CONTENTS // List of figures vii // List of tables xi // Foreword xii // Preface xiii // Acknowledgments xviii // 1 Today’s Textbooks, Tomorrow’s Minds: The Importance of // Textbooks 1 // The Power of Textbooks to Nurture Minds 3 // Today’s Textbooks 5 // Reasons for Optimism 8 // PART I THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WELL- // DESIGNED TEXTBOOKS 11 // 2 Designing the Ideal Text 13 // The Concept of Design 18 // Designing a Comprehensible Text 21 // Concluding Thoughts about Passage Design 41 // 3 The Design of Curriculum and Instruction 43 // Curriculum: The Expert’s Lens 44 // Instruction 54 // Implications for Text Design 64 // Moving from Passages to Complete Textbooks 13 // 4 Designing the Ideal Textbook 75 // But First: A Few Words from the Audience 77 // Guidelines for Top-Level Textbook Design 78 // Examples of Top-Level Design: Frameworks and Textbooks 86 // Designing a Good Text to be Better 105 // VI // CONTENTS // 5 Finding the Design in Textbook Materials 115 // Evaluating Textbook Design 115 // Finding the Design in a Text 119 // Informational Patterns: The Building Blocks of Textbook Design 120 // Finding the Design of Arguments and Explanations 153 // The Versatility of the Lenses 161 // PART II WELL-DESIGNED TEXTBOOK PUBLISHING, STATE ADOPTION, AND DISTRICT SELECTION 163 // 6 Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts 165 // Understanding the Present by Looking at the Past 166 // Present-Day Publishing, Adoption, and Selection 168 // In Conclusion 190
7 Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting, and Selecting 193 // Well-Designed Publishing, Adopting, and Selecting 194 // A District Committee Uses Design Rubrics to Select a Textbook Series 201 // The Versatility of the Lenses 241 // PART III STEPPING INTO THE FUTURE 243 // 8 A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support Systems 245 // Current Systems for Teaching Reading 248 // The Teacher’s Guide: Centerpiece of the Instructional Support System 260 // The Teacher’s Guide as Centerpiece of the I SS: A Practical Idea? 277 // 9 Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators 280 // The Potential of Design Lenses 281 // All Participants Exhibit Appropriate Leadership 283 // Collaboration Among Participants 293 // Concluding Thoughts 298 // References // Index // 299 // 308