Qualities and functions of a science text book

1.  Important aids
 "As text books, so the teaching and
learning".
 aim - development of personality, open
mindedness, critical attitude, discover
new knowledge, appreciate &

2. Functions of Good Textbooks
 Develop correct understanding - basic concepts and
principles
 Inculcate scientific attitude
 Develop open-mindedness, scientific temper, rational
thought
 Opportunity to understand scientific method
 Illustrate scientific concept with real life applications
 Suggest activities - improvised aids

3. Functions of Good Textbooks
 Add additional information – better understanding
 Provide varied problems
 Help to recapitulate and revise - to prepare for
exams and tests
 The figures and diagrams - visualize abstract
concepts
 Motivate students to investigate and discover

4. Author: Qualifications and Experience
 Required qualifications and experience
 A teacher is the best person
 Acquainted with latest trends and techniques

5. Mechanical Features
 Appearance - appealing and attractive
 Printing - clear and beautiful - font and font size -
readable
 Printing mistakes - minimum - heading, subheading
- highlighted
 Well illustrated

6. Subject Matter – Nature and
Organization
 Logical and physical styles of arrangement - i.e.,
interests and mental age of student
 The content - confirm to the goals, aims and
objectives
 Cover the whole syllabus
 Consistency of subject

7. Subject Matter – Nature and
Organization
 The content - presented as integrated whole
 Each chapter - introduction & summary
 Assignment - Application to life situations
- Self- assessment tests
- Suggestions for experiment and
projects
- Assignments for practicing skills
- Numerical question if necessary
- Suggestions for further reading

8. Subject Matter – Nature and Organization
 Each lesson – thought provoking questioning,
application – oriented assignments, suggestions for
project work, direction for improvised aids and
additional problem for the gifted
 Incomplete without table of contents, list of tables
and figures and index
 List of reference
 Vocabulary used - understood by the readers

9. Subject Matter – Nature and Organization
 Suggest good methods of learning
 Correlate science with other subjects
 Examples from local environment
 Laboratory manual

10. –For Helping Slow Learners
–As References
–For Self-initiated Experienced
based Learning
–For Revival and Summary
–For Stimulating further Reading

11. EVALUATION OF SCIENCE TEXT BOOK
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