Textbooks are better than tablets used in school but why?

Question

I need to know why textbooks would be better in school than tablets

Answer 1

• If you are reading in chapter 10, for example, about a concept introduced is a previous chapter, it can be much quicker to turn backwards for clarification.  Or forwards to a glossary for that matter.
• Books can be easier when working with a study partner, or your WyzAnt tutor. 
• PostIt notes are great tools when studying for a test.  Students can summarize on the notes.  Have you tried sticky notes on a tablet?  :)
• Books never need to be charged.  They are useful 100% of the time.
• As a study method, I recommend that pupils read the introduction first; the chapter summary second.  This provides them with the main ideas in a chapter.  Thirdly, they should become familiar with vocabulary lists. Lastly, they should read the text for the details. Often this study method works better with a book than many tablets.

Answer 2

When you're working with a helper, it's hard for two people to read a screen, usually. A roving teacher or tutor would have to sit down next to you in order to read the screen to see what the problem is about, and this is especially important when there's a geometry problem that requires a figure.

 

Also, I have a lot more faith in the proven textbooks that have evolved through many editions over the years, compared to stuff on web sites that may be a little new to be proven to be well written. I've seen many instances of this over the past four years.  Getting really familiar with a well written textbook is superior to clicking all over the place, scrolling up and down, and waiting for things to be retrieved and put up on a screen.

 

BOOKS ARE BETTER, but there's an unthinking stampede to purchase computers, in the false belief that without them you'll be computer illiterate. The best way to do mathematics is on paper, but powerful vested commercial interests are trying to stamp that out.