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Textbooks
Author: Margaret
Prothero
English Skills
The man who doesn't read good books has
no advantage over the man who can't read them.
-Mark Twain
Introduction
Every semester, students stand in long lines to
buy their expensive textbooks, bring them home, then spend the
rest of the semester avoiding reading them. If we asked most students,
they would probably rather choose to use their textbook to prop
up a wobbly table or balance on their head to practice their posture
or whomp a passing spider-anything but open and read!
A common complaint made by teachers is the number
of students who obviously do not do their reading or, if they
do read, clearly are not understanding or remembering the material.
This topic will discuss some of the issues regarding textbooks-selecting
them, using difficult ones and some examples of assignments based
on them.
Learning Objectives
Lesson Goal
Faculty will gain knowledge of assessing, selecting
and using textbooks in their courses.
Learning Objectives
Faculty will be able to:
- select a textbook using a list of criteria
- determine an estimated readability level of
their textbook
- gain skills to assist students with specific
reading strategies to apply to their text readings, particularly
textbooks with a high estimated readability level
- develop assignments for their textbooks that
encourage student accountability for their reading
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