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What is the purpose of textbooks?
I as a student have done various courses at my university and for each of these courses a textbook was prescribed. On the other hand, the instructor provided his notes as well. The textbook was huge (...
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Books about teaching at university following quality standards? [closed]
What introductory books are there for a new university lecturer to know about teaching with quality assurance in mind?
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Is it ethical to profit by having my students buy my textbook?
This question was suggested to me by How can I sell my text book to my students in e-book format? which asked about the practicalities but attracted many comments about the ethics. So this question is ...
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Does McGraw Hill Connect improve student learning outcomes?
I am debating if I should adopt the McGraw-Hill Connect system for my course next semester. On one hand, I am worried about the students' backslash because of the cost. On the other hand, after the ...
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Is that a good idea to send an errata list to a professor whose class I'm currently enrolled in?
There is a professor at our school whose textbook I was using in class A (not taught by the professor). I've studied the textbook from cover to cover and have spotted about twenty typos (many of which ...
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Is it a good idea to lend or rent textbooks to students?
I teach in a college and I have a small annual fund allowing me to purchase textbooks. If I do not use this fund, it will expire every academic year and thus I am considering creative ways that I can ...
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Teaching with a textbook
In the past, I was only teaching graduate-level courses where I was creating the material myself. It was slides with material from various books, research papers, and my own work. Accompanied by ...
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How can I sell my text book to my students in e-book format?
I would like to be able to sell my text book to my students in e-book format. I know there is the kindle store that takes 65% of the sales price, which is in my eyes too much. Are there any e-book ...
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My professor told us a previous version of our textbook would be okay, but has now decided that it isn't?
I currently have a class in which at the beginning of the semester, our entire class was told it would be okay to obtain a previous version of the textbook which I did because it was significantly ...
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Should Textbook chapters Contain a "Summary" Section
I am far enough along with an introductory textbook in the computing field that it looks like I might finish. For each chapter so far, I've written a final "Summary" section that ...
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Where can I find standard high school textbooks used in the US and UK? [closed]
So for example, India has this government organization called The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). They produce their textbooks which are also available to download for ...
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How can I encourage students to ask questions in class
In my field (as in many others), students are assigned articles or textbook chapters to be read as preparation for classes (i.e. the whole class has to read the same set of texts). I encourage my ...
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Is it ethical to ask students to proofread a textbook?
I will have a draft of a new textbook ready for the fall semester. It is an engineering class.
I very much want feedback from the students concerning the quality and usefulness of the material.
What ...
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Sharing set of exercises in a textbook (the morally right way?)
This is possibly a more general question about copyright, but I think I can specify this question into question about teaching, especially on STEM subjects. I don't know exactly whether I should post ...
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What is the benefit of writing lecture notes for an introductory course vs using a textbook?
Background: I am a junior university staff member, and I will teach an introductory course in linear algebra for the first time in a few months.
I see that many teachers devote time to writing ...
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