Improving textbooks and teachers’ editions to meet the needs of diverse students |
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| Authors: | Jean Ciborowski Mary M Antes Judith M Zorfass Nancy Ames |
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| Institution: | (1) EDC, 55 Chapel Street, 02160 Newton, MA |
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| Abstract: | This article summarizes research findings on instructional strategies and textbook features that benefit diverse students.
It then reports the conduct and findings of a study in which educators, researchers, and publishers collaborated to improve
the usability of textbooks.
Jean Ciborowski was the director of the project “Improving Textbook Usability.” She currently directs the educational services
in the school function clinics at Boston Children’s Hospital. Mary Antes has served on a variety of curriculum development
and educational projects at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), and was project assistant on the textbook project. Judith
Zorfass, technical monitor of the project, is currently directing two federally funded research projects at EDC. One studies
the integration of technology into the curriculum for handicapped adolescents and the other investigates reading development
in language disordered students.
Nancy Ames is director of EDC’s Center for Family, School, and Community, and helped in the initial design of the textbook
project on which this article is based. |
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