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dmaul1114 · 02-22-2010, 02:05 PM

Can't say I have much interest in doing that.

Textbooks are never perfect--but that's what lecture and additional reading assignments are for.

I fill in the weak areas, stuff I think was important the book didn't cover etc. by covering that material in lecture, assigning some articles to read etc. I don't really see the point of editing a text book to fill in that stuff.

Might as well just do what many of my colleagues do and not use a textbook and just put together a course packet.

02-22-2010, 02:05 PM	#3
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Can't say I have much interest in doing that. Textbooks are never perfect--but that's what lecture and additional reading assignments are for. I fill in the weak areas, stuff I think was important the book didn't cover etc. by covering that material in lecture, assigning some articles to read etc. I don't really see the point of editing a text book to fill in that stuff. Might as well just do what many of my colleagues do and not use a textbook and just put together a course packet. Last edited by dmaul1114; 02-22-2010 at 04:33 PM.