A Content Analysis of the Writing Assignments Located in the Five Basal Readers Adopted by the State of Texas
Description:
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the specific writing assignments provided in the five basal readers, grades one through eight, adopted by the state of Texas. These seventy-eight basal reader's guides were first analyzed for statements indicating specific writing assignments. The total number of writing assignments in each of the teacher's guides were totaled for each publisher. The location of each writing assignment which supported the TABS categories was recorded. The wr…
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Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Melton, Lynda Gayle White