Choosing a Modern Textbook Style
Authors of recent textbooks have discarded the old, boring dialgue that we have seen historicall and replaced it with a more colloquial style of dialect. I think that this more modern style truly allows the student to relate more with the material than the old style.
First of all I think you spelled the word "historical" wrong in the opening sentence and that sentence is missing a word or something, because it just doesn't read right? Am I wrong here?
Anyway, in answer to your post: If, as is stated in the beginning of this module, Freshman college students read at a 9th grade level we had better choose books that they are comfortable with and relatively easy to comprehend. I guess no more big words. No more small type. They need color, and graphics, and colored boxes holding important paragraphs of text. The main ideas or concepts should be highlighted, or set in BOLD type. Textbook publishers should consider using the same fonts that we find on smartphones and use commonly for texting. This is the new language!
Heather,
Have experienced this myself in my field and it really put a pull on me as I worked to prepare my students to take their board exams. I try to strike a balance in the information and help my student to think through possible solutions while remembering the set procedures.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I have found many textbooks to have inaccurate information when it comes to standards of practice. I also found many topics that are giving different information from one another. This book says do it this way and this book says do it that way and then when they sit for NCLEX who knows where the author of the question go the answer from. It gets frustrating as an instructor.
Eric,
This has been a trend for the past few years and I agree it helps students to connect with the material.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
