This study analyzed the content and language of a currently published Hong Kong English language textbook series for grade one students to find out if gender stereotyping and gender bias still exist. The results of the study showed that males and females were almost equally represented and were portrayed in a similar range of activities. Females were also more visible in both illustrations and ...

This textbook presents the fundamental concepts underlying the design of modern digital communication systems, which include the wireline, wireless, and storage systems that pervade our everyday lives. Using a highly accessible, lecture style exposition, this rigorous textbook first establishes a firm grounding in classical concepts of modulation and demodulation, and then builds on these to in...

In Bangladesh, English textbook is the only material used widely for teaching language. The of class seven designed based on new curriculum following experiential learning cycle, a theory Kolb. aims this study are to justify purposes textbook, evaluate how competencies presented in and check whether cycle followed. Therefore, evaluates strengths weaknesses book regarding presentation four as we...

In countries where textbooks are considered as the main source of teaching/learning process, textbook evaluation seems to be inevitable and necessary. The current study aimed at evaluating the new English textbook entitled “Vision 1”, developed for the Iranian first grade high school students. To achieve this goal, two groups of participants took part in the study. They consisted of 30 teachers...

In New South Wales, Australia, a cost-effectiveness evaluation was conducted of an adult drug court (ADC) program as an alternative to jail for criminal offenders addicted to illicit drugs. This article describes the program, the cost-effectiveness analysis, and the results. The results of this study reveal that, for the 23-month period of the evaluation, the ADC was as cost-effective as were c...

Up to the recent past, Textbook Boards were the only institutions in Pakistan that had the mandate to develop textbooks for both government and private schools affiliated with public examination bodies of the country. These boards have been working under their respective provincial governments. This situation developed a culture of using a single-textbook in schools across the country. However,...

With the advent of communicative language teaching, textbook evaluation has received a considerable attention over the last two decades. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the evaluation of newlydeveloped textbooks for junior high schools in Iran; therefore, this paper aimed to evaluate the Iranian junior high school new textbook "Prospect" and its old version Right Path to Engl...

This paper will present a case study of e-textbooks usage in a 3,000 student, liberal arts college in Western New York, USA. Focus groups were conducted and a summary of results will be presented. Among the key questions are: Are e-books being used? What factors are considered in choosing an e-book over a traditional printed textbook? Is comprehension from an e-book the same as from a printed t...