1985 | Volume 42 | Number 7

A Closer Look at Textbooks


Unlocked articles can be read for free by all visitors.

Members and subscribers log in to read all articles.

Original Cover/Front Matter

Overview / No One to Blame

Ron Brandt

What Every Textbook Evaluator Should Know

Connie Muther

The Case for Improving Textbooks

Jean H. Osborn, Beau Fly Jones and Marcy Stein

Readability Formulas May Be Dangerous to Your Textbooks

Bonnie B. Armbruster, Jean H. Osborn and Alice L. Davison

Do Textbooks Belong in Elementary Social Studies?

David L. Elliott, Kathleen Carter Nagel and Arthur Woodward

Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Mathematics Textbooks

Robert F. Nicely, Jr

Instructional Materials Will Not Improve Until We Change the System

P. Kenneth Komoski

Evaluating Computer Courseware

Kenneth A Sirotnik

Teachers Coaching Teachers

Beverly Showers

Implementing the Coaching of Teaching

Joanna Dee Servatius and Shareen E. Young

A Research-Based Staff Development Model That Works

Sara A. Edwards and Susan Barnes

Staff Development and Teacher Change

Thomas R. Guskey

What 4Mat Training Teaches Us About Staff Development

Bernice McCarthy

Research on Memory: Major Discoveries, Major Educational Challenges

Robert Sywlester

Homework's Powerful Effects on Learning

Herbert J. Walberg, Rosanne A. Paschal and Thomas Weinstein

Helping Parents Help Their Children Learn

Dorothy Rich

Reading Lesson and a Shirt for Christmas: The Supervisor as Teacher

Anne Meek Roney and Suzanne T. Richards

1994: A Memo From the Principal

J. L. Sundquist

Making a Videotape, Part III

Lewis A. Rhodes

Reviews

Trends: Mathematics / How to Teach Mathematical Problem Solving

Stephen S. Willoughby

Trends: Supervision / Improving School-University Relationships

Robert Krajewski

Trends: Curriculum Abstracts

Samuel J. Alessi, Jr, James A. Beane and Conrad F. Toepfer, Jr

ASCD in Action

Copyright © 1985 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Requesting Permission

  • For photocopy, electronic and online access, and republication requests, go to the Copyright Clearance Center. Enter the periodical title within the "Get Permission" search field.
  • To translate articles, contact permissions@ascd.org
ASCD Express

Ideas from the Field

Subscribe to ASCD Express, our free e-mail newsletter, to have practical, actionable strategies and information delivered to your e-mail inbox twice a month.

Subscribe Now

Permissions

ASCD respects intellectual property rights and adheres to the laws governing them. Learn more about our permissions policy and submit your request online.