alleryHow should textbooks counter the tendency of rote learning?
ARaising meaningful questions
BAdding longer definitions
CRemoving all applications
DListing many more facts
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Raising meaningful questions
1. Rote learning is a major problem.
2. Textbooks should raise meaningful and interesting questions and stress applications and problem-solving.
3. Adding facts or definitions would worsen rote learning.
_Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Science, Section 6.2.4 Multiplicity of good textbooks_
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