Do-it-yourself textbook review report card (Checklist)

Gough John 2009, Do-it-yourself textbook review report card (Checklist), Vinculum, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 12-15.

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Title	Do-it-yourself textbook review report card (Checklist)
Author(s)	Gough John
Journal name	Vinculum
Volume number	46
Issue number	3
Start page	12
End page	15
Total pages	4 p.
Publisher	The Mathematical Association of Victoria
Place of publication	Brunswick, Vic.
Publication date	2009
ISSN	0157-759X
Summary	It is argued that teachers will encounter many changes in teaching approaches and possibly in teaching materials resulting from the development and implementation of the national curriculum. With the new national curriculum, there will be new textbooks which will be 'new' as textbooks, but not necessarily new in mathematical content or instructional approaches. Two critical questions for these textbooks (or any textbooks) are: How good are these textbooks, as textbooks? How well do these textbooks fit whatever the 'new' curriculum is? Other questions to consider are: Is the content 'new' and/or substantial? Is the material 'fair' and representative? Elements of a good textbook are discussed including that it should have good design and provide good definitions, worked examples and counter-examples.
Language	eng
Field of Research	130199 Education systems not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	930599 Education and Training Systems not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category	C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024182

Document type:	Journal Article
Collections:	Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education

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