| Description |
xix,316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Today's Textbooks, Tomorrow's Minds: The Importance of Textbooks -- Pt. I. The Characteristics of Well-Designed Textbooks. 2. Designing the Ideal Text. 3. The Design of Curriculum and Instruction. 4. Designing the Ideal Textbook. 5. Finding the Design in Textbook Materials -- Pt. II. Well-Designed Textbook Publishing, State Adoption, and District Selection. 6. Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts. 7. Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting, and Selecting -- Pt. III. Stepping into the Future. 8. A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support Systems. 9. Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators |
| Summary |
Textbooks for Learning is one of the most comprehensive texts discussing the design, selection and adoption of expository textbooks. Focusing on their own analysis, but also drawing on appropriate studies of others, the authors have produced not only a comprehensive discussion of what makes textbooks more readable, but also the steps that designers and adopters may take to apply their recommendations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-307) and index |
| Subject |
Textbooks -- Publishing -- United States.
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Textbooks -- United States -- Authorship.
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Textbooks -- United States.
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| Author |
Calfee, Robert C.
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| LC no. |
97051454 |
| ISBN |
155786411X (hdbk : alk. paper) |
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1557864128 (alk. : alk. paper) |
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