Who This Author Is

Derek Rowntree has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 16 catalog-linked books across 1981 to 2005, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction, Business & Self-Help.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with Making Materials-Based Learning Work: Principles, Politics and Practicalities. (The Open and Distance Learning Series) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1981 to 2005; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Routledge and Prentice Hall.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • Business & Self-Help entry points • common used copies from Routledge and Prentice Hall

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction • Business & Self-Help • Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1981 to 2005; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Routledge and Prentice Hall.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Making Materials-Based Learning Work: Principles, Politics and Practicalities. (The Open and Distance Learning Series)

    Routledge • 2005 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 144 pages.

  2. Teaching Through Self-instruction

    Routledge • 1990 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Assessing Students: How Shall We Know Them? [Paperback] by Rowntree,Derek

    Routledge • 1987 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1987 • 280 pages.

  4. Manager's Book of Checklists

    Pearson Education, Limited • 2005 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2005 • 288 pages.

  5. Teach Yourself with Open Learning

    Nichols Pub Co • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1993 • 190 pages.

  6. EXPLORING OPEN & DISTANCE LEARNING (Open and Distance Learning)

    Kogan Page Ltd • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 299 pages.

  7. Educational Technology in Curriculum Development

    Paul Chapman Educational Publishing • 1989 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 318 pages.

  8. The Manager's Book of Checklists

    Gower Publishing Limited • 1989 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 192 pages.

  9. Learn How to Study: A Programmed Introduction to Better Study Techniques

    Simon & Schuster • 1983 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1983 • 142 pages.

  10. Statistics Without Tears: A Primer for Non-Mathematicians Classic Edition

    Simon & Schuster • 1982 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1982 • 199 pages.

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