workbook

Student practice pages

A workbook is a book designed for active use by students or learners, typically containing exercises, problems, or questions with space to write answers: The math workbook had practice problems for each chapter.

In software, a workbook is a file containing multiple spreadsheets, as in Excel.

The word emphasizes doing work rather than passive reading.

exercises

drill

Hole-boring device

problem · puzzle · question · task · homework · challenge · example · scenario · fill-in-the-blank · matching

educational

textbook

Academic subject manual

teacher · student · lesson · homework · mathematics · science · history · geography · language · literature

reference

guide

Leader or instruction book

how-to · instruction · directions · procedure · appendix · index · glossary · chapter · section · page

organization

tabs

Projecting flaps for gripping

binding · spiral · perforated · numbered · blank · lined · grid · layout · format · structure

recordkeeping

ledger

Financial record book

accounting · transactions · documentation · register · inventory · spreadsheet · tracking · logging · data · records

Categories
Opposites
active vs. passive learning materials

workbooktextbook

Academic subject manual

reader · lecture notes · reading material · anthology · novel

practice vs. reference

workbookreference book

Volume for looking up

encyclopedia · dictionary · handbook · glossary · atlas

structured exercises vs. blank/open format

workbookjournal

Record of daily events

sketchbook · composition book · diary · scratch pad

Family

workbooks

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G