Nowadays, it seems everything is either on a screen or a booklet or a crumpled bit of work sheet copied to death.
When I quizzed my youngest they said they'd never even looked in the text book! They're lucky to have them both as print and online copies but I was aghast.
These are books which are basically either written or used for the GCSE curriculum/exam board they're sitting.
Surely, the first point of call should be - after the teaching / lesson - to look at the chapter and then make sure you do the end-of-chapter/topic tests.
But instead my kids use various online resources - which although great resources such as Save my exams and PMT, surely should be the follow on rather than the source - it just seems strange NOT to start with the book.
I think using a book as a basis provides more of a structure in your mind of the topics covered and you can sort of remember almost - after a while - where a specific explanation or question is. I should think much better for kids/boys with slight ADHD issues (suspicion here).
Thoughts please!!