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Suggestions for content selection and presentation in high school computer textbooks
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Computers & Education Volume 48, Number 3, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Based on the findings from reviewing 32 textbooks in the past four years for Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, we have identified common problems in the reviewed textbooks and analyzed their inadequacies. Typical problems include the Wintel bias, too much coverage of software application tools and too little of computer science concepts, too many technical terms, meaningless analogies and examples, lack of supplementary materials, and inadequate treatment of programming-related content. The discussion about each problem is substantiated with examples, and suggestions are made on possible improvement. This analysis should help textbook writers avoid undesirable elements in their books and help high school computer teachers select higher quality books for their students.

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Lin, J.M.C. & Wu, C.C. (2007). Suggestions for content selection and presentation in high school computer textbooks. Computers & Education, 48(3), 508-521. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from .

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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2005.02.006

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