Troitskaya, N. A. An innovative approach to design of a system for transporting oversized heavy cargo: Textbook [Innovatsionniy podkhod k proektirovaniyu sistemy transportirovki krupnogabaritnykh tyazhelovesnykh gruzov: Uchebnik]. Moscow, KnoRus publ., 2022, 234 p. ISBN 978-5-406-09189-0. The problems transportation cargo are among the most difficult in transport sector. This is due wide range ...

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 paper is a part of an ongoing research effort to investigate the current issues and development of online college textbook market, as the Internet has provided more options for college students across the nation in terms of buying and selling their textbooks in recent years. The primary data for this study are collected through a comprehensive website evaluation and testing, and a question...

This study aims to explore the teachers perception on using beyond textbook that is from an international publisher. The used descriptive qualitative design. open-ended questionnaire was perception. participants of were three English teachers, two them are SMPIT Al Muqorrobin-Depok and one SMPI Ikhlas-South Jakarta. finding revealed teacher has a positive textbook. It accordance with requiremen...

Considering the crucial role textbook evaluation plays in any educational system, this study evaluated 2 textbook series with respect to the identity options they offer to Iranian learners of English. Data were gathered based on reading passages, dialogues, and pictures of Right Path to English (RPE) and Cambridge English for Schools (CES). Although this study is mainly qualitative in nature, q...

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,...

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...

In this paper, the authors discuss their continuing work on a NSF TUES Phase 1 project in which they are exploring the feasibility and effectiveness of a scalable concept map as an organizational tool for a digital textbook. This tool, termed the Adaptive Map, is designed to promote students’ conceptual understanding by using an expert-generated concept map as an advance organizer. Because larg...

Chinese and Korean protests over “revisionist” Japanese histories of World War II are well known. The impact of contested Chinese and US histories of the Korean War on US-China relations today has received less attention. More broadly, there has been little research seeking to systematically explore just how history textbook controversies matter for international relations. This article experim...