» Developing Textbooks That Teach: A Problem-Solving Model of Textbook Design.
1997-06-18
- What are textbooks that teach?
- How can they help solve pedagogical problems?
- How can their pedagogical design be improved?
These questions were used to develop a problem-solving model of textbook design. Textbooks that teach evoke learner activities designed to achieve contemporary cognitive goals. Suggestions for using textbooks to help solve contemporary pedagogical problems are hierarchical, ranging from those which require elementary to complex authoring skills. An author can use this hierarchy to guide efforts to develop a textbook that teaches.
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