Report on a study of middle school physical science texts

Physics Teacher

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 304-309

  Hubisz, John L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle schools; Physics textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007553255     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1375471     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Phys. Teach. 37, 283-308 (May 1999).
2. "Introduction to TIMSS: The Third International Mathematics and Science Study". (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement); see also http://www.lstintheworld. org/timss.
3. http://psrc-online.org/curriculum/book.html.
4. Sharon Walpole, "Changing texts, changing thinking: Comprehension demands of new science textbooks". Reading Teach. 62, 358-369 (1999).
5. William A. Henry, III, In Defense of Elitism (Doubleday, New York, 1999), p. 42.