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In this small-scale case study of textbook evaluation conducted by L AT E X at Lancaster University, the researchers chose to focus on the practices of teachers at different stages of their careers to discover what effect this variable might have on their evaluation styles. This was in the hope that the conclusions drawn from the research would help point to more effective means of evaluation, which can thereby be utilized by all teachers who are required to make informed decisions about choosing a course book. The researchers note that the scale of the study—with three participants— necessarily limits its generalizability but, nevertheless, it is hoped that the research framework may also serve as a model for future large-scale research projects focusing on materials evaluation procedures.

This 'collective case study' of the textbook evaluation practices of experienced and novice teachers was designed to facilitate greater understanding of effective and efficient techniques of evaluation with the aim of' theorizing' about these techniques in general (Stake 2000: 437). When formulating the design of the case study, the researchers decided that the technique that would best capture the introspective thought processes of the participants involved was concurrent verbalization. This is a technique that has been criticized for possibly distorting thinking processes, especially when the participants are asked to verbalize their thoughts retrospectively, or in a language other than their first language, or when they are asked to analyze their thoughts as they report them. None of these demands were placed on the Breitling Replica Watches(http://www.luv-replica.com/Goods Brand/Breitling_Replica_Watches-4.html) informants in this study, nor were any time constraints imposed. Given the virtual impossibility of obtaining any truly complete records of complex thought processes, some of which will be hidden from the thinkers themselves, the use of 'think-aloud' protocols offers some insights that other methods would not be able to reveal. Even pauses in the verbalization can be revealing, indicating phases when intense thinking is taking place was not in use in the participants' institution, and therefore all three were equally unfamiliar with the contents.

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