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than
There is no evidence available to show that one standard text works
better
than another.
I just remembered, there is some negative evidence for the use of
textbooks.
Philip Sadler of Harvard did a survey of college physics success in
physics
vs the usage of textbooks.
1. Classes that used textbooks had lower success in college physics
classes that used no text.classes
2. Classes where the teacher finished the book, did worse than
where the teacher only finished part of the book.not
So the success went down as the book usage went up. This survey did
differentiate between different types of books, and was mostly forof
conventionally taught physics classes because IE is a small fraction
classes nationwide. I believe his report is on his web site.
John M. Clement
Houston, TX
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