Some reasons why teachers are easier to understand than textbooks

iBSTRACT To d-.!terminwhy soap children find texibooks.to be such lore. difficult to undai:stAndthan teachers' presentatidus, four-' reading 9Pilections for :Middle.. grade readers Were analyzed, as were. tape recorded lessons prep3r4i. by ten telchers on the'basis of the Sale seledtious. Excerpts from one of the written passages and excerpts, and 'analysis of or teacher's Prs,ertation sOggest,fOur. advaut3ges.that teachers have over textbooks in g'cting Children to undarst and and rem7mber.the presentedi,they can tailor; Chair messayS to the backgroarld.lad level. of understanding of_. he childrik in their classes; they cAn rdind students of relevant.' MI01/PC01 Plus Postag.1.... *Cont.-int F.eading; Elmn'laryjducation; *L34rning Procssses; Compreh,7nsion; *Reading Comprnsion.; *Reading Re5e.arch;.*Student Teacher Relationship;-*-T.7,ac.her Guidance; Teaching ?Wthc)ds; Textbook Coatelkritten Language . . *Outer tot th Study ofRladlng Illinois)