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CRITERIA FOR TEXTBOOK EVALUATION

What is a Textbook?

A. Textbook: (Ravina, 2002)
1. provides and summarizes a great deal of pertinent information;
2. provides an outline that the teacher can use in planning courses, units, and
lessons;
3. enables the student to take home in convenient form most of the materials
he/she needs to learn;
4. provides a common resource for the student to follow;
5. provides the teacher with ideas regarding the organization of information and
activities;
6. includes pictures, graphs, maps, and other illustrative materials which facilitate
understanding;
7. includes other teaching aids such as summary and review questions, and
8. relieves the teacher of preparing materials for the course, thus allowing him to
prepare the lesson.

Contents of a Textbook
1. Preliminaries
a. Title Page – title and author (s)
b. Preface – quick view of the purpose, nature, and scope of the textbook.
c. About the Author – author’s name, qualifications and/or experiences.
d. Acknowledgements/Dedication (optional) – assistance from and/or special
contributions of various individuals, organizations and agencies/institutions.
e. Table of Contents – list of chapter titles and sub-titles and corresponding page
numbers.
2. List of Figures/Tables – list of tables, illustrations, charts, graphs, and maps.
3. Body Chapters – short introduction of the chapter, objectives, detailed discussion
of the chapter, chapter summary, review questions and references of the Chapter.
4. Appendix – useful information related to the content of the book.
5. Glossary – words or terms whose exact definitions are necessary to understand
the contents of the book.
6. Index – list of the important terms of the book and corresponding page members.

Rating System (Adapted from PASUC KNOWLEDGE –BASED PROJECT: Textbook
Evaluation Rating System)

Textbook Title: __________________________________________________
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Author(s): ________________________________________________________
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1. Below are the criteria for evaluation for textbooks. Rate each item according to the
following scales:
5 – Excellent (4.20 – 5.00)
4 – Very Good (3.40 – 4.19)
3- Good (2.60 – 3.39)
2 – Fair (1.80 – 2.59)
1 – Poor (3.0 – 1.79)

2. Determine first the partial score for each category.
3. Get the total of the partial scores to arrive at an overall score for each