Measuring Textbooks (Classic Reprint)

Frank Ellsworth Spaulding

ISBN 10: 1332058779 / ISBN 13: 9781332058778

Published by Forgotten Books, 2017

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book addresses the importance of selecting appropriate textbooks for effective teaching. It emphasizes considering the characteristics and needs of teachers and students, as well as the specific objectives of each subject being taught. The author explores the interrelationship between these factors and guides readers through the process of evaluating textbooks based on four key considerations: suitability to learning outcomes, alignment with student needs, adaptability to teachers' requirements, and the physical characteristics of the book itself. The book provides practical guidance for comparing and rating textbooks within specific subject areas, including primary reading, language, and spelling. By offering a clear and systematic approach to textbook selection, this book empowers educators to make informed decisions that enhance the teaching and learning experience. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Measuring Textbooks (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332058779
• ISBN 13: 9781332058778
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

Excerpt from Measuring Textbooks

The discriminating choice of a textbook, however, is a far more difficult matter than is the choice of a saw or a hammer. The characteristics demanded are numerous, interrelated, involved, and not alto gether obvious. Hence, the value of a clear-cut analysis of the chief characteristics which adapt a text to the four-fold requirements.

Of the considerations out of which arise the four types of demands that textbooks should meet, two are common to all types of books; these are the characteristics and needs of teachers and of pupils who are to use the books. The objectives that each type of book must serve are, of course, peculiar to each subject. The book itself, as a material thing, 18 determined in considerable measure, but not wholly, by the nature of its subject.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.