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What are your personal reflections of textbook reading as a child? How much do you rely on the textbook in your classroom now?

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Perspectives of students and teachers on effective use of textbooks in the classroom.

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What are your personal reflections of textbook reading as a child? How much do you rely on the textbook in your classroom now?

As a child:
➢ They are not always interesting to read and are most often used to read and answer questions from the text.
➢ Often heavy to carry between home and school for all classes
➢ It depended on the teacher as to how engaging they made the lessons.
➢ I have memories of simply reading and answering questions at the end of a chapter which meant, I simply ...

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