In fact, the causal relationships (operating forces) involved in the production/writing of a textbook are such that completing the book in one term or year of a course is not likely to be possible. And certainly, a questionable objective.
Jay Dennis Roberts wrote: > At 12:54 PM 3/25/03 -0500, Rich Ulrich wrote: > > - But I do see big flaws, > >some of them quite "objective": for example, I saw several > >young teachers in their first years of teaching; and most > >courses did fail to finish their textbooks by the end of the year. > > if college courses were judged by this standard ... then most college > courses would fail miserably ... > > most texts are NOT designed for any specific course ... in fact most are > designed for all kinds of courses ... depending on how the course is configured > > take any decent intro stat textbook ... there is NO way an instructor can > cover all that stuff in one term ... > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262) 681-1133 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
