Re: Bad textbooks (an example for the skeptical)

[Karl Trappe <trappe@PHYSICS.UTEXAS.EDU>]

But, John, doesn't that mean you cannot adopt it in TEXAS?

John Clement wrote:
The only middle school textbook
> that received a passing grade was Introductory Physical Science , - Highly
> recommended by an article in Science News "Where's the Book" by Janet
> Ratloff, and also by John Hubisz in The Physics Teacher, 39(5) May 2001 pp
> 304-309. It has the virtue of being written and published by one author (Uri
> Haber-Schaim), so it will be nearly error free. It has been extensively
> classroom tested, and is now in 7th edition. It is consistent with many of
> the ideas found by research to promote better learning. It may be purchased
> from Science Curriculum Inc., Belmont, Mass. www.sci-ips.com
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX

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