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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to see all the research showing kids learn more from random slide decks than textbooks.[/quote]

Is this possible? Years ago the choice was textbook, class, in person tutor or asking the teacher. Now, there are those things minus the book, plus: YouTube, websites, zoom 1:1 tutoring, Kahn Academy, group tutoring (in person and virtual), enriching supplementation. The only way to know this would be to test with and without textbooks back then. But I think it’s like a cooking-  looking how to do a technique. Where do you go to learn the technique? Do you buy or borrow a book and follow the steps or do you Google it and watch a video?[/quote]
Textbooks are good for learning the concept and then as a reference when kids forget one part of the procedure. It is painful watching kids replay an entire video, searching for the step they missed. If it's an equation on a whiteboard, they can fast forward, but if it's a technique that was discussed orally only, it's time consuming to find. Better to have an easy-to-access reference with an index. Also, textbooks have gone through vetting by many sets of eyes. Who knows how well reviewed Google entries or videos are and whether they have errors.[/quote]

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