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Workbooks no better than textbooks

31 August 2010

The workbooks introduced in primary schools do not work better than traditional textbooks, a study found.

“œThe study suggests that more research is required before more workbooks are introduced into the national education system as these workbooks do not necessarily improve learner performance,” said Brahm Fleisch, professor of education policy from the University of the Witwatersrand school of education, and one of the lead researchers of the study.

Fleisch said the study suggested more research was needed before substantial public resources were committed to the printing and distribution of new workbooks to schools.

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