workbooks

Fill-in educational texts

Workbooks are books designed for active use rather than passive reading.

They contain exercises, problems, or blank spaces for written responses, typically accompanying a course of study: The math workbook had practice problems for each chapter.

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

practice

exercises

Activities for fitness

repetition · skills · review · worksheet · fill-in-the-blank · solutions · reinforcement · mastery · proficiency · rote

educational

textbook

Academic subject manual

students · teachers · lessons · homework · assignments · academic · scholastic · instructional · pedagogy · teaching

interactive

activities

Things one engages in

  • puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
  • gamesOrganized competitive activities
  • hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement

engaging · manipulatives · stickers · coloring · tracing · cut-and-paste · mazes · matching · crosswords · word-search

format

spiral-bound

Joined by continuous wire

consumable · printable · downloadable · softcover · binding · lined · grid · margins · illustrations · black-and-white

supplemental

guide

Leader or instruction book

aid · companion · enrichment · remediation · homeschool · self-paced

Categories
Opposites
active vs. passive learning materials

workbookstextbooks

Educational reference volumes

readers · anthologies · lecture notes · encyclopedias · handouts

practice vs. authoritative content

workbookstextbooks

Educational reference volumes

reference works · encyclopedias · reference books · dictionaries · atlases

structured exercises vs. open-ended creation

workbooksjournals

Periodicals or personal logs

sketchbooks · composition books · diaries · blank paper

Phrases
Family

workbook

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G